Maddy Bartsch
Maddy Bartsch is a fiber artist, educator and sustainable fiber systems organizer working to bring awareness and action to systems that take into account the true cost and impact of our textile consumptions. Co-founder and Director of the Three Rivers Fibershed, an affiliate branch of Fibershed which works to create soil-to-soil fiber systems within strategic geographies. Maddy regularly teaches at the Textile Center of Minnesota https://textilecentermn.org/ and the Weavers Guild of Minnesota https://www.weaversguildmn.org/, where she is President-Elect.
April 2019
Artistic Mending with Sashiko Stitching
Do you have a beloved garment that is a little worse for the wear and could use some sprucing up? Or do you want to add interest to a plain garment? There is no better way to reinforce a worn area or add visual interest than with Japanese Sashiko stitching. A Japanese stitching technique born out of necessity, boro cloths carry the beauty of the many repairs and stitches that embed a unique story into the textile while adding strength,…
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