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    Diary in Stitches: 65 Charming Motifs - 6 Fabric & Thread Projects to Bring You Joy
    Diary in Stitches: 65 Charming Motifs - 6 Fabric & Thread Projects to Bring You Joy
    Diary in Stitches: 65 Charming Motifs - 6 Fabric & Thread Projects to Bring You Joy
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    Diary in Stitches: 65 Charming Motifs - 6 Fabric & Thread Projects to Bring You Joy

    By Minki Kim

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    Artist Minki Kim turns her own daily sketchbook challenge into 65 stitchable drawings to mix and match. Embroider and appliqué the whimsical, easy-going way with 6 useful projects to make and share, like a simple zipper pouch for the teacher, a cozy pillow for a handsome chair, or a wallhanging for your family room. Minki’s uplifting designs, plus an extra gallery of small project ideas from coasters to wall art will appeal to anyone who wants to add personality to their home and personal accessories.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC&T Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateAug 1, 2018
    ISBN9781617456527
    Diary in Stitches: 65 Charming Motifs - 6 Fabric & Thread Projects to Bring You Joy

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      Book preview

      Diary in Stitches - Minki Kim

      Publisher: Amy Marson

      Creative Director: Gailen Runge

      Acquisitions Editor: Roxane Cerda

      Managing Editor: Liz Aneloski

      Editor: Karla Menaugh

      Technical Editor: Debbie Rodgers

      Cover/Book Designer: April Mostek

      Production Coordinator: Tim Manibusan

      Production Editor: Jennifer Warren

      Illustrator: Valyrie Gillum

      Photo Assistant: Mai Yong Vang

      Photography by Minki Kim unless otherwise noted.

      Published by Stash Books, an imprint of C&T Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549

      Dedication

      For Mom and Dad in Korea. I realize your love each day.

      For my husband, Alex, and my three C’s— Caylin, Chloe, and Claire. You are my inspiration and my world.

      Acknowledgments

      It all started with a promise to myself: one drawing a day.

      I am so grateful to C&T Publishing for believing in me (again!) and for beautifully making my half-a-year’s worth of drawings into my second book. I would especially like to thank Diane, Karla, Liz, Lucy, and Roxane. You are an awesome team; it was a pleasure to work with you.

      Thanks to Kristyne Czepuryk for testing my quilt pattern and contributing her mini quilt to this book. I am fortunate to call you my friend.

      Thanks to Elise Baek, who spent her personal time to test patterns and helped me make a better book.

      Thanks also to Kristin Esser, who always encouraged me and was the first critic of my designs and drafts. Having a friend who writes and sews makes me the lucky person.

      Thank you to the companies that supported me with materials to create these projects: Art Gallery Fabrics, Aurifil, Ava & Neve, Clover USA, Dailylike Canada, Fat Quarter Shop, LECIEN Corporation, Ministry of Fabric, Moda Fabrics, OLFA Craft North America, Quilters Dream Batting, Reliable Corporation, Riley Blake Designs, Tilda Australia, and The Warm Company. Your materials are always best friends for my sewing time. I truly appreciate you for trusting me and supporting me without question.

      Introduction

      I spent my entire childhood drawing and painting. I was lucky, I realize now, to go to a school with actual art classes and to have a real artist as a teacher. Every day after class, I would go into the art room, where a circle of easels surrounded a table covered with a vase of flowers, some books, and a bowl of apples and pears. I loved the whimsical patterns the sun reflected on the tablecloth.

      While we students used watercolors, my art teacher painted on canvas with oil paint. I still remember the smell of fresh paint and the scattered watercolors on the cement floor. My white cloth shoes were stained with paint, but I was proud of my colorful shoes; they seemed a symbol of being an artist.

      Almost twenty years later, I found myself the mother of three small girls. The days of spending my time solely on art seemed far away. So I satisfied my artistic side by decorating children’s rooms or cutting colored papers into ladybugs and flowers to surprise my little girls. I was happy. I didn’t know there was more I could dream about.

      Then I met my first sewing machine while my husband and I were out shopping. As a person who never liked numbers and instructions, running my own sewing machine seemed very cool. After several successes of making tea mats, snack bags, and chair covers, I was brave enough to sew something artistic. I sewed a simple house using straight stitches. That was the very beginning of my drawing with thread. I kept drawing and drawing with my now-beloved sewing machine, and I have yet to tire of it.

      Right after the publication of my first book, Sew Illustrated—35 Charming Fabric & Thread Designs, written with my dear friend Kristin Esser, I made a goal: to draw one design a day. I didn’t have a plan. I just wanted to get back to my true love—drawing.

      It was a promise I made only to myself so that no one would judge whether I met my goal. But I really did draw one design a day! Next, I

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