I ran across 2 big green plastic bags of mostly different holiday fabric at a Good Will in a near by town .I was shocked at the extremely reduced price and could not resist and grabbed it up .One of the bags had all the makings of a Christmas book for kids--> pictures, words and all..The rest was simply beautiful pictorial mostly holiday oriented fabric .farms , fall sens , snowy nights, pumpkins, etc Christmas sens Easter etc .I dumped it all into 2 big 10gallon tuppers and spent hours going thru it .I can see mounting it onto card stock for cards.beautiful work thanks for sharing !!
You have done a fantastic job 👍🏽 I feel much more confident to have ago myself then after i have watched more experienced people doing them. I think its because it is new to you too and are more aware of the little things that more experienced sewers forget about they just do it not thinking we may not completely understand. Thank you. Bye 💁🏼♀️
wow what a great tutorial, I learned sooooo much and now feel confident to make a fabric journal of my own, Thank you ! I need to watch how you decorate your pages, can't wait.
Thank you for this. I have been wanting to make a couple of fabric books for my stitch meditations.I didn't want a paper journal as a base. Love the book.
I have looked all over for a tutorial of how to attach all the pages into book form and at last I came across your fab video. I loved the how to’s, the chat and the little giggles lol. Your work is marvellous and it obviously gives you joy which comes over very well. I now feel as though I can make a start on making one of these for myself. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and expertise 💞
Hello. I've heard your name so often from the other paper crafters ( raving, warm tones 🙂) that I followed this 3 part series and looking forward to creating a fabric journal! I sew but am new is lol to the paper crafting but am enjoying the marrying of the two. Thank you so much for your detailed ☺ and visual tutorial 💕 🇨🇦👍💐
Hi andrea. This is a fabulous way to stitch your pages in!!! My fabric book is coming along slowly but surely and I can’t tell you how valuable your tutorial hS been to me!!!! I’m thoroughly enjoying myself!!!! Both of your fabric books look amazing and I can’t wait to see both of the end products!!!! Thankyou so much for sharing these tutorials with all of your hints and tips!!!, Big hugs xxx❤️😊
Hummingbird Tales Thank you I’m sure yours will be amazing . Videoing mine was quite stressful as it’s only my second as you know, just wanted to show people it can be done and not to worry about mistakes as you can just cover them up lol xx
Why oh why did I watch this video Andrea??? LOL!!! Now, guess what I have fallen in love with - a full fabric only journal, because your two are simply lovely!!! And I am so wanting one!!!! The bad thing is, I have not nearly enough fabrics, laces, etc. and, a sewing machine that I haven't even used for 22 1/2 years!!! So, I can't say I'm exactly ready to begin one, ha ha!!! I bet I will end up having to buy a new sewing machine, but I need one to also sew around paper/card journaling too! But, seriously,your fabric/lace journals are so very beautiful but I can see they take a whole lot of skill too, and I'm a newbie at all of it, so better wait a while!!!! (If I can!!)
Thank you for doing the marathon demonstrations of your lovely lace journal. It was awesome watching you and I am truly grateful. Your journals are beautiful treasures.
Loved watching your tutorial ,your journal is amazing I'm just addicted ,but you need a freestyle embroidery foot on your machine ,it makes textile stitching so much easier because you can use your machine needle as if it were a pencil ,it's great fun x.
I've watched many tutorials and make fabric journals. I love the way you teach & learned so much more that I will try your beautiful chunky style next & from now on. Thank you so much.
Just discovered your videos for a fabric journal, best instructions I have seen. I am inspired and will be making a journal of my own. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for showing us how to make this fabric journal. I really appreciate it, Andrea, as I couldn’t work out how to sew in the pages, now I know! It’s beautiful 😍
Gorgeous journal. Thanks for sharing everything. I really want to have a go but must admit I’m a bit daunted by the end process. Maybe I’ll try a thinner one for starters. Thanks again.
I love how everything just works out in the end.....you make it look so easy. Brilliant how you sewed in the fabric pages. Followed all the process and up to that point couldn’t understand how you were going to do it. Thanks for sharing XX
You did a good job it made it easy to understand how to make the journal & binding it together. Thanks from New Zealand, coming into Summer but raining today. Be safe we are able to live the new normal being Covid-19 free. Thanks again!🌻🎃☔🦔🍩☕
Love love love this project. Found this while looking for inspiration for something Similar I am working on. Perfect timing. Great inspiration as usual. Thank you
Andrea that’s absolutely stunning and beautiful. I really love 💕 this. And thank goodness there’s no puckering!!!!!!!!! We don’t want any of that old puckering eh? Thank you so much I really love 💕 this. And you’re totally amazing xx Mags
Oh my Andrea, You made me laugh; that's why I love Your tutorials. (when You said whispering "I'm going to pin it" sewing the lining to the cover) Gosh I love it!!!!! This is a beautiful cloth journal!!!!!!! I just am starting mine (got the pages cut out) that's all, lol. God Bless You! You are so good for us women! Judy
Absolutely gorgeous ❤️ I can't wait to get to the next video thank you for sharing so much with us even when you said you are learning I have to say I love your little gaggle Much love Denina ♥️👍 👍
andreea I just watched your video today and I am a seamstress and thought that you did a very good job Kudos girl I was going to suggest if you do another they do have a product that you can iron on which would fuse the two Fabrics together so your lining would then stick to your cover and then you could sew it without worry about puckers ..but you done it all on your own ...good for you!!! thanks for sharing...
Wild Thing thank you I actually think I have some somewhere lol I’ve always loved fabric and sewing but never done it till now so yes a definite learning curve thank you xxx
I just love it ! looks so squishy and tactile , I'm definitely going to try one , thanks for a great few demos , New to your channel, will most certainly be back , many thanks 😊
Thank you again! It is so beautiful!! Thank you for all of your tips and tricks too! I just love that you just cut off that little dangling piece that got sewn in! Bravo, it didn’t really belong there anyway did it? That’s just what I would have done! You make me giggle! TFS!💕
Donna Carraway ha ha on my fist fabric journal I cut off one of the fabric ties when trimming thread ends lol. Now I know how to get round that! Thank you x
Karen Sallows was a bit as only my second but that’s because I was videoing and had no spare lol. But it really is fun just looks more complicated than it actually is xx
Gosh it’s brilliant ...you make it look so simple but I know I would hv to struggle even putting the snippets together lol🤪 but would love to make one .. any video on the printing on fabric....?..
Awesome video, glad you included sewing a section. Just checked the distance from my sewing foot to the edge of the machine.... 6 inches. You look like you have more space here. As you side piece would first need 7inches, correct?
It is beautiful! I wonder if it would be easier to sew tabs into the spine side in the pages when you put them together, then sew those to the lining, then sew that to the cover? Like an album binding I guess? Just thinking out loud after watching you struggle. :) Love the book !! Tyfs!
Sheila Blair thank you it was no struggle only might of looked like that on camera.. I found it all rather easy considering I’m not even a sewer lol xx
I just love this, it seems so authentic...are the text bits paper or fabric? Also what do you think about making double pages instead of single? You would make the first and last pages first then sew them to lining and laying consecutive signatures on top and repeating to the center...wondering if it would be easier then trying to align each page..
Thank you. Most of what I used was fabric. Both ways would work but you would need to come in a bit each double spread as the outside layers has further to go. X
Do you bondaweb the linings on or just sew around edges? Your journal is amazing. Mine is coming out a bit flat. Wondered whether to pad it out with a light weight quilting wadding on pocket and plain pages. What's your advice ? So loving following your tutorials. 😊
You can use bondaweb as I do sometimes. Also yes pad it out a little if a bit flat mine wasn’t because some of the scraps were quite thick. Go by your gut instinct and how you like to feel a journal. X
aida erovic thank you. It’s more of something to look at which I like because I don’t really journal. I am using it to proactive some hand sewing and decorate with beads and trims. Art journaling with fabric lol x
I'm making one like this right now on my channel. I've made fabric journals using a paper bag but never totally with fabric. Come check it out and tell me how I'm doing so far. Thanks!
Hi Andrea silly question alert ... Did you use the snippets for pages as well as some fabric pieces or snippets just for pockets ? I’m a bit confused 🤔 xx
Carol RecraftedBoutique I used snippets for the envelopes and a couple of pages and cover. The rest were fabric covered with lace . Theres not much snippets left but what is will be used on tags. Should of explained that in the beginning still learning myself but had a lot of fun xx
ARTYmaze thank you it’s a great video, I do appreciate your time showing us your learnings.. my envelopes turned out lovely, I put 2 snippets across worked for me, I’m out of my comfort zone but Found i really enjoying the sewing ! Page sewing looks tricky that will be Sunday I think 😊xx
Thank you honestly it’s easier than you think, it was just a bit stressful doing it on camera as I didn’t have a spare and if it was going to go wrong it would of done then. Lol. Xx
Thank you 🥰 your are a true inspiration for me . i'm kinda new to RUclips but have been crafting for about 25 years 🥰🙏☮️🌈🌻
I ran across 2 big green plastic bags of mostly different holiday fabric at a Good Will in a near by town .I was shocked at the extremely reduced price and could not resist and grabbed it up .One of the bags had all the makings of a Christmas book for kids--> pictures, words and all..The rest was simply beautiful pictorial mostly holiday oriented fabric .farms , fall sens , snowy nights, pumpkins, etc Christmas sens Easter etc .I dumped it all into 2 big 10gallon tuppers and spent hours going thru it .I can see mounting it onto card stock for cards.beautiful work thanks for sharing !!
Sandy Beebe that sounds like the find of the century! What a great treasure to have, I think I’m jealous, lol. Enjoy!
You have done a fantastic job 👍🏽 I feel much more confident to have ago myself then after i have watched more experienced people doing them. I think its because it is new to you too and are more aware of the little things that more experienced sewers forget about they just do it not thinking we may not completely understand. Thank you. Bye 💁🏼♀️
wow what a great tutorial, I learned sooooo much and now feel confident to make a fabric journal of my own, Thank you ! I need to watch how you decorate your pages, can't wait.
So glad I found you absolutely fab tutorial I watched the 2 tutorials and really enjoyed them and learnt so much too 😀 tfs ❤️ Alison
Thank you for this. I have been wanting to make a couple of fabric books for my stitch meditations.I didn't want a paper journal as a base. Love the book.
I have looked all over for a tutorial of how to attach all the pages into book form and at last I came across your fab video. I loved the how to’s, the chat and the little giggles lol. Your work is marvellous and it obviously gives you joy which comes over very well. I now feel as though I can make a start on making one of these for myself. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and expertise 💞
Hello. I've heard your name so often from the other paper crafters ( raving, warm tones 🙂) that I followed this 3 part series and looking forward to creating a fabric journal! I sew but am new is lol to the paper crafting but am enjoying the marrying of the two. Thank you so much for your detailed ☺ and visual tutorial 💕 🇨🇦👍💐
Dear Martha, I love this its a very plezier to follow you and I see many many nice idears to make you are very clever and nice thank you 😍😍
Three great tutorials thank you 🙏
This is so gorgeous always wanted to make one didn’t know how to bind it thanks for the tutorial much appreciated 💕
Your work stunning and creative process
Hi andrea. This is a fabulous way to stitch your pages in!!! My fabric book is coming along slowly but surely and I can’t tell you how valuable your tutorial hS been to me!!!! I’m thoroughly enjoying myself!!!!
Both of your fabric books look amazing and I can’t wait to see both of the end products!!!!
Thankyou so much for sharing these tutorials with all of your hints and tips!!!,
Big hugs xxx❤️😊
Hummingbird Tales Thank you I’m sure yours will be amazing . Videoing mine was quite stressful as it’s only my second as you know, just wanted to show people it can be done and not to worry about mistakes as you can just cover them up lol xx
Fantastic, thank you so much for sharing.
Why oh why did I watch this video Andrea??? LOL!!! Now, guess what I have fallen in love with - a full fabric only journal, because your two are simply lovely!!! And I am so wanting one!!!! The bad thing is, I have not nearly enough fabrics, laces, etc. and, a sewing machine that I haven't even used for 22 1/2 years!!! So, I can't say I'm exactly ready to begin one, ha ha!!! I bet I will end up having to buy a new sewing machine, but I need one to also sew around paper/card journaling too! But, seriously,your fabric/lace journals are so very beautiful but I can see they take a whole lot of skill too, and I'm a newbie at all of it, so better wait a while!!!! (If I can!!)
just made one following your instructions and it was so easy to follow thank you
Thank you for doing the marathon demonstrations of your lovely lace journal. It was awesome watching you and I am truly grateful. Your journals are beautiful treasures.
Love your beautiful work ❤️
Loved watching your tutorial ,your journal is amazing I'm just addicted ,but you need a freestyle embroidery foot on your machine ,it makes textile stitching so much easier because you can use your machine needle as if it were a pencil ,it's great fun x.
I've watched many tutorials and make fabric journals. I love the way you teach & learned so much more that I will try your beautiful chunky style next & from now on. Thank you so much.
This is fabulous!
Just discovered your videos for a fabric journal, best instructions I have seen. I am inspired and will be making a journal of my own. Thank you for sharing.
thank you.Best wishes from İstanbul:))
Thank you so much for showing us how to make this fabric journal. I really appreciate it, Andrea, as I couldn’t work out how to sew in the pages, now I know! It’s beautiful 😍
Gorgeous journal. Thanks for sharing everything. I really want to have a go but must admit I’m a bit daunted by the end process. Maybe I’ll try a thinner one for starters. Thanks again.
Gorgeous.
Brilliant! Thanks for showing us how you sewed in your pages! Love all the lace “forgiveness “!!!
Thank you for the tutorial, the book is beautiful!
This is such a luscious and beautiful journal! The color combinations and prints are one of the prettiest I have seen! Stunning!
The best video on fabric journal making; thank you!
So very pretty. I love it. You can make so amazing things. 🍃✨💦🌸😊🌸💦✨🍃. Thank you for Sharing. 😃. Have a great day. 🤗 in joy.
I love how everything just works out in the end.....you make it look so easy. Brilliant how you sewed in the fabric pages. Followed all the process and up to that point couldn’t understand how you were going to do it. Thanks for sharing XX
Great tutorial! Thanks.
Thank u for sharing- u clarified things
So excited to try this. I can’t wait to see it completely decorated. Thanks so much for sharing.
Can’t believe I missed this one it’s absolutely gorgeous tfs xx
It's absolutely beautiful you've done a wonderful beautiful job
I really appreciate all your tutorials and find them so amazing🎨
You did a good job it made it easy to understand how to make the journal & binding it together. Thanks from New Zealand, coming into Summer but raining today. Be safe we are able to live the new normal being Covid-19 free. Thanks again!🌻🎃☔🦔🍩☕
Love love love this project. Found this while looking for inspiration for something Similar I am working on. Perfect timing. Great inspiration as usual. Thank you
Love your fabric journal. It is a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for sharing your process.
Amazing! The process is great because there are many steps and seeing you put these pages together is truly a work of art on each page.❤️
What a superfragilistic journal, Andrea...and your explanations and directions were wonderful. Hugs, as always, Carol
I enjoyed so much the fabric journal and it’s process; it is great inspiration to me. Thanks so much and keep up with those marvelous ideas.
Beautiful journal with stunning fabrics and laces andera. Thankyou so much for sharing your amazing work just brilliant.
Andrea that’s absolutely stunning and beautiful. I really love 💕 this. And thank goodness there’s no puckering!!!!!!!!! We don’t want any of that old puckering eh? Thank you so much I really love 💕 this. And you’re totally amazing xx Mags
SO pretty! Thanks for sharing your creative process.
Absolutely gorgeous journal the pages are so pretty. Thank you for the video I can't wait to try and give this a go!
Oh my Andrea, You made me laugh; that's why I love Your tutorials. (when You said whispering "I'm going to pin it" sewing the lining to the cover) Gosh I love it!!!!! This is a beautiful cloth journal!!!!!!! I just am starting mine (got the pages cut out) that's all, lol. God Bless You! You are so good for us women! Judy
Wow! What a beautiful journal ! Thanks so much for sharing your amazing talents! 😊
This project turned out truly amazing, so beautiful! Your color choices and laces are lovely. Tfs and continuing to be an inspiration to me.
Looking gorgeous, Andrea! TFS the inspiration and creativity!
I love this! Can’t wait to make one, thank you for showing us and giving great directions❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely gorgeous ❤️ I can't wait to get to the next video thank you for sharing so much with us even when you said you are learning I have to say I love your little gaggle Much love Denina ♥️👍 👍
This is so pretty. Very nicely made and instructed to us. Thank you for this tutorial as I find it very helpful. Happy Crafting!
Looking good! I've not attempted an all fabric one yet but this is inspiring me xo
Just learning these junk journal,s. This is a gorgeous journal! You my lady
are s great crafter. Thank you for this tutorial.
Great job
andreea I just watched your video today and I am a seamstress and thought that you did a very good job Kudos girl I was going to suggest if you do another they do have a product that you can iron on which would fuse the two Fabrics together so your lining would then stick to your cover and then you could sew it without worry about puckers ..but you done it all on your own ...good for you!!! thanks for sharing...
Wild Thing thank you I actually think I have some somewhere lol I’ve always loved fabric and sewing but never done it till now so yes a definite learning curve thank you xxx
"i'm gonna have some lunch!"... Lol. Looks awesome! :-)
Thank you, I'm going to do some fabric journals, this is a very helpful video!
Thank you for explaining your process love it and going to give it a try
Très joli !
Bonjour depuis la France en dordogne à Bergerac, (Cyrano de bergerac !!)
really loving these videos. I have been asking in furniture shops for old fabric books without success, but will keep trying :)
You look just like my older sister. I was so surprised to see your photo. She’s the prettiest one. 🤗.
I just love it ! looks so squishy and tactile , I'm definitely going to try one , thanks for a great few demos , New to your channel, will most certainly be back , many thanks 😊
Love your fabric book ,I so want to make one just no time at the mo but when I do
that was smashin i enjoyed every minute of your video , ty ty ty so so much x
So beautiful!!!🌸💐🌺
That is absolutely stunning Hugs Bonnie
Thank you again! It is so beautiful!! Thank you for all of your tips and tricks too! I just love that you just cut off that little dangling piece that got sewn in! Bravo, it didn’t really belong there anyway did it? That’s just what I would have done! You make me giggle! TFS!💕
Donna Carraway ha ha on my fist fabric journal I cut off one of the fabric ties when trimming thread ends lol. Now I know how to get round that! Thank you x
Oh that was stressful, but it turned out great. I think I am too chicken to try it. 😺
Karen Sallows was a bit as only my second but that’s because I was videoing and had no spare lol. But it really is fun just looks more complicated than it actually is xx
WOW!!! I just adore you!!
Gosh it’s brilliant ...you make it look so simple but I know I would hv to struggle even putting the snippets together lol🤪 but would love to make one .. any video on the printing on fabric....?..
It's beautiful. I think I'd enjoy making one, I just don't know what to do with it after. Does it have a function?
Awesome video, glad you included sewing a section. Just checked the distance from my sewing foot to the edge of the machine.... 6 inches. You look like you have more space here. As you side piece would first need 7inches, correct?
This is just beautiful! TFS oxoxo, rosanne
It is beautiful! I wonder if it would be easier to sew tabs into the spine side in the pages when you put them together, then sew those to the lining, then sew that to the cover? Like an album binding I guess? Just thinking out loud after watching you struggle. :) Love the book !! Tyfs!
Sheila Blair thank you it was no struggle only might of looked like that on camera.. I found it all rather easy considering I’m not even a sewer lol xx
@@artymaze Gotcha. Sorry, I stand corrected. Ty for the replies as well. :)
You make it look soooo easy!! Can I ask, where do you get all your bits and bobs of lacy fabrics from? I can never seem to find anything.
I just love this, it seems so authentic...are the text bits paper or fabric? Also what do you think about making double pages instead of single? You would make the first and last pages first then sew them to lining and laying consecutive signatures on top and repeating to the center...wondering if it would be easier then trying to align each page..
Thank you. Most of what I used was fabric. Both ways would work but you would need to come in a bit each double spread as the outside layers has further to go. X
im over here now Arty !!!!
checking out your fabric journal ...cant i just glue them down ? oh i see your only using fabric ..
Do you bondaweb the linings on or just sew around edges? Your journal is amazing. Mine is coming out a bit flat. Wondered whether to pad it out with a light weight quilting wadding on pocket and plain pages. What's your advice ? So loving following your tutorials. 😊
You can use bondaweb as I do sometimes. Also yes pad it out a little if a bit flat mine wasn’t because some of the scraps were quite thick. Go by your gut instinct and how you like to feel a journal. X
how do you print on fabric for the labels you sewed in? I just love this fabric book and want to start one right away.
I secure fabric with washi tape especially where it feeds into the printer. X
This fabric journal looks absolutely amazing!!! What can it be used for?
aida erovic thank you. It’s more of something to look at which I like because I don’t really journal. I am using it to proactive some hand sewing and decorate with beads and trims. Art journaling with fabric lol x
I'm making one like this right now on my channel. I've made fabric journals using a paper bag but never totally with fabric. Come check it out and tell me how I'm doing so far. Thanks!
Hi Andrea silly question alert ... Did you use the snippets for pages as well as some fabric pieces or snippets just for pockets ? I’m a bit confused 🤔 xx
Carol RecraftedBoutique I used snippets for the envelopes and a couple of pages and cover. The rest were fabric covered with lace . Theres not much snippets left but what is will be used on tags. Should of explained that in the beginning still learning myself but had a lot of fun xx
ARTYmaze thank you it’s a great video, I do appreciate your time showing us your learnings.. my envelopes turned out lovely, I put 2 snippets across worked for me, I’m out of my comfort zone but Found i really enjoying the sewing ! Page sewing looks tricky that will be Sunday I think 😊xx
Thank you honestly it’s easier than you think, it was just a bit stressful doing it on camera as I didn’t have a spare and if it was going to go wrong it would of done then. Lol. Xx