{"id":19571,"date":"2013-08-12T06:23:37","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T13:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=19571"},"modified":"2016-06-29T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T18:38:13","slug":"many-journal-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/many-journal-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Journal Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Yellow<\/a>
Yellow Flower Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am really in awe of pattern makers. The reason I am in awe is because of the journal covers. I have a tutorial <\/a>for them for the Miquelrius journals<\/a>, yet it is not perfect. I tinker with it all the time. Tinkering with it makes me loathe to expand it to other types of journals, though I know it would be useful to have the standard measurements for, say, composition books or even paperback books.<\/p>\n

If a pattern maker is good s\/he tests and tests until the pattern is right. I assume that is what the pattern maker does, anyway. I assume that s\/he tests many, many variations. I also assume that there are fewer variations with quilt patterns than with patterns like bags and journal covers.<\/p>\n

\"Inside<\/a>
Inside Peek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I really do have the measurements for the Miquelrius journal\u00a0 correct now. I don’t need to trim, unsew and retrim and resew at all anymore. This is really a good thing and makes me very happy. Unsewing is part of the process, but I don’t like it as much as sewing fabric together.<\/p>\n

Now I am tinkering with the filling. After the bonanza of journal covers that was my activity for sew day, I have decided that I need to find something else to fill the journals with. The batting is too fat. This is really a shame, because I have a lot of batting scraps. It would be nice if the batting were perfect.
\nIt isn’t, though and we need to move on.<\/p>\n

\"Combination<\/a>
Combination Journal Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I tried the Pellon 806 Stitch-n-Tear interfacing on the combination journal cover. This is the cover I made with many different types of scraps. I didn’t try and keep the scraps from certain quilts together. I just sewed whatever pieces of fabric together that would fit and not look terrible.<\/p>\n

I like the weight of the Stitch-n-Tear, but I don’t like the stiffness. I know that Stitch-n-Tear tears away (I use it for machine embroidery), but I don’t think that will be a problem. I have a lot of it on hand and it was convenient. I didn’t want to have to run out and buy something else.<\/p>\n

For one journal cover it will be fine. I really like the thinness of the Stitch-n-Tear. Long term, for the tutorial, it won’t work. I am not sure what else to try. Perhaps I’ll try the Shape Flex I used in the Petrillo Bag<\/a>?<\/p>\n

\"Green<\/a>
Green & Letters Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What is your favorite interfacing?<\/p>\n

Is there a garment interfacing that might be the ticket?<\/p>\n

Did I say that I liked working on the same type of project over and over? I do. I was reminded of that when I made the journals. I liked trying different things and making small changes and trying again. It is a great way to get better at something and lessen the fear factor.<\/p>\n

Certainly, I am not afraid of sewing and I am not afraid of journals, but I really want these to be an easy, fast project that is more about the fabric than about the construction. I can challenge myself in construction techniques with quilts.<\/p>\n

I just got two quilts back from Colleen. With them came a bag of scraps from the edges. I am still working on journal covers, but this means I will be working on more Any guesses what else I’ll be making more of? More small projects<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am really in awe of pattern makers. The reason I am in awe is because of the journal covers. I have a tutorial for them for the Miquelrius journals, yet it is not perfect. I tinker with it all the time. Tinkering with it makes me loathe to expand it to other types of … Continue reading “Many Journal Covers”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[381],"tags":[98,320],"class_list":["post-19571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-381","tag-journal-cover","tag-journals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}