STITCH YOURSELF HAPPY
Sewing patterns, sketchbook kits, workshops & retreats from the studio of Lizzie Everard.
From Lizzie’s studio, a range of stitch and sketch projects designed to support your joyful stitching practice.
Since appearing on Great British Sewing Bee, Lizzie—a designer— found the courage to leave her work in graphics and animation to focus on her stitch practice. She wants to share her patterns and ideas, to help you engage with your sewing too and find more happiness, meaning and joy through it.
Sewing patterns, sketchbook kits and more will be available in the online shop very soon, and new retreat dates will be announced shortly!
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Work with Lizzie
Join Lizzie this spring at The Stitch Festival where she’ll be exhibiting with her debut collection of sewing patterns and a selection of sketchbook kits. (Book through the show’s own site.) She is also part of The Big Flock in May – a brand new yarn festival in Bristol!
Our third Glow Sew retreat at Fforest in West Wales is March 27-30th and you can explore details and book HERE.
You can book Lizzie for talks about her time on the Great British Sewing Bee, and what it taught her about the value of slowing down and enjoying the stories behind her makes. Email to find out about her availability.
If you would like to book a tailor-made stitching session with Lizzie at her Bristol studio—for yourself or you and a few friends—drop her a line to find out more.
For the love of stitching
A MANIFESTO
Is it enough just to stitch?
Yes. It is enough.
Why?
Every stitch has love in it.
Even in a sore-finger moment or drift of concentration, stitching is an intentional move to create something. It is making, repair, joining together, invention.
Stitching is belief in something, and nurture.
Stitching is a beautiful curiosity.
And curiosity takes us forward in life.
Stitch, for your life.
It, and you, are enough.
Betty Silk Journal
Cast Off 2023
Here we are in France, the final day of 2023 and I’m watching it gently loosen its tethers and retreat, while 2024 shores up to fasten on. Talking time to rest and reflect out here…
Reasons for Being
Since taking part in the Great British Sewing Bee, I am awash … with pride for how well I did despite applying on a complete whim. Awash with frustration and disappointment that I couldn’t hang on in a little longer on a winning streak. Awash with compassion for that …
What’s At The Core?
I’ve been wanting to write this post for ages, but didn’t know where to start. It’s because I have so many ideas and a genuine excitement to try all of them, nailing my colours to the mast feels like quite an ask! However, I saw a post this morning which totally inspired me…
Yes, I Made It!
Yes! This is the first make on my new machine, and I couldn’t be more chuffed! After a few test swatches on some calico, I decided to pile right in to stretch and overcast stitches …
Slow and Lovingly Made
Committing to taking things slowly is—I find—an excellent way of being at peace with the present moment. If something takes time to create or achieve, I have to be pretty certain I’m really behind the idea. How does this slow stitching habit get to leapfrog the other things I might be doing?