Create with Gratitude
Unwritten Stitch shares traditional textile techniques to preserve their cultural heritage, and encourages visible mending by hand to promote its environmental and healthy benefits.
Images: Crafts Council Nederland and Fan Liao
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6 & 13 April 2025 | Zhuang Patchwork Quilting with Crafts Council Nederland | Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
In this class, you will be invited to explore the quilt tradition from the Zhuang, the largest ethnic minority group in China. Selina will walk you through historical Zhuang quilt top examples, explaining the significance of quilts in Chinese culture, and demonstrate how to construct a traditional Zhuang quilt top block from scratch to finish.
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10 April 2025 | Miao Jiaoxiu Embroidery with Tatter | World Embroidery Series II
The Miao, an ethnic minority group living in deep mountains of the most remote areas in Southwest China, who have no written language, have been using their textile patterns to record cultural information and history for over two thousand years. With more than 100 clans, each Miao clan has their own costume code so that they can be identified easily. Such cultural code is handed down from generation to generation among Miao women, who make works of art inspired by traditional Miao songs and legends.
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18 May 2025 | Mending with Sashiko technique with garment in Amsterdam
Have you ever thought about learning how to create this persimmon flower stitch from scratch for mending? Join Selina's in-person workshop in Amsterdam, at Natasja’s beautiful store with carefully curated pre-loved clothing.
Selina can’t wait to share her passion and techniques for visible mending with you! You’ll also have the opportunity to hear about her design process behind the scenes, and take a close look at a selection of her visible mending works over the years.
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1 June 2025 | Sashiko design and stitching with De Katoendrukkerij in Amersfoort
In this 3.5-hour session, you will learn the basics of Sashiko stitching, and how to apply traditional Sashiko and freestyle Sashiko designs on your textille projects.
You will learn how to draw and stitch freestyle Sashiko, and traditional Sashiko pattern Shippo Tsunagi (linked seven treasures). The workshop is beginner friendly, so you don’t need any hand stitching or embroidery experience to join. At the end of the workshop, you will gain the fundamental skills to create Sashiko designs as your artistic expression.
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9 October 2025 | Raojia Embroidery with Tatter | World Embroidery Series III
The Raojia people are an ethnic minority group with a population of less than 10,000 living deep in the mountains of Guizhou, Southwest China.
Traditionally, Raojia women make their own textiles, beginning with the growing and processing of the cotton that they use. Their traditional costumes include 6 piece jackets, which can take years to complete. They sharpen bamboo sticks with sickles to draw intricate batik designs. Whenever they part with their textile work, Raojia women always cut out a small piece of cloth to ensure that their needlework skills will be passed down to the next generation.
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2 November 2025 | Visible mending with De Katoendrukkerij in Amersfoort
In this 3.5-hour session, you will stitch together with Selina to explore the beauty of Japanese embroidery technique Sashiko and its application on denim mending. You’ll be working with your hands and simple tools. The class is beginner friendly, so you don’t need any hand stitching or embroidery experience to join.
At the end of the class, you will gain the fundamental skills to mend your beloved pair of jeans to make it last longer and let it become your artistic expression.
PDF pattern
4 October 2024 | Sashiko cat PDF pattern launch 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛
Happy World Animal Day!
I'm so thrilled to announce the launch of my much-anticipated Sashiko Cat PDF pattern on my webshop on this special day for all animal lovers!
This PDF pattern is a digital download with thorough guidance on how to start stitching my Sashiko cat design from scratch.
I have many sweet memories of stitching this pattern over the years. I can't wait to see how you use it in your creative projects!