Fabric Journal, Week 2

by Great Joy Studio | Jun 22, 2022 | Quilting & Fabric

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Hello!

I hope that you enjoyed making tags and faux stamps along with gathering any vintage sewing inspired items that you want to incorporate into your journal. Moving along – This week I made a few heavy canvas pocket pages (signatures), to test and started on some quilted pages (signatures) as well.

The featured fabric throughout the project will be She Who Sews (Best of) and the She Who Sews Home Dec fabrics from Riley Blake Designs. SWSs Home are due to deliver in August. So, check with your quilt shop for availability. This fabric is sew pretty!

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1) Blank canvas pages.

Again I had this canvas on hand and decided to begin with these first. I cut them using a rotary cutter and straight edge on two sides to fit my notebook but left the fringed edges for interest. I also reinforced the inside edges with a one inch strip that will be hole punched, just for extra support. I then used up the scraps for my pockets.

If you want to sew anything on your pockets, do before attaching them to your page. I added a few of the spool stamps and buttons but may decide to stamp or paint some details too.

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2) Quilted Pages with She Who Sews.

For my first quilted one I chose She Who Sews Home Dec shears fabric from Riley Blake Designs. This collection is full of vintage sew-y motifs which are perfect for a fabric/sew journal! It will deliver in August so check with your quilt shop for availability.

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Page base is Natural Linen cut a half inch larger than your fusible batting and your top (shears) fabric, on all four sides. Sandwich the three layers in that order and pin in place if your batting is not fusible. I only gave a light press to adhere the fabrics where I wanted them to be and then began to quilt around each of the images.

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I used an off white thread to blend into the fabric. After some light quilting I used a zigzag stitch on a fairly wide setting around the edges of the top fabric. I like the sketchy appearance of raw fabric edges and a variety of stitches but you could turn and top stitch if you prefer. I have not decided yet if I will fringe my linen edges or simply trim them. My pocket will be added just as the previous canvas pages. I am still deciding what fabric to use however, and how deep to make the pockets. Maybe matching the print would be nice. Any thoughts?

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Continue making as many pocket pages as you think you’ll need. By next week I hope to have several and then we can really get creative! Sound good?!!

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Thanks for visiting, see you next week.

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