Instructor: Kitty Savel
Skill Level: Beginner – Students should know how to thread and sew with a needle.
Slow stitching is the process of adding decoration to fabric through the use of applique, embellishments and simple embroidery stitches. In this slow stitching class students will create an 8”X 8” wall hanging complete with backing and hanging loops. The finished wall hanging includes a whimsical hanger. Students will learn how to choose fabric and cut appliques to hand stitch onto a base fabric utilizing several different embroidery stitches. This class is all hand sewing. Students will be introduced to a new portable textile skill using upcycled fabrics, embellishments and backing a small piece of fabric. The instructor will provide a kit containing all fabric, applique cut out shapes, embroidery floss, stitching needle and hanger.
· Skills Covered: Embroidery stitches including French Knots, Split Stitch
Materials: The instructor will provide a kit with all fabric, applique cutouts, embroidery floss, embellishments and hanger for finished wall hanging. Scissors will be provided during the class.
Please note *** A materials fee of $15 is due to the instructor at the start of the class.
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Slow Stitching
2026-07-18
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Venue: PA Guild of Craftsmen
Venue Phone: 717-431-8706
Venue Website: www.pacrafts.org
Address:Workshop Teachers
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Kitty Savel
Kitty Savel is a Fiber Artist who lives in and practices her art in Dallastown, Pennsylvania. Her Fiber Art includes paper and fabric collage, Embroidery, Slow Stitching, wood and found materials assemblage, knit and crochet, screen and block printing on paper and fabric. Kitty is self-taught with help and input from other Fiber Artists. She has taught and exhibited her fiber art at several venues in the Mid Atlantic States. Kitty is very sensitive to the inspirations around her in in her everyday life. She incorporates recycled materials in her collage and slow stitching work. Color plays a huge role in how Kitty approaches her work. She will take a tree, for instance, and depict it in fabric and paper in colors other than traditional green and brown. Kitty has taught fiber arts classes at several art venues including Center for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh Fiber Arts Guild, Butler County Community College, Maryland Community College, Irman Freeman Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh Fiber Arts Festival, Fabric of Society York. Kitty has exhibited in galleries and museums. Her piece entitled "Color Lattice on Black" was a finalist in the Fusion Art's 3rd Annual Colors International Online Juried Art Exhibition for the month of February 2019. https://fusionartps.com/3rd-colors-art-exhibition-febuary-…/ She has won Honorable Mention for her sweater designs at North Hills Arts Center and her work was featured in the 2020 Achieving Women of Centre County held at the Bellefonte Art Museum in Pennsylvania. In 2026 she will be teaching at the Fiber Arts Fest in Tacoma, Washington and for the Pennsylvania Craftsman’s Guild. In 2024 Kitty collaborated with 10 other knit designers and Vogue Knitting Designer Deborah Newton on a book of hat designs entitled The Year of Hats. This book is available on Amazon and Ravelry. Kitty is easily reached at kitsavel@gmail.com.