Introducing to you my new friend! :D As I've told you before, as soon the new patterns for beginners were complete I immediately ran to start a new embroidery journal – my new passion. Can say that with certainty now. You might wonder, why it is blue... ...and I don't know either, haha. It just came to my mind that I want to make a color-centered journal. The choice was between yellow, green, and blue, and the latter won. I didn't choose by any logic, though, it's just what I felt at that moment. But I'm so happy because you might notice that I don't use blue in my embroidery much. This pansy fob was probably the only stitching I did with this palette, and that's such a pity. Hopefully, making this journal will help me make better friends with blue and all its shades! Take a look below at what I've already stitched: For now, I'm taking it slow and simple. Nothing too challenging and demanding in effort. But there are many ideas and plans for this journal: the blue folk art, blue china and tiles patterns (azulejo!), traditional sashiko, sea/ocean theme, beautiful sky, and, of course, flowers! Hydrangea, forget me nots, blue anemone, hyacinth... And that's apart from any other casual stitching done in blue pallette :) If you have more ideas of what is blue and what should be in this journal, write in the comments! I also decided to incorporate some pretty fabrics that I was able to find. You can see one page being just simply fabric. This kind of addition seems to fit in very nicely and I like this idea of just appreciating lovely textiles next to a needlework. It would be hard to stitch only in blue colors for a long time, though, so most probably, I will start a parallel, casual journal for all colors and themes. But I wonder how thick the Blue Journal might be? There are 3 spreads right now, and I'm only getting started! Hope you enjoy this ride with me. Happy stitching!