Good morning
Welcome back, Elin.
Your studio is waiting.
This week's stitch journal prompt
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For your needle or your pen. Stitch it slowly into fabric, or write it into your journal — this prompt lives in both worlds.
Prompt archive
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From the studio
Make
Courses, patterns, and the tactile world of thread. Everything at your own pace, in your own time.
Embroidery courses
Patterns — print & stitch
Tap any pattern to open and print directly from your phone or computer.
Reflect
Writing, poetry, and the philosophy of the artist life. Words to read slowly, return to, carry with you.
Everyone deserves to thrive
I founded Survive to Thrive because I believe art is empowerment — not as a slogan, but as my lived truth. Creative expression allows us to process, heal, and become more fully ourselves.
Survive to Thrive works to bring empowerment through the arts to communities that need it most. Our flagship project, FLOW, is currently running transformative art classes for nearly 500 children in deep rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, showing the children that their voices matter — and it's just the beginning.
10% of every Studio membership goes directly to this work, which means the art practice here directly funds the art practice far beyond the studio. The mission runs full circle, and you're part of a growing movement.
To thrive, we need not only food for our bellies, but food for our mind and soul too.
Thank you for being here. Your presence and creative making in this space truly make an impact 💜
— Elin Petronella
From the Field
The first dispatch from the field is on its way.
Want to support further?
Every Studio membership already contributes to this work — thank you. If you'd like to give more, donations are warmly welcomed directly to Survive to Thrive.
Survive to Thrive Movement ASBL
Org. nr 1033289332
Rue de la Colonne 1A, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgique
Bank transfer
Beneficiary: Survive to Thrive ASBL
IBAN: BE44 9675 5663 2745
SWIFT/BIC: TRWIBEB1XXX
As a young non-profit, donations to Survive to Thrive are not yet tax-deductible — but every cent goes directly and fully to the projects, with complete transparency.
survivetothrivemovement.org