"Autumn" is the name of this pretty Heritage Keepsake Journal

Some time back in the summer I purchased this pretty Keepsake Journal kit from Georgeanne on the Facebook group page called "Damsels in Lace"

I asked for her to create a kit in autumn colors which she did a fabulous job doing.  This is my third project from her and I have been beyond delighted with each one she has created.

As you can see she sent me a beautiful selection of vintage fabrics lace and trims, as well as, some old photographs and postcards.

The pattern was emailed to me in PDF format and was very easy to follow with lots of images to reference from.

I had set aside a few of my own embellishments for this project, as I wanted to incorporate a beautiful hand painted MOP button, that was painted by Gerry Krueger from USA. 

As an after thought I also created a collaged snippet style wrap around closure.  

Presenting " Autumn "

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Wishing you all a wonderful autumn.

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LET THE TREASURE HUNT BEGIN #roxysjournalofstitcheryvol4

The idea for this piece came from the girls, Rachel and Sarah,  over on their YouTube channels, and can be found using #roxysjournalofstitchery.  This one being volume 4.  They came up with the Treasure Hunt slowstitched project in June of 2023 and planned it out to last 6 months and provided us with a total of 12 prompts to work with. 

I began this project by laying out a mood board.  Basically a collage of fabrics and notions to tweak the creative juices and prepare me for the journey ahead.   I choose a  color pallette and a theme,  then went in search of a linen to use as my base. 

The linen I choose was a white silk damask cloth with beautiful blue tatting at each end.  The cloth measured 14.5" x 22".  I folded over the top to create a sleeve and stitched it down with a herringbone stitch.  I then decided to layout a few fabrics to create some background interest, as I wasn't sure at this point what the end result was going to be, and I had no idea what the prompts were at this point.  I tried not to dwell on the end results but instead just let the flow of my needle guide me on this journey.  

The following pictures tell the tale of this wonderful journey as I let the prompts guide me along the way.  

PROMPT 1 - MONOGRAM 

PROMPT 2 - VINTAGE LACE 

PROMPT 3 - FAVORITE FABRICS 

PROMPT 4 - HEARTS/LOVE 

PROMPT 5 - EMBROIDERY 

PROMPT 6 - TRIMS 

PROMPT 7 - NATURE/BOTANICAL 

PROMPT 8 - BUTTONS 

PROMPT 9 -  FOUND TREASURE 

PROMPT 10 - WORDS

PROMPT 11 - WEAVING 

PROMPT 12 - SENTIMENTAL ITEM 

Many of these prompts were included more than once throughout this piece and some of the inclusions represented more than one prompt but overall I am quite happy to have completed this piece using all the prompts as required and am delighted to say the mystery has been solved. 

Thank you for checking in and hope you enjoyed having a peek at what I've been up to these past 6 months and hope you will check back again soon for a trip down memory lane as I document Volumn 1 thru 3 of Roxy's Journal of Stitchery. 

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A Years Worth of Journals

 2020 has been a busy year, mostly making journals and I neglected to blog about them. 

So, I thought I'd finish up the week with a few that got finished.

A Walk in the Forest

Crazy  Quilting Journal

Bluebells & Daisies Journal

Wildflowers Journal

The Sultry Gypsy Journal

Vintage Sewing Journal

Sunny Morning Journal



Shabby Chic / Vintage Journal

Shabby Chic Bunny Journal

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