An embroidery journal is a project where everyday the artist embroiders an icon that represents their day. A typical Embroidery Journal uses a clock format where each hour represents one month of the year.
At this point, I’ve seen hundreds of embroidery journals created over the past few years. Last year, I featured some of the most unique embroidery journals that I’ve seen, but this time I’ve curated some of my favourite embroidery journals that I saw during 2024 – journals featuring bold uses of colour, unique formats, and more!
Danielle Norton’s Tree of Life
Throughout 2024, Danielle added icons onto her Tree of Life piece representing photos that she took throughout the month. I love the way that her embroidery journal came together with every icon looking like a leaf of 2024.
Danielle can be found posting embroidery journal updates in the Embroidery Journaling Facebook Group.
Lori Gottschalk Hornbeck
Lori’s embroidery journal is reminiscent of a quilt. She embroidered a box for each month to fill with icons representing her month. After completing her embroidery journal, she finished off the edges with a beautiful piece of fabric.
Lori can be found posting embroidery journal updates in the Embroidery Journaling Facebook Group.
Bente Kooreman
Over the Summer, I interviewed Bente about her one of a king embroidery journal. I can honestly say that I’ve seen nothing like it before. Each month, she focuses on one subject – vegetables, cats, sea life, etc. She fills each segment with stumpwork embroidery – I could stare it this piece for hours taking in every intricate detail that she has stitched!
You can find Bente on Facebook: Bente Kooreman, Art”It’s Something Different Curaçao” and Benni the Lizard. On Instagram @Benni the Lizard.
Savannah Wise
Starting on the date that Savannah Wise met her boyfriend, she filled in a segment on her fabric representing the temperature of the weather local to their area. I’ve seen so many temperature trackers at this point, but this is such a simple, yet beautiful template. Savannah used a pattern by Mortimer Makes on Etsy.
Jess Blauwkamp
I interviewed Jess back in 2023 about her unique embroidery journal. She’s back at it again for 2024! She designed her own colour coded template to track her year. If you look closely, you can see that she’s still using the typical 12 slice pie chart, but her icons are colour coded depending on where she places them!
You can find Jess on Instagram @jess_makesthings and TikTok @jess_makesthings sharing Embroidery Journal updates.
Alice Machado
I love the fact that Alice called out leap year on her embroidery journal! She then went on to embroider a tiny detailed icon representing every day of her 2024. I feel like it came together so well!
Alice can be found posting embroidery journal updates in the Embroidery Journaling Facebook Group.
Lauren Nielsen
Lauren has one of the most unique embroidery journals that I’ve seen! Throughout each month of 2024, she embroidered colour coded icons representing her month within a small embroidery hoop. Now that she’s completed her icons for the year, she’s beginning to turn her embroidered sections into a quilt! You can learn more about her project by reading her A Stitch a Day interview.
You can find Lauren on Instagram via @thimblechaser.
Janine Cousins
In scrolling through Instagram one day, I was drawn to Janine’s embroidery journal! I love the use of bright, bold colours of thread paired with a muted orange fabric. It’s such a stunning combination!
You can find future updates from Janine over on her Instagram account – @j9craft.
Rachel T.
If you combined a calendar with an embroidery journal, you would be left with Rachel’s Embroidery Journal. Featuring daily icons in the traditional layout of a calendar, you’re left knowing so much about the artist! You could see exactly what she was up to on the first Tuesday of March.
I’ve seen a lot of embroidery journals over the past five years, but I can pleasantly say that I’ve never seen one in this format before. Which is a bit shocking! I hope to see more embroidery journals like this in the future.
You can find Rachel in the Embroidery Journaling Facebook group.
Sue Owen
I’ve loved watching Sue’s embroidery journal fill up over the course of 2024 in the Embroidery Journaling Facebook Group. So much so that I interviewed her over the summer! Each month, Sue embroiders several incredibly detailed icons that represent the highlights of her month.
Sue can be found sharing photos of her embroidery journal on Facebook in the Embroidery Journaling and Craft Your Way to Happiness groups.
Eloise Butcher
For 2024, Eloise chose to colour code her embroidery journal and I adore how it turned out! She also went with a unique layout that looks similar to a flower with pointed tips for each month.
Eloise can be found posting embroidery journal updates in the Embroidery Journaling Facebook Group.
Are you interested in creating your own embroidery journal?
Check out these resources!
- I have two free listings in my digital downloads webstore for a template and icons.
- The 22-page Create Your Own Embroidery Journal Guide has information on getting started, designing your own icons, staying motivated, and even includes 80 icons!
- My Embroidery Journaling kits included a physical copy of the Create Your Own Embroidery Journal guide, a 10 inch embroidery hoop, fabric, DMC thread, a variety of digital resources, and more!
- You can also join the Embroidery Journaling Facebook Group which now has over 21,000 members to see tons of photos of beautiful embroidery journals!
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