Journals

Recently, I created a new batch of large journals. One of my favorite parts of the process is creating the covers for the signatures or notebooks that go into each journal. It’s fun to mix paper scraps, ephemera and stitching to make a collage.

Last week my studio was overrun with paper as I created 20 journals and a few extra covers. It’s always fun to pick fabrics for the covers and and stitch them and and then to turn around and create the notebooks that go inside the journals. The collage on the cover of each notebook is

Before the big holiday bazaar, I created 36 small journals – here they are before I inserted the paper notebooks into the covers. I enjoy using lots of different fabrics – some very new, some old but all happy. There were also larger journals. On front of each notebook or signature, I create a small

My studio and now my dining room (so I can watch movies with my husband while I stitch) are overflowing with journals in various stages of completion. These are designed so that the scrappy stitched notebooks inside can be switched out once full. I like to add words to the covers of the notebooks –

I’ve been trying a new journal making method – these are made so that the notebook pages inside can be traded out once full. I use elastic cord for the binding and closure – adding a metal tags for embellishment. I tried two size: 4” x 6” and 6” x 8”. I plan to try

I tried a new tie with this journal. Its a bit romantic and I adore the ‘throw kindness around like confetti’ tag. Various pages and covers. I like making mini collages on the first page of each signature.

Bright colors scream happy. Dots on the inside and out! Love the muted color scheme inside this herringbone journal.

I cut into some new Cotton & Steel prints for this journal. Love that typewriter. This cover is made with velveteen screams – yum! Riley Blake scraps with messages of hope and kindness

Long days and nights – stitching, creating, making.