We drink tea, we talk,
and we stitch
Chadam Stitch is made of three words — cha (tea), dam (talk) and jasu (embroidery). We brew a pot, sit down across from someone, and put in a stitch beside what is left of the conversation. The time a needle takes to pass through cloth and the time a cup takes to cool are much the same. We make things meant for those quiet hours.
The day sewing became a refuge
Sitting beside my child through homework was longer and heavier work than I had expected. One evening I could not focus on a single page, so I started sewing three sides of my daughter's worn-out blanket instead. That was the first time I felt my mind go quiet. Sewing has been my refuge ever since.
I learned French embroidery, and tea slowly became part of that time. These days I am studying Korean traditional embroidery as well.
Slow stitching, for anyone looking for a quiet hobby
The back stitch is a curious one. To move forward, it first goes back. That single stitch is what makes the straightest, strongest line. Perhaps going back for a moment is not falling behind, but the way something becomes sturdier. Today, again, one stitch at a time.
If today was spent on everyone else
When the house goes quiet, when the children are asleep, when even the sound of dishes has stopped — that is when the hours that belong to me begin. I pour the tea, unfold the cloth, choose a thread. While the tea cools, I slowly meet myself again.
We send the making, not just the made
There is real pleasure in choosing something already finished. But we wanted to share the hours in which the thing comes into being. That is why our first product is a kit you stitch yourself — the Handdam Basket.
The person behind Chadam Stitch
Chadam Stitch opened in June 2024 and is run by Park Ji-heon in Busan, Korea. In September 2026 she visited Maison&Objet in Paris to gather the next chapter of the brand, stitching Handdam Baskets out of her bag along the way. What began with a single basket is growing into one-day classes, patterns and finished pieces.
“Work it gently with your hands and its good face comes back. This cloth of ours seems to soothe the heart — that is why I love it so.”