Journal Making Class

Starting on March 31st, I started Journal Making for the Fiber Artist, an on-line class with Sue Bleiweiss. As an avid bookbinder and fibre artist, this class really intrigued me. So far, I am having a lot of fun and creating some journals for myself and for some as gifts. My first journal from this class is pictured here. It is made from strips of silk, frayed at one edge and stitched down. The clasp is created from a fibre button made in the motif from a project from my City&Guilds course. The machine made cord is made of strips of silk stitched with the same thread as the satin stitching on the edges. Beads were added to the ends of the cord.


Beads were also added to the spine as I was stitching the signatures to the cover using a pamphlet stitch. Can you tell that I am a magpie?
The inside has two pockets, one on the left and one on the right. The pocket on the left was made using a similar method to the cover, but the lining was stitched to the cover fabric and then stitched to the Pelmet that I added to give the pocket more stability.










There are various pockets and interesting pages throughout the journal. Some of these are made from card stock and others are made from translucent mulberry paper. As you can see there is also a pen loop to hold a pen and keep it handy.


The journal in these pictures was completed on April 2, 2008. I am slowly learning about posting photos and blogs. I will post other photos of other journals in the next few days.