How I made my Fabric Journal Cover!

on Jan 18, 2013

I started a new journal for the year

and wanted to make a fabric cover.

I cut up some cardboard

a little bigger than the pages inside

which were half the size of a short coupon bond.

Next I looked through my stash of cloth

and lace

and buttons and ribbons....

I keep a lot of these, just in case...

I audition the cloth and embellishments

to see how it looks.

Then I start doing embroidery-

cross stich, blanket stitch, etc.

Just doing what makes me happy.

I have to make the cloth big enough

to cover the front and back.

Next I folded the cloth in half,

with the front side facing each other.

Then I traced the cardboard cover on to the cloth

with pencil.

I then sewed it up on the wrong side

with running stitch, making sure that it won't be

a tight fit for the cardboard cover.

I then invert the cloth, insert the cardboard cover

and thin fiberfill stuffing.

I put holes in the cover using a fine pair of scissors.

Here is the finished product!

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