Welcome Creatives
& Makers

Learn slow stitching,
improv quilting &
mindful textile making

creative

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intuitive

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joyful

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creative ~ intuitive ~ joyful ~

Online courses to help you create beautiful pieces with fabric, thread & your own intuition — no rules, patterns or perfection required.

Whether you're beginning your stitching journey, returning to creativity after a long break, or simply wanting someone to stitching along with

you're welcome here.

Browse craft classes here

Learn to create with your hands — in a slower, more mindful way.

You can learn with me through:

  • Slow Stitching

  • Small textile tutorials & projects

  • Improvisational quilt making classes

  • Process-led projects

  • Weaving

  • Printing on fabric

  • Natural & botanical dye

New to slow stitching?

Start with my free slow stitching downloadable guide and beginner video class.

A gentle introduction to working with fabric, thread and your own creative intuition. No experience needed. Perfect as a gentle way to ease into a quiet, mindful, slow stitching practice.

Join the free slow stitching course

IMPROV QUILT-MAKING

Make your first quilt — without a pattern.

Learn how to create your own hand-stitched quilt using improvisational techniques — working with colour, texture and composition in a slow and intuitive way.

This is not traditional quilting.

You won’t follow someone else’s design.
You’ll create your own.

Explore Fear-Less Quilt Making

THE CREATIVE MAKER

Deeper learning with intuitive play

The Creative’s Year is a long-form creative course designed to support your textile practice across the seasons. Work at your own pace, from your own home. Lifetime access.

Through guided projects, tutorials and creative prompts, you'll develop your own approach to:

  • hand stitching

  • process-led creativity

  • textile storytelling

  • natural colour & botanical dyes

Start here

What even is Slow Stitching?

The act of slow stitching is more a process than a doing. It’s about being where you are. Using beautiful fabrics - often scraps - to create treasured pieces.

But really it’s about creating time in your day and life to slow down, to remember to breathe and step away from the overwhelm of life.

Connecting head, heart & hands through the joyful & simple act of Slow Stitching, improv quilting, mindful making & conscious creativity.

As Annie Dillard said “how we spend our days is how we spend our lives.”

All you need is:

a piece of cloth
a needle
a thread

and…

a cup of tea

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a quiet moment

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inspiration

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a cup of tea ~ a quiet moment ~ inspiration ~

craft classes to inspire you

Explore all the craft classes

ABOUT ELLIE

Hi, I’m Ellie

~ a textile artist based in Northern NSW, Australia.

Through hand stitching, improv quilting and natural dye techniques, I teach creatives how to make textile pieces that reflect their own stories. I work intuitively rather than following strict rules; process-led making is a big part of my creative work, and allows me to develop a conversation with my materials and moments.

My online courses are like sitting beside me in my studio.

Read more about Ellie

LOVELY WORDS FROM MY STUDENTS

  • “I have been dipping in and out of this course - thank you. Ellie it is such a wonderful resource to have!"

    ~ Libby Queale

  • "Thank you for the wonderful refreshing inspiration. At this time it is just what I needed to help me feel calm, yet inspired and motivated.

    ~ Faye

  • "Ellie encourages me to find my voice and be confident in decisions about fabric, thread, colours, and techniques"

    ~ Pen

read the journal