Zusammenfassung
This guide explains how to stitch your own stories in fabric and thread to create a stitched journal. Author, Jessie Chorley, explains how to combine treasured items of fabric, threads and notions with techniques including simple patchwork, hand embroidery and applique, to create a unique, hand stitched book to treasure forever.

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Welcome to my seasonal, slow-stitching project, Journal with Thread. The fabric journal, which we will make in the pages ahead, is a celebration of my love for collecting fabric, thread and other personal memorabilia and treasures. It focuses on my signature style of hand-embroidery, and my unique approach to simple patching and appliqué techniques. This book is a guide to making your own stitched fabric journal. I have laid out how to do this step by step, providing clear, technical details at every stage. However, as both a maker and a teacher, I always encourage a free and intuitive approach to crafting – I don’t believe in rigidly following rules or instructions, and what you make with your hands must always come from the heart. I have been guided by this belief while creating this book. This project is rooted in the approach I take to making my own embroidered artworks, especially fabric storybooks and memory journals, which are crafted from preloved and found materials. It features my hand-drawn stitch guides and will also explain my favourite embroidery techniques – and, to inspire, guide and prompt you, I will refer to these guides throughout the book. Journal with Thread is a project suitable for all skill levels. If you are a beginner, you can follow the instructions in this book as near to the letter as you wish. However, if you are an experienced maker, and wish to embrace your own style, feel free to take your own approach to making your stitched journal, and not be inhibited by the instructions in this book. I encourage you to take inspiration from my thrifty, re-purposing, make-do-and-mend approach to crafting. Dig deep and try to make this project from fabrics and threads that you may already have. Take inspiration from your collection of materials as you build your own unique seasonal fabric journal. For me, working in this fashion has been so liberating. My hope is that you will enjoy it too.