Stitch book

The construction of the embroidery stitches sampler books is hard to describe for this crafts how-to. I hope the photos help and that I can effectively describe how I put them together and make sense instead of being clear as mud. If you click on an image, you will get a closer view. It will…

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The Take it Further fiber book is finally complete. My first fiber book, I'm over the moon. The cover is felt which I've embroidered and it opens to reveal the page above. Flipping through the pages. One for each month. That's the last page. The free form Cable chain stitch is an attempt to imitate the end papers in very old hard bound books which are marbled. The edges of the pages have sugar beads at intervals. You can see I got carried away. Click on the months to see each page of the…

via There are so many charming elements wrapped up in a single photo, right? via This handmade cloth needlework book illustrating embroidery stitches is truly a treasure and a work of love. I think this woman is the creator of this embroidery book.

For a long time I had my many needles jammed in a bin with a lot of other little embroidery odds and ends, and I really wanted a more convenient (and cute!) way to store them. So I set out to create a needle book, and a tutorial to go along with it!

So, this journal didn't grow that big, after all. I really felt like wrapping it up, there was a strong sense of... fulfillment, so to say? All the works found their place inside the journal. I liked how they matched being paired up together and didn't want to drag it out anymore just to incorporate a couple of other old embroidery pieces that I didn't even have a vision for in this journal. Besides, I wanted to make a journal cover already, and check if my idea would work! :) And I think it…

These were all so much fun to make! I love pulling them out now and then to look at and think what else could be done. They're a great chanc...

Little Forest on Instagram: "TUTORIAL!!! I made this video to show you how I sewn this book. It’s coptic stictches combined with double French link stitches in 2 colors of thread. I sew French link 2 times in each signatures. Hope you can figure it out. Thank you for watching and enjoy binding your book . . #notebookbinding #bookbinding #handmade #diy #bookbinder #handicraft #copticbinding #papercraft #sketchbook #handbound #crafts #handboundbook #bookbinding #etsyvancouver…