{"id":50382,"date":"2020-08-10T13:36:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T20:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=50382"},"modified":"2026-03-08T13:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:16:24","slug":"blue-improv-journal-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/blue-improv-journal-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Improv Journal Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Improv Journal Cover – front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My blue scrap drawer is finally showing some signs of having some space available. I have been piecing blue scraps together, as I mentioned the other day<\/a>, in between working on the Red Scribbles quilt. I finally had enough to make a journal cover, so I decided to stop and make a journal cover. I need a quick finish fix and there are more blue scraps for a Color Improv donation quilt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Blue Improv Journal Cover – inside front cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As also mentioned, I hadn’t thought of this as a journal cover, so the piecing is pretty random. I didn’t center any motifs for the front. This is for an older journal just to protect the pages, so it looks ok for that purpose.<\/p>\n

As I did this piecing, I wanted to save any strips I found for more of the Color Strip donation blocks (quilts). I don’t know if I will find enough to make another quilt. If not, I can make a few blocks for the rainbow strip donation quilt I am planning.<\/p>\n

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Blue Improv Journal Cover – back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though I am making space in the drawer there are still a lot of scraps. The scraps still fill the drawer, but are not crammed in. There is hope, in other words, that I will have enough strips for something else-blocks or a quilt.<\/p>\n

I am trying to use scraps that are smaller than 4.5 inch strips, because of the possibility mentioned above. This means that there are a lot of small scraps becoming larger slabs until they end up as a journal cover. It feels good to see the blue drawer emptying out.<\/p>\n

I forget how much I like some of the fabrics I have used until I see a scrap. I know I always say that there is always more fabric. I do get attached to fabrics I like and want to email the fabric companies too reprint them when I find a scrap and know it is out of print.<\/p>\n

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Blue Improv Journal Cover -top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had a problem (or my own making) with this journal cover. It is slightly too large. By the time I noticed, I wasn’t about to rip everything out into order to trim it.<\/p>\n

I thought the slab was the correct size, but I think I forgot to think about seam allowance for the last bit of piecing. Oh well. Things happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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