One of my favourite projects to make for gifts are journal covers, and I particularly like the stitchery design on this one. The pattern is Friendship Notebook Cover by the Australian designer Gail Pan Designs. The hand embroidery was stitched using a variegated red Valdani perle thread, bought from Cross Patch. I've used a different layout for my fabrics, as I was trying to use up as many small pieces of these fabrics as I could!...
...once the strips of fabric were pieced together, I've used a felted polyester wadding (Pellon H30, also bought from Cross Patch) and added some vintage buttons and lace trimming. I've constructed mine differently to Gail's original instructions, as I have a tried and trusted method which I prefer! Before the sides are folded in and secured, the edges of the notebook are covered with a narrow binding which is hand stitched in place. I prefer to use spiral bound notebooks as they are so much easier to put inside the covers and are easily replaced when they're full of important notes!...
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...and here's the finished journal cover - with an A5 sized notebook inside. These journal covers are a great way of using up smaller pieces of fabric, like this one, if you don't follow the cutting instructions in the pattern, and can easily be enlarged to fit any size of notebook. This was wrapped and posted to a special friend, Vanda - I really meant to get this finished and posted to her for Christmas, but I'd completely lost my motivation, so I hope she doesn't mind that it's a bit late!
*I'd bought this pattern last year from Coast & Country Crafts and Quilts and it's also available from Cross Patch - both shops have excellent websites.
*I'd bought this pattern last year from Coast & Country Crafts and Quilts and it's also available from Cross Patch - both shops have excellent websites.
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