Embroidery Journal

A journal I made a couple of years ago from an old men's wool jacket (thrown in the washer on hot and felted up a bit.) Needle felted circles and some embroidery.

 The interior is (very) slowly being filled with samples and practice embroidery stitches.

Got stitch?

Nudge 27, Stitch

Ok OK! I got the emails. Here's Nudge 27 ... Stitch. In your journal, on your pants, a tiny corner of a blanket, on your lawn chair. Take a few stitches. Don't know how? What!? Hate it? Aw, come on. When was the last time you sewed anything? You have a mending kit somewhere.

Capisco Niente is a handy all-purpose phrase I learned before I went to Italy. It means "I understand nothing." So true on so many levels. It made me laugh and most of the Italians I used it on laughed with me. I may embroider that on a t-shirt.

Something cool happens when you stitch in your journal:

Yeah. I often like the back of the page more than the front. But you could always glue something on top of it.

Use embroidery floss - all six strands - when stitching on paper. Poke your sewing holes first with an awl or thumbtack and make sure that your needle goes through the holes comfortably. It's way to hard on your hands to try to stitch without the holes.