Fabric Cover

 

I was asked to make a fabric cover, the same sort as the books but without the pages. So I started by making some pillows.

In various different shapes and sizes.

And I moved them around to create the overall size and shape I wanted.

This is what I decided upon for the front cover, so I sewed them all together.

And this for the back cover.

Inside of the back cover all sewn together.

And the inside of the front cover.

The front and back cover sewn together which is no mean feat!! Making sure they are tight and sewn together but not too tight so they won't bend at the spine, whilst still trying to keep the overall shape.

And the insides of them sewn together.

And the front cover once everything was sewn. I just had to put eyelets in and then it was finished.

And the back cover all fully sewn together.

I'm pleased to say that after it travelling half way around the world to Australia, it has safely been received and the recipient loves it.

Junk Journal

Front cover of a junk journal that I've made. The hard back book cover is covered in fabrics and stamped images. 

This is the inside of the front cover and the first page.

Some of the recycled envelopes have windows which is quite useful.

Strips of fabric have been sewn down the edges of some pages.

Some of the pages are from magazines.

Map pages have also been included in the journal.

Fabric stamped images are also incorporated on some pages.

Some images were stamped on magazine papers and cut out.

Map page.

Back inside cover.

Back cover of the junk journal.

This is for sale in my Etsy shop - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SamsHandmadeStore

Paper Slashed Art Journal Book

This is made in exactly the same as the fabric slashed book in the previous post, except it's made with newspaper and the lines are vertical as opposed to diagonal.

Inside front cover and first page.

Stamped images on some of the pages.

Some of the pages have been left blank but the sides have been edged in fabric.

The back page and the back cover.

Back cover of the book.

Front and back cover whilst book is laid out flat.

This is for sale on my FB page.

Slashed Fabric Book

For a change, we had a lovely three day bank holiday weekend. I actually spent most of it outside - crafting! I sprayed these newspapers with media misters and hung them on the line to dry.

I chose some fabric for the inside of my book and some images to collage. They have been sewn together.

This is the front of the book. Scraps of fabric were randomly placed on a piece of fabric which was then covered with a light peice of cotton fabric and diagonal lines sewn across. They are meant to be the same width apart, but as you can see, mine waivered off a bit.

This was the time consuming part, cutting between all the sewn lines without cutting into the bottom layer.

The next stage was to sew the inside cover to the outside cover.

This is the front with the inside cover sewn in.

I cut the excess away and trimmed the edges with the couching method and some jazzy wool.

Inside cover and first page.

Selection of the pages, some with stamped images, some with fabric and some left plain.

All the pages were painted in DecoArt multi surface satin paint.

All pages ready to be doodled and journalled on.

The back page and the inside back cover.

The back cover, slashed and trimmed.

The front and back of the book laid out flat.

This is for sale on my FB page.