Daydream Journals: Memories, ideas and inspiration in stitch, cloth & thread

by Tilly Rose

Overview

Begin your creative journey and memory collection with your own gorgeous stitched daydream journals.

Talented textile artist Tilly Rose shows you how to create beautiful cloth journals, among other lovely items, to record precious thoughts and ideas - from fleeting memories to treasured items, sketches, poems and photographs.

There are eight gorgeous things to make, including journals, a sewing case, a project bag and a scroll cloth diary, using a range of exciting techniques that include layering and collage, hand embroidery, transferring your own designs to cloth, stamping, appliqué, embellishing, patchwork and free motion machine embroidery.

A journal provides a fascinating glimpse into your world, is a beautiful object in its own right and will provide inspiration for further embroidered creations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782218722
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	03/15/2022
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	267,064
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Tilly Rose is a creative textile artist, designer and tutor who works in her studio based in the Cambridgeshire Fens, UK. Her work involves layering, mixed media collage, surface stitching and embellishing. She uses traditional techniques with a modern twist, but always with a vintage flavour. She holds workshops throughout the UK and is a regular and popular guest presenter on craft TV channels, showcasing new products and needlecraft skills. Tilly has her own blog and is active on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and Instagram. She regularly exhibits at crafts shows, accepts commissions and sells larger pieces of her work internationally. Her website address is www.tilly-rose.co.uk.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Inspiration 10

Where to begin 10

Finding everyday inspirations 12

Keeping a daydream journal 14

Taking the First Steps 16

Written words 18

Doodles 19

Tools and materials 20

Collecting snippets 22

Techniques 24

Creating pages and backgrounds 24

Working with Mother Earth 36

Moving on to Cloth and Thread 48

Essentials for slow stitching 50

Starting to stitch 54

The Projects 62

Gatherings 64

Diary of a Fen Gal 70

Meandering Paths 78

An Alchemy of Secrets 84

Tales from a Victorian Haberdashery 90

Winter Sparkle 96

Jar of Smiles 104

A Fenland Dockey 110

Tilly's Stitchery 118

Templates 126

Index 128