Want to be Happy?  Slow Down! ​

 "It so often happens that somebody says 'change your life' and you repaint our car rather than re-wire the engine."  Pick Iyer ​

Enjoying the Process

​ "Thriving is All About Enjoying the Process Purposefully"  An article by fine artist, Linda C Smith​

Quilter's Corner

This popular and nationally recognized quilt shop in Ithaca, NY gave The Slow Stitching Movement a shout out in their blog.  

​Slow Travel (Huffington Post)

I loved this piece on this couple's slow journey. Again, discard what you don't need, a live your life slowly and with intention.  Start with Slow Stitching!

Semper Tedium (The Star-Ledger)

Display in Morristown Honors Beautiful and Laborious Art. An exhibit dedicated to ‘the slow art of quiltmaking.’

Pat Wys

Author, designer, and owner of Silver Thimble Quilt Company, Pat Wys, blogged about her reaction to The Slow Stitching Movement.

Carl Honoré 

Interview with author of the The Slow Fix, about how to embrace our inner tortoise without rejecting our inner hare.

SCHMETZ Inspired to SEW Magazine

July 2014 

Interview with Mark Lipinski about The Slow Stitching Movement.  Plus a list of favorite SCHMETZ needles for quilting. 

Auntie Ju's Quilt Shoppe

This blogger liked the idea of creating a Slow Stitching Movement Salon and blogged about it. 

Nuts About Needlepoint

This blogger is spreading the word about The Slow Stitching Movement!  (but my name is Mark) 

OMGosh! DMC THREADS did a piece on Slow Stitching! I'm FLOORED and so jazzed. We're onto something folks!  Take a look: http://dmc-threads.com/slow-stitching-movement/

River Colors Studio

This knitter recently discovered The Slow Stitching Movement and reveals how she had to "retrain" herself to be patient. 

Left Brain Buddha

Sarah Rudell Beach asks,  Is Mindfulness a Religion? 

​The Disease of Being Busy

How did we create a world in which we have more and more and more to do with less time for leisure, less time for reflection, less time for community, less time to just… be?

Enjoying the Process

​ "Thriving is All About Enjoying the Process Purposefully"  An article by fine artist, Linda C Smith

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The Hexie Lady

This former high school art teacher is on board with The Slow Stitching Movement, so she blogged about it. 

​This is Your Brain on Knitting (CNN)

Crafting can hel​p those w​ho suffer from anxiety, depression or chronic pain, experts say.​​

Bear Patch Quilting Co. 

Wow!  Take a look at this!  This Minnesota shop is teaching The Slow Stitching Movement! Why not start one in your shop?