Fibre Arts: Slow Stitch Textile Collage
8 Week Class | Registration opens 2026-02-10 12:00 PM
Slow Stitch Textile Collage is an exploratory course that immerses students in process-led making. Drawing from traditions of hand stitching, mending, and textile storytelling, this course emphasizes intuitive approaches to working with textiles. Students learn a variety of simple hand-stitch and embroidery techniques and will develop meaningful projects and practical skills. Through guided experimentation, students will explore color, texture, pattern, and mark-making through stitch.
This course emphasizes mindfulness, material exploration, and personal narrative. No prior experience is necessary.
Base Tuition: $406 + Material Fee: $15 = $421 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Fundamental hand-stitching techniques
- Methods for creating textile collage and joining fabrics
- How to finish and present textile pieces
- Material List:
- Assortment of needles, assorted sizes (sashiko, embroidery, etc.)
- Scissors: fabric scissors, thread snips
- Pins: straight, safety, applique
- Embroidery floss - variety of colors
- Embroidery hoop
- Sketchbook/Notebook
- Assorted fabric scraps (if you have anything you'd like to work with)
*Some materials/fabrics will be provided to experiment with and materials will be discussed further on the first day
Madi Schmidt
Guest Artist
Madi is a Toronto based fibre artist and educator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Visual Studies from the University of Victoria, and a Masters of Arts in Fashion Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University. She also holds a certificate in Fibre Arts from the Haliburton School of Art and Design. Her work explores sustainability and functionality through the lens of the historically feminised realm of craft and craft making. Her work in fibre challenges the boundaries that have historically confined craft to the periphery of fine art.