I needed a new journal cover, but I also made this with some scraps to comply with Sandy’s Stash Mystery challenge. I tried to do her gorilla challenge last summer, but never got to the stitching. I still would like to finish that, but it isn’t high on the priority list.
Anyway, I heard her talk about the challenge and then I went to look at the requirements. Knowing I had to make a new journal cover and it would fit the rules, I used the requisite number of fabrics and made the journal cover.
I have already been using it for a few days and I don’t know what I was thinking. Have I made one of these before? It certainly doesn’t seem like it. I had problems with the stitching and I forgot to put interfacing or batting on the inside, so it feels really weird.
I started out with the wild dark orange with blue, yellow and orange print. It is an older fabric that I have had for awhile. I pulled that out when I was making the Lovey blocks, but ended up not using it. The piece of the crazy print I had was nearly exactly the right size for a journal cover, so instead of putting back in the orange bin, I used that for the basis of the journal cover. I used some other small pieces, as I mentioned. The colors are good together except the white in the dot print really screams.
I may switch it out for one of the other journal covers I have already made or I may make a new one and put this on an old journal. I just don’t like the way it feels. I use these journals for 2-3 months and I don’t want to be thinking “I don’t like this journal cover” every day. We’ll see.
Too bad you don’t like it. With these colors you will never lose it. The colors are very good together, including the white.
It’s cute, but the white background on the dots would be gray in about three minutes in my life…
That was a concern, too. I have an aqua/turquoise cover that I used for several months (multiple journals) and it became filthy. I washed it and the batting shifted all over the place. GREAT learning experience. 😉
Congrats on the journal cover. I used a fusible interfacing to add some body to the fabric. Your colors are fun.
I normally do that, too, but for some reason, forgot this time. Not sure what got into me.