Slow stitch fabric journals

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…

Photo: A stack of hand-painted signatures waiting to be bound into stitch journals. Back in July of 2022 during a studio clean, I found a couple of small fabric books stuck in a drawer. I had made them the previous summer, and for whatever reason they hadn't lived up to my expectations, thus in the drawer they went, the place where things I don't know what to do with wind up. I'm not certain but I think I originally intending them to be needle books. I must have had some other visual imagery…

Bobbi Milligan on Instagram: "Finally crossed the finish line on this slow stitched, rust and eco-print journal. It includes handmade watercolor pages. I’m loving the colors. It’s almost time to start ecoprinting again! #handmadebooks #handmadejournals #slowstitching #rustdyeing #ecoprintingonfabric"

Another little hand-stitched 2-inch Mini Joy Journal with eco-dyed linens, vintage laces & cotton, hand-painted fabrics & watercolour paper. . Another little journal that I've just been picking up and stitching in the evenings to wind down after a day in the yard or cleaning out cupboards. . I added another unusual fastener this time instead of just fabric or ribbon by using a braised cotton tie with a charm and a piece of silk, wrapped around a rusty bell. . Willow and I have been…

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...

Hand stitching with fabrics and paper in art journaling with Roben-Marie Smith. Slow stitching adds lovely texture to art journals. art journaling ideas | art journal inspiration

Front and back of my first completed weekly stitchery for the slow stitching project I’ve joined @k3n.clothtales . I enjoyed sewing in… | Instagram

Hello friends, I am sharing a project from the Salvaged Patina release today, my mixed media Fabric Book. This was such a fun project to cr...