Visual journal Sharon Boggon over at in a minute ago has some really good posts on using a visual journal. She touched on it in the Sumptuous surfaces course and took a lot of the fear out of it for me by saying that they’re meant to be used as a working journal, not a work of art. I’m not sure I actually use a visual journal yet, but I have an ideas book I carry round with me, it has little sketches in as well as many, many lists of the things I’m going to do at some point.. soon!? - so I think I’m half way there!

Video stitch library A great way to learn on line - over at needle and thread, this is a fab resource for embroidery stitches,, they’re organised into stitch types and give you a clearer picture than trying to follow text and photographic instructions.

Video tutorial Duncan sent me a link to this video tutorial for making notebooks. I’m going to have a go at some point, try and do a fabric cover.

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