A Place To Begin — The Intuitive Stitching Collection brings together two complementary PDF guides designed to support a slower, more responsive approach to stitch work.
What’s included
PDF 1: A Place To Begin
Designed for stitchers who enjoy working intuitively — responding to fabric, thread, and instinct rather than following step-by-step instructions.
This guide offers a gentle framework for intuitive stitched mixed media work. It is not about replicating an image or learning new stitches, but about beginning without a fixed plan and allowing the work to unfold through process, layering, and return.
The PDF includes four abstract pattern frameworks that provide an initial structure and starting place. From there, makers are encouraged to explore freely — choosing their own colour palette, stitch language, materials, and pace. The patterns are deliberately open, offering guidance without prescription.
Written in a calm, reflective voice, the guide includes gentle prompts throughout to support a slow, responsive approach to stitching. It assumes a basic familiarity with embroidery stitches, but does not demonstrate specific techniques. Experienced stitchers are invited to work confidently with whatever stitches and materials they prefer.
PDF 2: A Place To Begin #2
A deeper exploration of intuitive stitching through lived process.
Using the Held pattern from A Place To Begin as a foundation, this guide takes you inside my working method — sharing how decisions are made as the piece evolves, what I respond to along the way, and the thinking behind when to add, pause, shift, or stop.
Rather than teaching stitches, this guide focuses on the why and how of intuitive decision-making — offering reassurance, clarity, and permission to trust your own instincts.
Bonus: Colour Inspiration Guide (Free PDF)
Designed to support colour exploration without prescription.
This guide offers types of colour palettes and prompts to help you approach colour intuitively — encouraging confidence, play, and responsiveness rather than fixed choices.
This collection is for you if you:
Feel drawn to intuitive, process-led stitching
Want guidance without rigid rules
Enjoy abstraction, texture, and mark-making
Are curious about how artists make decisions as they work
Prefer exploration over perfection
Please note
These PDFs do not include step-by-step instructions or stitch tutorials
There are no set colour palettes or prescribed outcomes
The guides are designed to support your process, not dictate it
Format
Two main downloadable PDF guides
One free colour inspiration PDF
Instant access after purchase
For personal use only
This collection offers a place to begin — and the space to continue — grounded in curiosity, responsiveness, and trust in the making process.
A Place To Begin — The Intuitive Stitching Collection brings together two complementary PDF guides designed to support a slower, more responsive approach to stitch work.
What’s included
PDF 1: A Place To Begin
Designed for stitchers who enjoy working intuitively — responding to fabric, thread, and instinct rather than following step-by-step instructions.
This guide offers a gentle framework for intuitive stitched mixed media work. It is not about replicating an image or learning new stitches, but about beginning without a fixed plan and allowing the work to unfold through process, layering, and return.
The PDF includes four abstract pattern frameworks that provide an initial structure and starting place. From there, makers are encouraged to explore freely — choosing their own colour palette, stitch language, materials, and pace. The patterns are deliberately open, offering guidance without prescription.
Written in a calm, reflective voice, the guide includes gentle prompts throughout to support a slow, responsive approach to stitching. It assumes a basic familiarity with embroidery stitches, but does not demonstrate specific techniques. Experienced stitchers are invited to work confidently with whatever stitches and materials they prefer.
PDF 2: A Place To Begin #2
A deeper exploration of intuitive stitching through lived process.
Using the Held pattern from A Place To Begin as a foundation, this guide takes you inside my working method — sharing how decisions are made as the piece evolves, what I respond to along the way, and the thinking behind when to add, pause, shift, or stop.
Rather than teaching stitches, this guide focuses on the why and how of intuitive decision-making — offering reassurance, clarity, and permission to trust your own instincts.
Bonus: Colour Inspiration Guide (Free PDF)
Designed to support colour exploration without prescription.
This guide offers types of colour palettes and prompts to help you approach colour intuitively — encouraging confidence, play, and responsiveness rather than fixed choices.
This collection is for you if you:
Feel drawn to intuitive, process-led stitching
Want guidance without rigid rules
Enjoy abstraction, texture, and mark-making
Are curious about how artists make decisions as they work
Prefer exploration over perfection
Please note
These PDFs do not include step-by-step instructions or stitch tutorials
There are no set colour palettes or prescribed outcomes
The guides are designed to support your process, not dictate it
Format
Two main downloadable PDF guides
One free colour inspiration PDF
Instant access after purchase
For personal use only
This collection offers a place to begin — and the space to continue — grounded in curiosity, responsiveness, and trust in the making process.
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