Soul Stitching with Barb

08/03/2026

Textile Artists that inspire me - Fleur Wood

Fleur is from New Zealand and I love her colourful, textured and untamed style in contemporary embroidery.

Her work and workshops are all about surrendering to your intuition and the joy of the process.

Her book, ‘Untamed Thread’ has a cover that feels like fabric. The book is both soulful and captivating.

It is wonderful how we all have our own style of working but can be inspire by the creativity and techniques of others.

I dream of doing one of her workshops someday. She comes to different parts of Australia at times and also does an online workshop.

To find out more about Fleur her website is

https://www.fleurwoodsart.com

She also does an online workshop online at times through Take Two Art Courses. Here is a video about her Joyful Embroidery course.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CdXwpcFeyRU&pp=0gcJCY4Bo7VqN5tD

08/03/2026

Day 2, 3 and 4/100 Stitch Meditation
Nature seems to be my motivation at the moment.

Over the weekend I did another stitch meditation piece. I didn’t stick to the rules for the challenge which is to do a seperate small piece each day for half an hour.

I’m just going at my own pace and will do them when I feel like doing them. Also I’m going to let myself go where the piece takes me which may mean to work at it for longer and in more detail. I just cant help myself.

I’m still just using simple stitches, on a small piece and doing it as a meditation though.

22/02/2026

Stitching meditation 1/100
✨Sometimes you don’t know what you really need till you do it✨

I knew I bought this basket in Vanuatu for a reason. It will be the holder of my stitch meditations for now.

If you want to do the 100 days of Stitch Meditation you can join the Facebook group and find out about it there. Liz Kettle is running it. You can follow along with everyone’s journey in the group.

It’s not about completing a project or having a pretty piece at the end. Its about spending some meditative time stitching and not caring about what your stitches look like.

Also you can do it everyday or just when you want to.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/100daysofstitchmeditation

22/02/2026

I created this mini art quilt in 2010. It was a way to escape the routine and find some expression for my Sagittarius heart.

I was inspired by the exotic and goddess energy. It made me go back to the feelings of when I did Belly dance classes back in my 20’s and feeling free, sensuous and vibrant.

My exploration of beadwork in this piece allowed me to really connect with the beauty of belly dancing costumes.

Pop your sound on and be transported somewhere beautifully exotic.

©️ Barbara Kosa 2010

21/02/2026

Check out the 100 Days of Stitch Meditation with Liz Kettle that starts on 22 February 2026.

If you miss the start just join in whenever you can and don’t worry if you miss days along the way.

Join the 100 day stitch meditation Facebook group and look at the videos, posts and inspiring stitching posts and join in.

Be kind to yourself, create a nurturing space and set aside some time just to stitch and get lost in your creativity.

I’m going to be doing it.

It starts in 1 week!
Join me again for 100 Days of Stitch Meditation.

Three ways to participate this year.
~Join as a free member on my Patreon
~Join the free Facebook group
~Explore a bit deeper with the 100 Day Stitch Meditation tier on my Patreon.

Links: copy and paste
Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/100daysofstitchmeditation

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lizkettle