Conscious Crafts: Quilting: 20 Mindful Makes To Reconnect Head, Heart & Hands

Conscious Crafts: Quilting: 20 Mindful Makes To Reconnect Head, Heart & Hands

In Conscious Crafts: Quilting, maker Elli Beaven reveals the meditative nature of the quilting process and its empowering skill set for creating, mending and mindfulness. Making is mindfulness made practical, and quilting is a renowned and rewarding craft. Drawing on the traditions of hand quilting, Elli has created20 modern makes, ranging from simple coasters, bags and cushions to quilts and curtains. She shares thebasic techniques of quilting and showshow these can be adapted and developed for different projects, as well asmending and repurposing. Cleanphotography,contemporary illustration andheart-affirming text are neatly sewn together to celebrate handwork and the act of crafting for a sustainable future.The projects: patchwork coasters; strip trivets; needle book; storage basket; patched pencil case; slow stitch bag; rainbow cross body bag; clamshell beach bag; coaster and waste not cushions; wild fan, border, log cabin, butterfly play and ad astra quilts; arrow wall hanging; patchwork curtain; and mending under and over patching. Packed withinspiring ideas andpractical guidance,Conscious Crafts: Quilting gives you the skills to get started with this fulfilling craft, and showshow the quilting process and the satisfaction of creating your own unique makescan benefit your well-being. TheConscious Crafts series places mindfulness and well-being at the heart of making. Picking out proven meditative crafts and bespoke authors, these practical, contemporary guides are an inviting introduction to reconnecting head, heart, and hands. Also available from the series:Conscious Crafts: Pottery.About the AuthorElli Beaven is a quilt maker with a passion for sustainable making. She runs Wholecloth Studio in east London, UK, and also teaches quilting and natural dyeing workshops. Her beautiful quilted projects have appeared in Mollie Makes, Curated Quilts, and Selvedge.