Now to the fabric...I know!...I have fat eights of the entire Collage collection. It has a coffee cup design on some of the fabric and Lois loves coffee. But that would mean I have to cut it (gasp!). That's something I've been trying to avoid. Okay, this is a good cause I tell my self and take a deep breath. Whew! So I pick out fabric for the journal cover.
In the tutorial, the outside of the cover is sewn in diagonal strips. Since I want the coffee cups to be front and center, I take a little creative license with the design and am very happy with the results:
Now its time to select the fabric for the inside pockets and lining. Although I do have the entire collection they are fat eighths. And (of course) I can't get two pockets and the lining out of one piece of the fabric (bummer). The pockets are designed by folding a large piece of fabric in half, so I sewed together a piece of fabric to match the lining to the outside pocket fabric (it kinda looks like deconstructed coffee cups, doesn't it?)
So I put the pockets together and top stitch them when that darned light bulb started flickering again; I forgot to quilt the cover of the folder! I wanted to do something simple and geometric. I decided to quilt around the perimeter of the folder in a continuous line and then keep sewing around - a Grecian key kind of design. I have a tool that I think is typically used by long armers, but it's nice and small with lines on it that help me keep my lines straight and even.
Next I just assemble the pieces and leave a section open so it can be turned right side out. Then a nice top stitch with a pretty heavy variegated thread .
Voila! I lovely journal cover. Now I just need to get a tablet to slip inside. I know Lois is going to love it. Thanks Kwilty Pleasures for sharing such a fun project on your blog!
