Slow stitch journal

Over the last several months all of my creative focus has been on creating handmade cloth "Stitch Journals" in which I can experiment in and fill up. Here's an example of one of them... I began by hand painting all of the fabrics, (Jacquard Textile Colors were mainly used). I then machine stitched the fabrics into pages to later hand-bind into the journal. When I make the "blank" pages I like to add machine stitched lines and bits of machine stitched appliqué. (I consider the journal to be…

I wrote this whole post out this morning and as I typed the last word my computer crashed and, of course, I hadn’t been saving as I went along so here is my second try. You might want a cup of tea for this one. Last week I shared a little of my stitch journal on Instagram. It generated an awful l

These journal covers are stitched completely by hand. They contain three handmade notebooks filled with coffee dyed paper and a handmade folder with pockets.

People ask what I do with my slow stitched art, so I have prepared a video for you showing how to make a fabric book for your slow stitching. This is my favo...

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What is slow stitching? A lot of fun! Learn how to get started with slow stitching and enjoy this creative textile art.

Over the last several months all of my creative focus has been on creating handmade cloth "Stitch Journals" in which I can experiment in and...

New listing in CalonColourStudio today, this little beauty was so much fun to make! I have used scraps of old clothing and vintage fabrics and lace, lots of hand stitch and a pompom fringe, it's really cute. It also has envelopes and subject dividers and is probably my most favourite ❤️😍❤️ #etsyuk #etsyseller #etsyseller #handmade #handmadeuk #welshartist #journal #handdyed #textileart #stitched #idyepaper