Unwritten Stitch

Unwritten Stitch preserves traditional textile techniques and their cultural heritage, shares visible mending skills to bring pre-loved textiles to a new phase of their lives, and encourages hand stitching for its healthy benefits.

Mending is a wonderful way to practice hand-stitching and sustainability by extending the life of our clothes. It’s also a great opportunity to create space for yourself to enjoy the moment in busy daily life. In this 3.5-hour session, we will explore the beauty of Japanese embroidery technique Sashiko and its applicat

25 mei 2025

- Wachtlijst - 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 textile projects. Sashiko means “little stab”. Although born out of necessity to improve the strength and thermal quality of textiles i

22 juni 2025

Raojia Embroidery with Selina Ben This class is part of the six-part virtual World Embroidery Series III. Classes may be purchased à la carte at $75 or as a six-part package for a discounted price of $400. The Raojia people are an ethnic minority group with a population of less than 10,000 living deep in the mountains

In this workshop by specialist Selina Ben, you learn more about Visible mending . In this 3.5-hour session, you will stitch together with textile artist Selina Ben to explore the beauty of Japanese embroidery technique Sashiko  and its application on denim mendi

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Unwritten Stitch preserves traditional textile techniques and their cultural heritage, shares visible mending skills to bring pre-loved textiles to a new phase of their lives, and encourages hand stitching for its healthy benefits.

Nora Veerman sprak Selina Ben over Ainu- en Sashiko-borduurtechnieken.