Donna, you know I love & appreciate you & all of your tutorials.💜 There are so many generous & very talented folks in the the jj/book-making/paper crafting community. But, I must say...YOU & your videos, & all of the awesome 'tips & tricks' you give, are the greatest resource for crafters who still have a lot to learn!😍 You are like a one-woman paper crafting university!💙!💚!💜! I am so glad I found you...or, you found me!! 😉 With love, Your "Lucky Duck"💛
ha ha a one woman band lol!! i love that you will always be a lucky duck its such a great great smiley name !♡ thanks so much for your compliments i love right back 🦋 hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas freezer paper is used in patchwork somehow. I don't know why they call it that but you iron it to the material. You can get rolls if it in Spotlight in the patchwork section.
@@senyagwynn8095 i have to travel to the city to get supplies, and you know what that's like in C19 times lol, oh officer im off to spotlight to buy fabric it's essential lol
Thanks for that Donna. This tutorial will come in very handy for me as I like to cover my journals with fabric and using this technique will sure improve what I do. Love learning new things. Be Blessed.
thank you Donna I've had a piece of my mother's blouse for two days now to serve as a cover for my journal. with the question how am I going to do that. and there you come yeeee I will use that. happy. and for my recipe journal I also have thin fabric that I use for it. thank you again for your video.
Great news Marthy, make sure you do the recipe book cover first to test it out lol your mothers blouse sounds precious cant wait to see what you do with it hugs Donna xx
hi Jan, you would be best to experiment with that because the idea of the tissue paper is to act as a barrier, it stops glue seeping through, if you use another fabric it would have to pass the seep through test, but worth a try if it were a dense tightly woven fabric. I have used a single layer canvas fabric from spotlight in tonight's video, that doesn't let the glue through great idea hugs Donna
no probs GiGi, no it's not the same, interfacing has iron on adhesive on one side, this fuses both sides, first iron onto the fabric then it adheres the tissue paper. the tissue paper is what acts as a barrier to the glue. hugs Donna
Thank you for this excellent video! When you ironed on the heat n bond, pulled it off and added tissue I’m wondering why you can’t just leave the heat n bond paper on instead?
hi Darice, thanks a lot, the reason you can't leave the heat and bond backing on is bc it's non-stick, it has to be, to be able to release the fusible web. plus the tissue paper is very thin mine is 17gsm the thin paper is required ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas Thank you for explaining that...it makes sense. Is your tissue like what you wrap gifts with because that’s pretty thin. I’m trying to see if it’s an item I already have. I think I’m afraid of ruining something...it’s not like I don’t have tons of fabric to experiment with!😂
Great video, I’m making strips of fabric glued onto fused interfacing which is the same idea as yours...heat & bond is another interfacing or any fusible fabric put in layers first...thanks...
thanks a lot Lorraine, in this instance interfacing is different because interfacing is thicker and has adhesive on one side only, once you iron it to your main piece of fabric, its re-enforces the fabric, which is great, depending on the fabric and the interfacing glue may still find it's way through the layers? heat & bond is a very light fusible medium that adheres both sides allowing you to add the layer of tissue paper which then becomes the glue barrier between the fabric and the next bit of fabric or book board :-) 🦋 Hugs Donna
Thanks Ann freezer paper is too hard to get in Australia and i like how light the bond web is with the tissue paper, do you find the freezer paper stiffer? Hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas very much so, I do prefer the bond web I find it cheaper to buy it by the meter if you can, the freezer paper is great for tissue or napkins.
Thank you so much for this, Donna. It was quite opportune that you made this tutorial at this time as I'm making a junk journal for my sister and plan on covering it with fabric - my first time - and I had plenty of questions around how best to do it! I also plan on making an altered book from an old Readers Digest book. Can you advise how to clean the cover before working on it. I think there is some sort of rubber that is used? If you could let me know I'd really appreciate it. Thanks again.
You are so welcome Linda! I didn't and haven't cleaned any of my covers because the ones i've used have had jackets on and have been in pretty good condition. If anything you could just wipe them over with a very damp cloth just water, I'm not familiar with the rubber other than a rubber used to remove glue. If your covering the recycled book cover entirely and bringing the cover to the inside of the book and mitering the corners you could sand the cover if its shiny. If its a book cloth like the one i used you don't need to do anything because the glue will grab perfectly on its own. 🦋 cheers Donna
Linda, I bought an Absorbene Dirt Eraser off Amazon for $6 (it's huge, like the palm of your hand huge). It's made of vulcanized natural rubber and is made to clean books. It brightened up my 1942 hardcover pretty well without making light spots and stuff like that. It's extremely gentle and probably won't erase really dark spots, which some people complained about. (I'm not re-covering my altered book cover since I want to keep the engraved title; I'm just going to do a simple collage on it.)
@@PuffKitty Thank you so much for your response. I'll give Amazon a try but the last few things I've looked at on their website they said that they aren't shipping to New Zealand.
it's hard to say Jan because it all depends on the fabric and the glue? I just glued a cover onto a recycled book and didnt do this method first, bc it didnt need it, so some fabrics will be safe and wont need the extra backing to stop seep. its really great for the thin fine fabrics check out the fabric i used here its quiet thick and course it never had any seepage at all, cheers Donna ruclips.net/video/Cgff2D2-ptg/видео.html
I can't give a guarantee bc i don't know what fabric or glue you are using? even the tissue paper will vary form brand to brand, i haven't had any seep through yet, but I'm a creature of habit when i find something that works i stick with it, and i know my fabric pretty well too. I would recommend testing before diving into any finish just in case :-) cheers Donna
Thank you sure will make it easier now. I love your videos your so good at explaining things.. hugs Susan (did you do the needle giveaway yet I have not seen it and I did not want to miss it.) ❤️✂️❤️
Yes I did, the winners have been notified and also pinned in a comment on the first post of the video part 2. The next giveaway for the bookbinding kit - beginners will be drawn tonight :-) 🦋 hugs Donna
Hi Vicky sorry I havent seen your question before this YT never showed it to me until now? can you please ask your question in another way I'm unsure what it is you're needing to know ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
hello Rinda, are you asking bc you want to make these into book cloth? I would make either of these 2 into book cloth I'd use them as they are...for suede I'd use a contact cement glue, it's on to stay once you put it on! for fur fabric (disclaimer i haven't glued fabric fur) I would head straight for the fabric glue's - Australia Helma fabric glue every where else its called fabri-tac cheers Donna
Are you a mind reader, Donna? Gluing fabric as a cover was my next project :D Ok so question time: I meant to use an ugly fabric then paint it. Would the paint (acrylic) mess things or not? (I was thinking first glying the fabric on my cardboard then paint it.)
It seems i am a mind reader lol the steps i have taken to paint fabric is to paint it first, let it dry...if it needs backing, make into faux book cloth, then cut it to size. Glue it to the cover, this way it will reduce/prevent glue seep (you can glue then paint but it will be more work, and need to be done in sections, which may show joins, totally depends on what your then going to do on top of that) 🦋 hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas Thanks for the good advice! I will try painting first then :) That way, if I don't like the painting I can always start over without having wasted the cardboard as well! ;)
Thanks Donna I always enjoy your videos
Glad you like them Cheryl, TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT 🦋 cheers Donna
Such a great idea 👍👍
It really is Chen! thanks a lot 🦋 hugs Donna
Very useful vid, thank you for sharing!
I'm in love with this amazing world that just discovered
thanks so much mayterickinya, you've sure picked an amazing craft to get into happy creating ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
Fabulous!
TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT Ardella 🦋 cheers Donna
Great tutorial 🌸💕🌸💕🌸💕🌸💕
Thank you Tina! Cheers! 🦋 Donna
Tfs this great tip
no probs Sherry, it's one technique i have a few more coming up :-) cheers Donna
Thanks for the information!
ᑎo Probᔕ ᗩndrea 🦋 cheers Donna
Very helpful video 💫
Glad you think so! thanks a lot 🦋 cheers Donna
great reminder, tfs
You are so welcome 🦋 cheers Donna
Thank you 👋🦋💖
You are so welcome Saskia 🦋 hugs Donna
Thank you Donna. Just what I needed to know . 😊
Good timing Michelle, you'll love it cheers Donna
Great idea, Donna! Thanks for sharing!
Any time! Cindy TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT 🦋 cheers Donna
Great idea! Thanks!
TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT Judy 🦋 cheers Donna
Donna, you know I love & appreciate you & all of your tutorials.💜
There are so many generous & very talented folks in the the jj/book-making/paper crafting community.
But, I must say...YOU & your videos, & all of the awesome 'tips & tricks' you give, are the greatest resource for crafters who still have a lot to learn!😍 You are like a one-woman paper crafting university!💙!💚!💜!
I am so glad I found you...or, you found me!! 😉
With love,
Your "Lucky Duck"💛
ha ha a one woman band lol!! i love that you will always be a lucky duck its such a great great smiley name !♡ thanks so much for your compliments i love right back 🦋 hugs Donna
Great idea! Thanks for sharing. Blessings and Hugs 🤗
Thank you! You too! Susie 🦋 hugs to you Donna
Wonderful, Another helpful video.
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@@JunkJournalideas- hahahhaa you know me too well. I did laugh, out loud even.
Thankyou for sharing this Donna! I like this method so much better than the messy fiddly glue!
Perfect Julie, you still have to use glue when you cover the book board but it does help heaps ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas now to go to Spotlight....unless freezer paper will do it! What do you think?
what's the freezer paper for @@julieparker1114 ? (if you mean instead of heatnbond, id say no)
@@JunkJournalideas freezer paper is used in patchwork somehow. I don't know why they call it that but you iron it to the material. You can get rolls if it in Spotlight in the patchwork section.
Very useful info. Thank you, Donna
So glad Brenda! no probs at all 🦋 cheers Donna
Thank you for this tip.
No problem! Carol TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT 🦋 cheers Donna
This is a fantastic project. Thank you!
TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT Lilian 🦋 cheers Donna
Brilliant idea!!! I love it!!!Thank you!!!
Have to agree Suzanne its a handy dandy turn any fabric into bookcloth trick, cheers Donna
Awesome!! Thanks so much for the great information.
Glad it was helpful! 🦋 cheers Donna
Very helpful and so simple! TFS the inspiration!
So glad! Gail it is an easy one today hugs 🦋 Donna
Genius idea!
TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT Chav not my original idea but i needed to make it for my beginners group 🦋 cheers Donna
Oh.... this is good. I had no idea this could be done. Wonderful and thanks for the tutorial!!! xx
Any time! Tuesday, I'm testing another one today, i'll share it with you shortly hugs xx x Donna
Good to know, thanks!
No problem Jennifer! 🦋 cheers Donna
An awesome tutorial !
Thank you Lorna! have you used this method yet? hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas no not yet.
@@taylormadejournals9662 you'll love it when you do :-)
I have used this stuff on so many projects!! It is a fabulous tool!! So clever to use this for thin material on a journal!! Tfs Donna
it sure is great stuff, im testing out some other ideas as well Thx!♡ Senya hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas I can't wait to see what you come up with!!!
@@senyagwynn8095 i have to travel to the city to get supplies, and you know what that's like in C19 times lol, oh officer im off to spotlight to buy fabric it's essential lol
@@JunkJournalideas Isn't that the truth!! I am ready for things to go back to normal!!
Thanks for that Donna. This tutorial will come in very handy for me as I like to cover my journals with fabric and using this technique will sure improve what I do. Love learning new things. Be Blessed.
that's great thanks Helen, Fabric journals are beautiful and using old fabric is so popular, hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas I agree and every tutorial you make is such a gift. Thanks again. 💖
@@helennelson3120 your a love xx
Thanks a lot❣Great idea👍
No probs Giusi it makes any fabric into bookcloth cheers Donna
Loving this idea Donna. I really prefer to use fabric on covers so this is great. Cheers
It sure is thanks Maureen, it works well for soft and hard covers, worked perfect on my old handkerchief, hugs Donna
This is an excellent idea! I have all these items (including hanky) already. Thank you so much!
Wonderful! Kelly TᕼᗩᑎKᔕ ᗩ ᒪOT 🦋 cheers Donna
thank you Donna I've had a piece of my mother's blouse for two days now to serve as a cover for my journal. with the question how am I going to do that. and there you come yeeee I will use that. happy.
and for my recipe journal I also have thin fabric that I use for it. thank you again for your video.
Great news Marthy, make sure you do the recipe book cover first to test it out lol your mothers blouse sounds precious cant wait to see what you do with it hugs Donna xx
@@JunkJournalideas when it's done I'll show you of course. Hug's
Great idea, Donna. What if you fuse two fabrics together? Ugly fabrics come to mind for the part that's glued to the cover. 💖
hi Jan, you would be best to experiment with that because the idea of the tissue paper is to act as a barrier, it stops glue seeping through, if you use another fabric it would have to pass the seep through test, but worth a try if it were a dense tightly woven fabric. I have used a single layer canvas fabric from spotlight in tonight's video, that doesn't let the glue through great idea hugs Donna
thanks for sharing this. I use interfacing fabric & I don't know if it is the same.
no probs GiGi, no it's not the same, interfacing has iron on adhesive on one side, this fuses both sides, first iron onto the fabric then it adheres the tissue paper. the tissue paper is what acts as a barrier to the glue. hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas I will try your technique in the future 😁
Thank you for this excellent video! When you ironed on the heat n bond, pulled it off and added tissue I’m wondering why you can’t just leave the heat n bond paper on instead?
hi Darice, thanks a lot, the reason you can't leave the heat and bond backing on is bc it's non-stick, it has to be, to be able to release the fusible web. plus the tissue paper is very thin mine is 17gsm the thin paper is required ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas Thank you for explaining that...it makes sense. Is your tissue like what you wrap gifts with because that’s pretty thin. I’m trying to see if it’s an item I already have. I think I’m afraid of ruining something...it’s not like I don’t have tons of fabric to experiment with!😂
Love this so much!! Thank you for sharing all of your amazing ideas, MT twinsie bug hugs to you 🌲💙
bug hugs right back at ya twinsie lol 🦋 🌲 💙 Donna
Thanks Donna, just wondering where do you buy the Bondawed?. In spot light o office work.?
no probs Raquel, I got it from Spotlight and my local quilting fabric store sells a similar one too ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
Great video, I’m making strips of fabric glued onto fused interfacing which is the same idea as yours...heat & bond is another interfacing or any fusible fabric put in layers first...thanks...
thanks a lot Lorraine, in this instance interfacing is different because interfacing is thicker and has adhesive on one side only, once you iron it to your main piece of fabric, its re-enforces the fabric, which is great, depending on the fabric and the interfacing glue may still find it's way through the layers? heat & bond is a very light fusible medium that adheres both sides allowing you to add the layer of tissue paper which then becomes the glue barrier between the fabric and the next bit of fabric or book board :-) 🦋 Hugs Donna
I've make it the same way😍 It works great🥰
Yes it does! thx!♡ Iris thanks for tuning in and happy crafting 🦋 hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas Thanks Donna, you too 🥰
I prefer to use the bond web BUT Reynolds plastic coated freezer paper works well too,
Thanks Ann freezer paper is too hard to get in Australia and i like how light the bond web is with the tissue paper, do you find the freezer paper stiffer? Hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas very much so, I do prefer the bond web I find it cheaper to buy it by the meter if you can, the freezer paper is great for tissue or napkins.
Thank you so much for this, Donna. It was quite opportune that you made this tutorial at this time as I'm making a junk journal for my sister and plan on covering it with fabric - my first time - and I had plenty of questions around how best to do it! I also plan on making an altered book from an old Readers Digest book. Can you advise how to clean the cover before working on it. I think there is some sort of rubber that is used? If you could let me know I'd really appreciate it. Thanks again.
You are so welcome Linda! I didn't and haven't cleaned any of my covers because the ones i've used have had jackets on and have been in pretty good condition. If anything you could just wipe them over with a very damp cloth just water, I'm not familiar with the rubber other than a rubber used to remove glue. If your covering the recycled book cover entirely and bringing the cover to the inside of the book and mitering the corners you could sand the cover if its shiny. If its a book cloth like the one i used you don't need to do anything because the glue will grab perfectly on its own. 🦋 cheers Donna
Linda, I bought an Absorbene Dirt Eraser off Amazon for $6 (it's huge, like the palm of your hand huge). It's made of vulcanized natural rubber and is made to clean books. It brightened up my 1942 hardcover pretty well without making light spots and stuff like that. It's extremely gentle and probably won't erase really dark spots, which some people complained about. (I'm not re-covering my altered book cover since I want to keep the engraved title; I'm just going to do a simple collage on it.)
@@PuffKitty Thank you so much for your response. I'll give Amazon a try but the last few things I've looked at on their website they said that they aren't shipping to New Zealand.
I have made book cloth with heat and bond, and did not use the tissue paper afterword. Simply glued down the "sealed" fabric.
Gday Stephanie its great that method worked for you, Thx!♡ for tuning in and happy crafting 🦋 cheers Donna
So would it work to iron the two pieces of fabric together and skip the tissue paper?
it's hard to say Jan because it all depends on the fabric and the glue? I just glued a cover onto a recycled book and didnt do this method first, bc it didnt need it, so some fabrics will be safe and wont need the extra backing to stop seep. its really great for the thin fine fabrics check out the fabric i used here its quiet thick and course it never had any seepage at all, cheers Donna ruclips.net/video/Cgff2D2-ptg/видео.html
So the lining fabric just guarantee's that nothing will show thru?
I can't give a guarantee bc i don't know what fabric or glue you are using? even the tissue paper will vary form brand to brand, i haven't had any seep through yet, but I'm a creature of habit when i find something that works i stick with it, and i know my fabric pretty well too. I would recommend testing before diving into any finish just in case :-) cheers Donna
Thank you sure will make it easier now. I love your videos your so good at explaining things.. hugs Susan (did you do the needle giveaway yet I have not seen it and I did not want to miss it.) ❤️✂️❤️
Yes I did, the winners have been notified and also pinned in a comment on the first post of the video part 2. The next giveaway for the bookbinding kit - beginners will be drawn tonight :-) 🦋 hugs Donna
Junk Journal ideas thank you hunni hugs
I find when I am glueing book pages, the cover I touch and maybe a page. Would this help to cover the book for safety?
Hi Vicky sorry I havent seen your question before this YT never showed it to me until now? can you please ask your question in another way I'm unsure what it is you're needing to know ♥︎♡☆🦋 hugs Donna
What can use on suede or fake fur fabric?
hello Rinda, are you asking bc you want to make these into book cloth? I would make either of these 2 into book cloth I'd use them as they are...for suede I'd use a contact cement glue, it's on to stay once you put it on! for fur fabric (disclaimer i haven't glued fabric fur) I would head straight for the fabric glue's - Australia Helma fabric glue every where else its called fabri-tac cheers Donna
Are you a mind reader, Donna? Gluing fabric as a cover was my next project :D Ok so question time: I meant to use an ugly fabric then paint it. Would the paint (acrylic) mess things or not? (I was thinking first glying the fabric on my cardboard then paint it.)
It seems i am a mind reader lol the steps i have taken to paint fabric is to paint it first, let it dry...if it needs backing, make into faux book cloth, then cut it to size. Glue it to the cover, this way it will reduce/prevent glue seep (you can glue then paint but it will be more work, and need to be done in sections, which may show joins, totally depends on what your then going to do on top of that) 🦋 hugs Donna
@@JunkJournalideas Thanks for the good advice! I will try painting first then :) That way, if I don't like the painting I can always start over without having wasted the cardboard as well! ;)
When I run out of the double sided glue I use spray glue on the fabric Instead
thanks for the tip MisGroves 🦋 Cheers Donna
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