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 couple of variegated Valdani perle threads, bought from Cross Patch. I've used a different layout for my fabrics, as I was trying to use up as many smaller pieces of these fabrics, designed by Lynette Anderson Designs, 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 ric-rac trimming (this was secured in place with a few colonial knots). 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 one was posted off to a special friend, Julie, who has been the recipient of my notebooks before - I hope she likes this one!
*I'd bought this pattern last year from Coast & Country Crafts and Quilts and it's also available from Cross Patch
*I'd bought this pattern last year from Coast & Country Crafts and Quilts and it's also available from Cross Patch
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