January Journal Giveaway!

Well the holidays are just a memory now but I hope you all had a wonderful New Years and enjoyed being with family and friends. 

As promised I'm starting off the New Year with my first giveaway!  I've chosen one of my journals which are very popular so i know who ever  wins will be very happy. :) 

Here are the pics of the actual giveaway journal.

                    It holds a 9"x6" coil notebook which are very easy to find and so the journal cover
                                                       can be refilled again and again.

The cover is made starting with a bottom layer of cotton batik fabric then a few silk flowers are scattered that have been pressed flat.  A layer of organza is fused over top and finally free motioned stitched with a variety of variegated threads. The interior is a very stiff stabiliser and then the edges are all zigzagged.

                                               This is a close up of the free motion quilting.

                             So how do I win this giveaway you ask?  Very easy!  Just post a comment to this post      or any other posts this month (one chance per comment) and after a random draw at the end of the month                                   I will mail out your prize, no matter where you live. :)

                                           I'm excited to share my work with someone new and I'm excited to have              some new followers to my blog. Feel free to share this post through facebook or twitter with your friends and good luck! :D

New Journal Covers

I had alot of fun with the last journal covers I made so when I discovered this new technique I new I had to try some more.

Preview of a finished journal.

Getting ready. Fabric picked [the more colorful the better :) ] ,stiff interfacing,  assorted silk fowers pressed flat, organza and some Misty Fuse.

Layers now all fused together , next fun step choosing thread colors, again the brighter the better and of course varigated !

Flowers are all embellished. I did have to go over one with a brighter color, you never know how threads are going to look till you jump in but the good thing is you can add a layer of another color for brightness if needed.

And here you can see the background all filled in.

Getting the lining all together and the end pieces to hold the journal cover.

Last steps are zigzagging all around and of course adding my labels.

This time I decided to use address books as the filler, everyone can use one of these.

The finished group.

I'm actually kinda late in making this post and all of these pieces have actually sold so

I guess they're a hit and  I'd better get busy and make some more !