Memories, ideas & inspiration in stitch, cloth & thread by Tilly Rose
Description
Textile artists find inspiration all around them from fleeting memories to treasured items, sketches, poems and photographs. But how do you collect and record these precious thoughts and ideas? Tilly Rose shows you how, by creating stunning fabric and paper journals filled with inspiration to spark your creativity.
A lovingly created journal tells a story. It provides a fascinating glimpse into your world and is a beautiful object in its own right to be cherished by generations to come. There are eight beautiful designs to choose from, incorporating 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.
All of the techniques are explained with clear instructions and step-by-step photographs, so even those who are just setting out on their creative journey will find inspiration and all the know-how they need to make their own gorgeous daydream journals.
https://www.searchpress.com/book/9781782218722/daydream-journals
Why We Like it
We loved Tilly’s previous book Stitched Memories and Daydream Journals is a further development of her gorgeous approach to stitch, cloth and thread. Tilly is such an intuitive and talented textile artist and her beautiful books are absolutely packed with so much creativity. Tilly shares how she created her journals and explains how you can create your own.
The comprehensive content includes:
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.
Full of step-by-step techniques, glorious illustrations and creative projects; Tilly combines traditional sewing techniques with a love of layering cloth, adding textures through surface stitching and embellishing taking her favourite surrounding countryside as inspiration.
Daydream Journals is a book to treasure and keep as a constant source of uplifting inspiration. We absolutely loved it! Highly recommended!