Alabama Chanin Custom Bead Mixer

Continue on in your appliqué techniques and embellishments with a second The School of Making swatch kit in a Shades of Blue colorway. The kit is an add-on for Natalie Chanin’s Hand-Stitched Appliqué workshop, and each of the components are ideal for hand-sewing. As in the original workshop kit, the fabric is American grown and made Supima® cotton jersey. 

Showcase your completed appliqué swatch and create a homemade journal cover. This A5 size journal has 160 ruled pages in an ivory cream color, a bookmark ribbon, a pocket in the back, and 180° lay-flat binding. In our video workshop, Natalie Chanin shares how to turn your custom swatch into a book cover with our A5 size in mind. We’ve sourced a vegan journal so that those in our community that avoid animal products can enjoy this creative project conversion as well.

About Beechmore Books: Beechmore began as a design studio in London with a simple mission - to make notebooks that are impossible to leave empty by encouraging inspiration, ease in the note-taking process or by providing the best possible space in which to pour ideas and creativity. Each book is a refined ergonomic journal that utilizes high-quality, 120gsm thick paper and sturdy vegan leather binding. Journals are bound in-house to ensure a 180° lay-flat binding.

This comprehensive guidebook by Natalie Chanin is a perfect companion piece for her workshop, Hand-Stitched Appliqué.  It features illustrated instructions along with photos of both right and wrong sides for over 100 stitches. By breaking down different stitches into a geometric grid system, we can learn seemingly complicated embroidery techniques with ease. There are even two plastic stitching cards that can be used for transferring grids to fabric or stitching directly through for practice.