Daydream Journals

Creating unique textile art using vintage cloth and embroidery to record your ideas, thoughts and inspiration.

Talented textile artist Tilly Rose shows you how to create beautiful journals to record your precious thoughts, ideas, daydreams and memories through painting, writing and stitch.

Explore an array of techniques that includes adding delicate shades of colour to paper and fabric using flowers and fruit, as well as layering, collage, patchwork, appliqué, hand and free motion machine embroidery. Artfully combine natural materials, vintage threads, fabrics and handmade papers to make eight gorgeous slow-stitched creations, including cloth covers for paper journals, a portable sewing kit for weekend journalling, a stunning scroll diary and a delightful jar of smiles.

With clear, step-by-step instructions and photographs, this inspiring book is a treasure trove of techniques and ideas for lovers of textile art, stitching and journalling.

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.