I started another journal cover using oranges pretty soon after I realized I wasn’t happy with the Pink Mermaid Tail Journal Cover. Last week I finished it and I didn’t even really realize that it was almost done. I really just had to put on one piece and had the top done. Gotta love those leaders and enders.
I went for larger pieces this time, so I wouldn’t have to deal with the seams that were so problematic last time. I still wanted to get small enough pieces so the piece wouldn’t be boring. In some way making these journal covers using mosaic quilting is a process of piece size, color, number of pieces, pattern, size of motifs. It may seem stupid, but somehow it feeds something inside of me. I can piece any way I want. I don’t have to worry about a block pattern; I can just piece and focus on color. Because I do these monochromatic – mostly – pieces I can also get rid of the worry about the combination of colors. All of these things boil the process down as far as I can right now.
Looking at the photo above, the cover looks like a bit of a mess, but once the journal cover is put together, it looks a lot better. The piecing is moved into visually manageable bites.
A lot of these fabric motifs are large prints or bold prints. I used a number of different Philip Jacobs prints. Lots of modern dots and other modern prints. I also added a few fruit and veg prints from the Food Quilt.
I never know how orange will act and I am always a little scared when I do a project with a lot of orange, then I am pleasantly surprised at how it turns out. I like this journal cover. It is bright and cheerful. It uses some of my favorite fabrics and the seams don’t bug me.
You can see how different the piece looks when it is sewn (left). It is still a little visually crazy, but much more contained than the very top photo.
You’ll have to click on the photos above to see the actual insides of the journal cover. I don’t have control over the thumbnails.
I feel like this is one of my most successful journal covers.
I like how the bits of green and pink work with the orange.
Thanks! I like that, too.
I will take a whole quilt just like this, please. Thank you. Wonderful fabrics and piecing.
I am really pleased with the orange. I haven’t done a whole quilt like this, I don’t think, but it could be done in blocks. Great use of fabrics and gets done relatively quickly using leaders and enders.