I recently found myself in a Journal making frenzy and thought I might share it with you. I made my first Journal cover a couple of years ago and I loved it.
There are many articles and tutorials out there that provide information on sizing for a Journal cover. Suggest Google search for “journal cover tutorial” will produce some good results. Also a lot of interesting Pinterest sites…. Once you have that – the sky’s the limit.
In my example, the cover is for an A5 sized Journal (6.25 inches wide x 8.25 inch long). It does not really matter which size Journal, the construction remains the same, just adjust any measurements to suit.
I wanted to make a few Journals for friends and wanted them to be special so I decided to use some of my hand dyed fabric. For cover fabric, I used a couple of the pieces which I had from my Christmas dyeing event – see my previous Ice Dyeing blog. I also picked an orange coloured fabric from another previous dying venture.
My basic fabric on batting before decoration
Sketched pattern
I have several I have worked on over the years and I keep adding to them to keep a record of what I have used.
For the cover you will need a selection of threads
Creating the free form decorative patterns
I really like the stitch contrast of this cover
The orange journal cover
The blue version….
Some of my completed Journals
Making Journal covers is great fun and only limited by your imagination. I had a terrific weekend creating these Journals and they have been greatly appreciated by my friends who love to get hand-made gifts.
A point to remember, this may become addictive!!! Why don’t you give it a try?
Until my next blog,
Leslie…
