Slofemists believe that embroidery enables slow and enduring discussions and thinking, to awaken or reawaken, and to circulate, feminisms in lives lived now.
As we host feminist embroidery events and introduce others to the contagion of needlework, new Slofemists embroidery patterns are developed. Each pattern includes resources and stories to get you thinking as you stitch.
Watch this page for the latest Slofemists embroidery patterns.
The patterns are free for you to use and share, in compliance with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Susan Gardner, Margaret is a Verb, 2014.
Karin Millson, Mnemonic Fingers (after Christa Dahl), 2014.
Karin writes (from Alberta): "I enjoyed simply having a hand-stitch piece to work on, the hand design was wonderful to connect with at many levels. Touch: Interconectivity = Handwork; organization = memory.... And my superimposed image was stimulated by some imagery of decorated outline drawings 'overdoodled' with a profusion of colourful shapes."
Erika DeFreitas and Elisa Yon, Margaret is a Verb, 2014.
Karen Gomes, Margaret is a Verb, 2014.
Cyndy Chwelos and others, Pollen Sampler #1: Early Summer to Summer (after Dorothy Hodges), 2014.
Frederick Cummings, Feminist Witch, in progress.
Lois Klassen, I Love Dick, (in progress).
Pollen Sampler #1: Early Summer to Summer (after Dorothy Hodges), in progress.
Lori Weidenhammer, Pollen Sampler #1: Early Summer to Summer (after Dorothy Hodges), 2014.
Elisa Yon, Margaret is a Verb, (in progress).
Rebecca Pasch, Mnemonic Fingers (after Christa Dahl), 2014.
Wendy Oberlander and Lois Klassen, Mnemonic Fingers: A Tribute to Christa Dahl (in progress).
Rebecca Pasch, Chocolate Gopher in Tribute to Colette Urban, 2014.
Lois Klassen, Chocolate Gopher in Tribute to Colette Urban, 2014.
Cindy Mochizuki, (untitled Fieldhouse study, 2014).
Kriss Boggild and Lois KLassen, Pollen Sampler #1 (After Dorothy Hodges), in progress.
Shirley Salomon, Mnemonic Fingers: A Tribute to Crista Dahl, 2014.
Wendy Klotz, Margaret is a Verb, 2013.
Wendy Klotz, Margaret is a Verb, 2013.
Lois Klassen, I Love Dick, 2013.
Lois Klassen, Margaret is a Verb, 2013.
Slofemists is a participatory embroidery project initiated and hosted by Lori Weidenhammer and Lois Klassen from Vancouver, Canada.