Telling a Story Through Cloth and Thread

Creating unique textile art using vintage cloth and embroidery to tell a story and preserve memories

Learn to create unique textile art using vintage embroidery and cloth to preserve treasured memories!

Features 15 step-by-step projects and showcases a variety of techniques – including hand embroidery, embellishing, collaging, quilting, and more!

Vintage cloth, found objects, embroidery, layered cloth and hand-stitching are all artfully combined by Tilly Rose to create unique textile artworks that tell a story, record a special event, or celebrate a memory of a special person or place. Tilly describes how to create these textile artworks using scraps of fabric, thread, lace, ribbon, buttons, beads, photographs and other found items that readers either already own or have sourced from elsewhere.

Inside you’ll find 15 projects for cloth journals, hoop art, collages, wall hangings, and quilts. In step-by-step demos, Tilly shows you a variety of easy techniques, including:
 

• Layering and collage
• Hand embroidery
• Creating your own fabrics
• Transferring your designs to cloth
• Stamping on cloth
• Appliqué and embellishing
• Patchwork and quilting
• Free motion embroidery
• Photo transfer

Create a textile artwork using fabric and items from your wedding, a child’s first birthday, a Christening, or even family heirlooms. Be creative, feel free to experiment – and turn beloved materials into treasured keepsakes.