Punk Smocking pin cushion individual quilt block that reflects

individual quilt block that reflects the maker’s hand

In this hands-on stitching workshop with artist Aitor Saraiba

Leather handles will patina over time with exposure to the sun and the oils in your skin

or to your own stitch practice

Punk Smocking pin cushion individual quilt block that reflectsPunk smocking is textile manipulation through extemporary stitching that covers damage while reshaping and enhancing almost any garment. The name combines the 1970s counterculture movement with the geometrical dimensional technique seen on shepherds smocks from the eighteenth century, aesthetic dress in the late nineteenth and early twentieth, and little girls party dresses to this day. As with many styles and modes of visible mending, punk smocking