I couldn’t bear to throw away the scraps from ripping the indigo dyed pages of my patchwork journal so I wove them into a loose pattern which I stitched down with running stitch onto of a piece of coffee coloured hand dyed cotton.
I love the colour combination of indigo and coffee and decided that this was going to be another journal cover. I covered one board with the stitched scraps and kept the back plain.
A lengthy induction meeting at work last Monday gave me the opportunity to lace the covers over the boards and also add a piece of indigo dyed fabric to the back of each one.
I ripped some more indigo dyed pages and as before, used variegated sashiko thread and french link stitch to bind the pages and covers together.
I was less focussed on the intricacies of the instructions this time so I could concentrate on getting the tension of the stitch more even, especially the kettle stitches at the ends. Much happier. 😮
I really am enjoying making these journals. Once the covers are laced and backed (the most boring bit) the binding is satisfyingly quick and being fabric, they feel wonderful in the hand.
Under A Topaz Sky 
I just LOVE this…the cloth weaving makes me swoooooon.
Thank you!!
It does look very good. I’m madly envious that you can take stitching in to work!
Actually…I can’t. We were at a really big induction meeting at a local school (over 100 people) and as I was at the back, I just didn’t put my sewing away when the speakers began…
Wonderful — I can almost feel the texture and the softness of the fabric through my screen!
Because the fabric is old sheets and things, it really is beautifully soft. :o)
Lovely. Amazing what beautiful things can be made from simple scraps.