We’re 31 days into the 100 Day Stitch Book project with @annwood and I’m enjoying the intuitive stitching of creating small textile compositions with fabric and yarn scraps. Six of twenty pages are complete and page seven begins today, Day 31.
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| Pages 1 and 2 of the 100 Day Stitch Book 2026. |
A slow-built rhythm
Each page is built slowly and intuitively—in 15 minute increments, over five days. There is no plan or sketch for creating the compositions. They evolve organically. I’m guided by the shapes and colors of the fabric bits which is followed by the addition of texture and detail with hand stitching and couching various yarn tails.
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| Pages 3 and 4 of the 100 Day Stitch Book 2026. |
The base fabrics for my pages are yarn-dyed wovens—most are from Diamond Textiles. These textiles hold an innate subtle texture and dimension. They possess a tactile depth even before I add my own stitches. And the soft, supple hand is very welcoming to hand stitching..
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| Yarn-dyed fabric for the book pages. I serge the edges to keep them neat and tidy while stitching. |
The 100 Day Stitch Book is about mindfulness, creativity, being present… and making small compositions with fragments and scraps. It’s satisfying to be able to give fiber fragments (fabrics and yarns) a second life. Appliquéd fabric scraps create color-blocked backgrounds. Saved yarn tails become texture. Embroidered motifs and couched yarns become focal points. Stitches create texture and hold the fabric and yarn on the pages.
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| Pages 5 and 6 of the 100 Day Stitch Book 2026. |
As I appliqué the scraps to the base fabric, I remember the earlier projects from where they came. Every page is like a small conversation between eyes, hands and materials.
Bonus page
On January 24, I was drawn to create this page as witness to the horrific events happening in the country. This is an additional page—not one of the 6 above. I’m pondering how to include it in my final stitch book. I’m sure by the end of the 100 days, the project will tell me.
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| Bonus page from January 24, 2026. |
