Embroidered Journals

Journals are meant to be personal, so why not create your own personal journal. I made my own by embroidering its cover and stitch binding it myself. Have a look:

Paper – printer paper for inner sheets and card paper for the cover (I used a4 size paper)

General stationary

Embroidery threads and needles

This design is a Japanese Sashiko design. To start draw a cube pattern to the front cover.

Then embroider vertically as shown. This pattern follows ABBABBA.

For the horizontal stripes follow the pattern ABBABAABABB.

To add some colour to the design I made some small crosses at the center.

Once the cover is ready lay the inner sheet on the cover page so that the design is facing away from the inner sheets.

Pierce seven holes through the sheets.

Bind the pages to the cover, as shown the in the images.

I similarly created another cover with a white light bulb.

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