Daydream journals : memories, ideas & inspiration in stitch, cloth & thread

Daydream journals Memories, ideas & inspiration in stitch, cloth & thread

Tilly Rose

Book - 2022

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.

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Subjects
Textile crafts.
Scrapbook journaling.
Memory in art.
Diaries in art.
Published
Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Search Press 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Tilly Rose (author)
Physical Description
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9781782218722
  • Introduction
  • Inspiration
  • Where to begin
  • Finding everyday inspirations
  • Keeping a daydream journal
  • Taking the First Steps
  • Written words
  • Doodles
  • Tools and materials
  • Collecting snippets
  • Techniques
  • Creating pages and backgrounds
  • Working with Mother Earth
  • Moving on to Cloth and Thread
  • Essentials for slow stitching
  • Starting to stitch
  • The Projects
  • Gatherings
  • Diary of a Fen Gal
  • Meandering Paths
  • An Alchemy of Secrets
  • Tales from a Victorian Haberdashery
  • Winter Sparkle
  • Jar of Smiles
  • A Fenland Dockey
  • Tilly's Stitchery
  • Templates
  • Index
Review by Booklist Review

A sense of family and relationships, nature, and memories emanates from Rose's special way to journal. With more than just words and doodles, UK-based author Rose (Stitched Memories, 2018) encourages readers to seriously stop, smell, hear, and taste their surroundings as journaling inspiration. She encourages the addition of flowers and other botanicals using methods (some of which she invented) like squishing, petal washing, flower tapping, berry squishing, leaf imprints, and solar dyeing. These techniques are further boosted by creativity with fabric and thread, such as couching and appliqué, all explained with good captions and color photographs. As for the mystery of putting it all together, plenty of paper clips, safety pins, glue, and other adherents become the foundation for eight projects, most of which are books, like "diary of a fen gal," inspired by nature walks. There's also a "jar of smiles" to hold odds and ends; a scrolled journal; and a purse. Fusing craft and nature, Rose's endeavor emits an otherworldly aura.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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