STITCHING WITH NATURE
Textile artist, writer and educator Katerina Knight presents unique techniques for using dried flora and plant materials in ways you may have never imagined before. From sowing seeds to sewing stitches, Stitching with Nature brings together both horticultural and textile practices to create material magic with the natural world.
With a focus on four specific plants (lavender, cornflower, dahlia and statice), Stitching with Nature provides an overview of the history and folklore of each plant, as well as tips for how to grow them and creative ideas for how to include the plants in your textile art. Learn how to connect craft with the organic seasonal cycles of nature, growing and gathering all year long and finding inspiration in nature’s transitions. Combining the meditative effects of spending time in nature and practising handicrafts.
Published by Batsford
Coming 1 October 2026
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"In our fast paced world, processes that can often be simple, but take time, presence and patience are often those we we find most difficult to master. This book is an invitation to step into the slowness of soothing stitching, using Earth’s ephemeral offerings, that you will be guided on how to grow yourself or mindfully gather. When I began working in tune with nature, synching with the true seasons, I unlocked not only a new way of making, but a new way of living."
Photography by Amanda Jackson
Limited edition or Plant Embroidery Kits which you can purchase together with a signed copy of the book. In this pack you will have all you need to follow along with the techniques in this book, use the dried petals and seeds provided to stitch with me all through winter, and then join me in sowing seeds to start your own stitchers garden in spring.
What the pack includes:
A set of fine needles and fine silk threads, cotton thread, and linen thread.
Three squares of linen-cotton cloth, premarked and ready for stitching.
Four packets of plant embellishments, grown, harvested and dried by Katerina in Malvern, Worcestershire, UK. Including: lavender seeds, dahlia petals, cornflower petals, and statice petals.
Four packets of seeds so you can have a go at growing your own embellishment materials next year. Including: lavender, dahlia, cornflowers, and statice.
A sowing, growing, and harvesting calendar to help guide you through the stages of growing your own embellishment materials.
Available to UK mainland customers only. Limited edition of 10.
Shipped on 1 October 2026
