Kristen, I am "binging" my way through your videos. This is such a great idea and I need to make these for birthday presents this year for all the great grand kids (I'm up to seven now). They can have journals to match the quilts they got last year. Thanks
Thank you for this tutorial! The covers are pretty, but look easy to sew and great for using up scraps. I love that you don't have binding- it's a cleaner look and less bulky around the edges. I'll be flying to visit family and I think I'll make myself one to cover a book to carry in my backpack!❤❤❤
Hi Kristen, I am working on a cover as a gift for a friend and am loving how it is turning out. I also have some "fancy" stitches I never use on my machine and have been having a great time. My sewing spot looks like a disaster but who cares!!! Best and most creative journal cover hands down. Thank you.
Thank for clear and uncomplicated tutorials. I like that you are to the point and don’t over word it!!! I also like that you do speak and don’t the printed words and/ or music thing all the time. I feel that voices help with the connecting with your viewers. I found your site midway through the pandemic. At a time when the only contact I had was through tutorials. Thank you for your wonderful ideas!!! I really love 💕 them.
Made two and they turned out great! I'm going on a short vacation and couldn't decide which book to take, so I had to make two.😆 Thanks for this great tutorial!!
Fabulous design. Great tutorial. Thank you so much! Happy thoughts! :) Absolutely love watching this video! Never thought to use decorative stitches in this way. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this video.
Love it! You are just 1 step away from junk journaling! My fave quilted item to get or to give is a table runner and/or hot pads. Loved this vid, my 2 fav hobbies are quilting and junk journaling.
Yeah! Glad we could meet in the middle of your two passions here! Good shout on the hot pads too! I have some of that insul bright stuff around here somewhere….
I love journal making, it is a true passion. These ideas rock and you have a wonderful sense of style. I have a journal Bible to cover for my granddaughter, and this is what I think would really be nice. Thank you for always giving such great ideas.
Love this project! Yes, I’m coming over from Sew Becca and have decided to track my eating, exercise and wellness. Thank for kicking off the new year with personal accountability and sewing Fun!
So happy to have discovered your channel (instant subscriber). You explain things so clearly. Your voice-overs are excellent. Very much appreciate your time and effort on these videos. Thank you!
Ditto! Very well said!!!!! ❤ With my illness, and still recovering from paralysis, I can’t always sew so I love watching others sew & make pretty creations!! Some days I have about 50% function in my legs, and others I have about 20% ability. But yes I just made myself a new subscriber to her channel too❤
I love your tutorials! I watched this a bit ago and decided I will make several. My first is for a Santa Swap in a group I'm in. I've taken a chunk of crumb fabric that I made to accomplish this one. Next few I hope to employ my embroidery machine to create more personalized covers. Thanks again!
This is delicious!! A junk Journal cover outta this would be great!! I would like to make some small padded appliques in this style or do sewing in slow stitching to put on clothing to spruce it up. I would also like to do a tiny quilt tree skirt or Christmas stockings to fill with gifts. Namesta🐞
Hello, my daughter and I just watched your video and we love your journals! Thank you so much for showing us how you make your beautiful art! We love your channel and are subscribed now! ❤🌷
I really like this. This was a well put together and comprehensive tutorial. In addition to journal covers, now that you taught us how to measure for any size, I would like to make one for my church Missal. For the journals, I have lots of fabric but it would also be fun to use old clothing that can't be donated as is and purchasing buttons or elastic and fix to would donate them but would be time consuming and expensive expensive. I do save buttons off any clothes that are worn out. Love the artistic scrappy look and the ties.
I have been looking for a gift idea to give a couple of friends and this fits my ideas perfectly. Thank you for your video. I have one quick question though, when you start piecing on to the bedding, do you have another piece of fabric underneath the batting? It goes through the machine without this fabric nicely especially with a decorative stitches? In other words you’re not making a quilt sandwich?
No not making a 3 layer sandwich. Just the scraps on the batting and then adding the backing at the end so we can still flip it right side out and stitch it closed. If you did the backing at the same time as the rest then you would need to add an outer binding to cover the raw edges if you see what I mean.
I have just stumbled across your channel , great work and simplest journal cover ever shown . Wondering where you are in the world , can't detect accent . Have also downloaded scrappy x pattern. Many thanks . Lorraine in Oz
@@ScrapFabricLove nice to hear from you, my screen was showing Edinburgh and I thought you sound Canadian, mystery solved. I look forward to catching up on all of your video's, after work this week. xx
I think I was probably sewing on my Bernina 770QE for that video but I have since traded it in (I have a video about why). I am now using a Pfaff Quilt Expression 720. I am by no means a sewing machine expert though!
I am a novice sewer and ive NEVER quilted before... Can i just use a straight stitch? And can i just... whack the fabric onto the batting any which way?
Yes you can use a straight stitch for sure! There is a technical top and bottom to batting but most people don’t pay too much attention to it and for a journal cover it doesn’t matter so don’t worry about it!
I would opt for one change. Make the lining piece shorter, about 2" shorter, so that it goes under the sleeve, but doesn't reach to the left/right sides completely. Then turn RSO through one of those sides, they will be under the sleeves, so they don't need to be finished AND you don't have an external seam left to turn under at all.
Glad you liked it! I’m afraid I don’t quite know what you mean about the saving. As far as I know you can click the 3 dots on anyone’s TH-cam video and save it to watch later and then you can find it in your TH-cam watch later list. I don’t know of any other way to do it.
you can slow the video down as much as you want to. Just click on the settings icon at the bottom right. The voice will be odd, but then you get the pictures as slow as you may need. I can follow Kristen easily, but I still sometimes slow the video down so I can catch the details. Don't give up! It's totally worth the effort!
What's your favourite quick and easy quilted gift? These are definitely my current favourite but I'm always looking for more!
The decorative stitching added so much to the journal
I loved your covers.
Thanks!
SO fun! I slowed down your sped-up part just to enjoy the delicious fabric. Thanks so much!
So glad you liked it! Thanks!
Kristen, I am "binging" my way through your videos. This is such a great idea and I need to make these for birthday presents this year for all the great grand kids (I'm up to seven now). They can have journals to match the quilts they got last year. Thanks
So glad you liked it! Love matching the journals to their quilts!
What a fabulous idea @ShadowMoonFarms !!!
You are an awesome Grandma! ❤🎉
Thank you for this tutorial! The covers are pretty, but look easy to sew and great for using up scraps. I love that you don't have binding- it's a cleaner look and less bulky around the edges. I'll be flying to visit family and I think I'll make myself one to cover a book to carry in my backpack!❤❤❤
So glad you liked it! Thanks so much! Have a good trip when you go!
Hi Kristen, I am working on a cover as a gift for a friend and am loving how it is turning out. I also have some "fancy" stitches I never use on my machine and have been having a great time. My sewing spot looks like a disaster but who cares!!! Best and most creative journal cover hands down. Thank you.
Thanks so much! So glad you are having fun with it. And you wouldn’t really be creating if your sewing space wasn’t a mess…right?
@@ScrapFabricLove exactly! Like coloring outside the lines. Have a lovely day
Thank for clear and uncomplicated tutorials. I like that you are to the point and don’t over word it!!!
I also like that you do speak and don’t the printed words and/ or music thing all the time. I feel that voices help with the connecting with your viewers. I found your site midway through the pandemic. At a time when the only contact I had was through tutorials.
Thank you for your wonderful ideas!!! I really love 💕 them.
Thanks so much! So glad you have enjoyed the videos. 💕
Very helpful this pattern is just what I was looking for ❤️….. thank you for the clear instructions
So glad you liked it! Thanks!
Beautiful job, I just sent this to my sister who is a quilter, she loves this!!!❤❤❤
Fab! Thanks so much!
Awesome video. Clear instructions, easy to understand. Thanks!
Thank you!
Thanks for the video, very precise instructions. Easy to do like this, love the crazy quilting and colors. Blessings!
Thanks so much!!
How cool is this, please?! Loooooove it, TFS and for the ideas!! ❤❤
Glad you liked it!
I love those covers. Definitely making one for my new diary for 2024. 😍
I loved this tutorial it was fun, creative, and most of all approachable.
Thanks so much! So glad you liked it! Approachable is exactly what I want my videos to be so that comment is much appreciated! Thanks!
Thank you for this tutorial. I have shared it with my quilt guild here in Santa Rosa, CA
Awesome! Have fun with it!
I love the wonky back.
I’ve made lots of these but it’s always nice to see different styles of them. Thanks for the video.
Thanks!
Made two and they turned out great! I'm going on a short vacation and couldn't decide which book to take, so I had to make two.😆 Thanks for this great tutorial!!
So glad you liked it! Happy reading on your holidays!
Thank you! I’m going to make a desk calendar for myself ❤
Glad you liked it!
Fabulous design. Great tutorial. Thank you so much! Happy thoughts! :) Absolutely love watching this video! Never thought to use decorative stitches in this way. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this video.
Thanks so much! So glad you liked it!
Great idea! I'm off to buy some journals from the dollar store & quilt covers for them!!!
Fab! Glad you liked it!
So so pretty! I love making pieces like this. Its how I let my creative juices flow and just enjoy sewing to the beat of my drum ❤🎉
So glad you liked it!
Love it! You are just 1 step away from junk journaling!
My fave quilted item to get or to give is a table runner and/or hot pads.
Loved this vid, my 2 fav hobbies are quilting and junk journaling.
Yeah! Glad we could meet in the middle of your two passions here! Good shout on the hot pads too! I have some of that insul bright stuff around here somewhere….
That's rather brilliant to sew and quilt the patchwork pieces straight onto the batting! I've never seen done it like this before!
Glad you liked it! Have fun with it!
Great tutorial thanks
Thanks!
I love journal making, it is a true passion. These ideas rock and you have a wonderful sense of style. I have a journal Bible to cover for my granddaughter, and this is what I think would really be nice. Thank you for always giving such great ideas.
Glad you liked it! I’m sure your granddaughter will love her present!
Love this project! Yes, I’m coming over from Sew Becca and have decided to track my eating, exercise and wellness. Thank for kicking off the new year with personal accountability and sewing Fun!
Yeah! So glad you are joining us!
What a fun little project! I’ll definitely try making some of these just for fun. Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Love it, Kristen.
Thanks!
Thats great! Thank you! I now know what everyone is having for Christmas this year!! X
Fab! Glad you liked it!
Thanks for making this so easy to follow. Such a lovely book cover.
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
So happy to have discovered your channel (instant subscriber). You explain things so clearly. Your voice-overs are excellent. Very much appreciate your time and effort on these videos. Thank you!
Thank you so much! That’s so lovely of you to say. Thanks for watching!!
I agree!
Thank you!
Thanks!
Ditto! Very well said!!!!! ❤ With my illness, and still recovering from paralysis, I can’t always sew so I love watching others sew & make pretty creations!! Some days I have about 50% function in my legs, and others I have about 20% ability. But yes I just made myself a new subscriber to her channel too❤
Awesome!!
Thanks!
Hi there. Coming over from SEW BECCA! Cute idea… I will be back… subscribed today!! TY
Yeah! Thanks for subscribing!
I love your tutorials! I watched this a bit ago and decided I will make several. My first is for a Santa Swap in a group I'm in. I've taken a chunk of crumb fabric that I made to accomplish this one. Next few I hope to employ my embroidery machine to create more personalized covers. Thanks again!
Fab! So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Love this tutorial! Thank you.
Thanks!
Thank you great and easy video to follow ❣️
Thanks so much!
This is delicious!! A junk Journal cover outta this would be great!! I would like to make some small padded appliques in this style or do sewing in slow stitching to put on clothing to spruce it up. I would also like to do a tiny quilt tree skirt or Christmas stockings to fill with gifts. Namesta🐞
I did think this one might be up your street! Of course you could add so much to it to make it your own.
I’m coming over from SEW BECCA. This is a very cute idea!! I’ll be back!
Thanks so much! Lovely of you to say!
Wonderful. Thank you 😊
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this technique! I was looking for projects for my large pile of orphan blocks and this makes a great idea for gifts!
Fab! Glad you liked it!
I love your background hexagons! Thanks for a nice beginner quilting project, my bullet journal is going to be so cute 😊
So glad you liked it! Good luck with your journal!
I did it! Thank you for the clear instructions. It was my first quilting project and you helped me all the way through :)
Oh yeah! So glad it worked for you!!
These are gorgeous, Kristen! Great idea 😁😁😁
Thanks so much!!
Very cute! Great use of your decorative stitches.
Thanks!
WoW! Really fun and interesting.
Thanks so much!
Hello, my daughter and I just watched your video and we love your journals! Thank you so much for showing us how you make your beautiful art! We love your channel and are subscribed now! ❤🌷
Thanks so much!! 💕
Super cute journal covers! I am very tempted to give your tutorial a try. Right AFTER the holidays!!
😂 Fab. Glad you like them. Thanks for watching.
I really like this. This was a well put together and comprehensive tutorial. In addition to journal covers, now that you taught us how to measure for any size, I would like to make one for my church Missal. For the journals, I have lots of fabric but it would also be fun to use old clothing that can't be donated as is and purchasing buttons or elastic and fix to would donate them but would be time consuming and expensive expensive. I do save buttons off any clothes that are worn out. Love the artistic scrappy look and the ties.
Glad you like it. I save buttons off old clothes too!
Very nice. Love your videos!
Thanks so much!!
Beautiful❤
Thank you!
Oooo love these thank you
So glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
I'm new to your site but I'm loving your ccontent!
Aw thanks so much! That means a lot!
Hey
Love these covers you make
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Thanks so much!
Most helpfully
Love this! Absolutely gorgeous!
Subscribing to see your other project's
Thanks so much!
Great video ❤❤❤
Thanks!
that is brilliant and easy < thank you , have just started following you :)
So glad you liked it!
Love it
Thanks!
I have been looking for a gift idea to give a couple of friends and this fits my ideas perfectly. Thank you for your video. I have one quick question though, when you start piecing on to the bedding, do you have another piece of fabric underneath the batting? It goes through the machine without this fabric nicely especially with a decorative stitches? In other words you’re not making a quilt sandwich?
No not making a 3 layer sandwich. Just the scraps on the batting and then adding the backing at the end so we can still flip it right side out and stitch it closed. If you did the backing at the same time as the rest then you would need to add an outer binding to cover the raw edges if you see what I mean.
Thanks!
Wow! Thanks so much! Much appreciated 💕💕
@@ScrapFabricLove You're welcome! Thank you! Love and appreciate your videos very much!
I have just stumbled across your channel , great work and simplest journal cover ever shown . Wondering where you are in the world , can't detect accent . Have also downloaded scrappy x pattern. Many thanks . Lorraine in Oz
I’m Canadian but I’ve lived in Scotland for 20 years - I confuse a lot of people 😂!! Thanks for watching!
@@ScrapFabricLove nice to hear from you, my screen was showing Edinburgh and I thought you sound Canadian, mystery solved. I look forward to catching up on all of your video's, after work this week. xx
Gifts!
What machine are you using? I'm in the process of checking out a new machine and want to explore options. Bx
I think I was probably sewing on my Bernina 770QE for that video but I have since traded it in (I have a video about why). I am now using a Pfaff Quilt Expression 720. I am by no means a sewing machine expert though!
@@ScrapFabricLove thank you. Interesting. Bx
What is the seam allowance when you sew the lining to the cover after you added an inch to height and width.
1/4” seam allowance for everything in this project.
I am a novice sewer and ive NEVER quilted before... Can i just use a straight stitch? And can i just... whack the fabric onto the batting any which way?
Yes you can use a straight stitch for sure! There is a technical top and bottom to batting but most people don’t pay too much attention to it and for a journal cover it doesn’t matter so don’t worry about it!
Hello, I wondered what type and brand of machine you use🙂😊
Not sure what I used in that video - possibly a Bernina but now I have a Pfaff Quilt Expression 720 and a Janome 1600p
I would opt for one change. Make the lining piece shorter, about 2" shorter, so that it goes under the sleeve, but doesn't reach to the left/right sides completely. Then turn RSO through one of those sides, they will be under the sleeves, so they don't need to be finished AND you don't have an external seam left to turn under at all.
Yes so many ways to adapt this. Have fun with it!
Thanks for sharing! Can you make this video savable?
Glad you liked it! I’m afraid I don’t quite know what you mean about the saving. As far as I know you can click the 3 dots on anyone’s TH-cam video and save it to watch later and then you can find it in your TH-cam watch later list. I don’t know of any other way to do it.
@@ScrapFabricLove , the "save" option wasn't showing up before, but it is now. :) Thanks, again, for sharing!
@itsjustus5808 oh good! Glad it’s working!
If someone has never done quilt as you, as I haven't, you go WAY to fast. I could not follow along.
Sorry about that! Thanks so much for the feedback!
you can slow the video down as much as you want to. Just click on the settings icon at the bottom right. The voice will be odd, but then you get the pictures as slow as you may need. I can follow Kristen easily, but I still sometimes slow the video down so I can catch the details. Don't give up! It's totally worth the effort!
Thanks for the suggestion!