Quilted Memories

       Hello dear readers XOX

I am back to share a spring journal I made with another old shabby quilt

with soft textures and faded pretty feed sack cottons.

I sewed a few pieces of old cotton laces and trims together, added a few vintage yoyos

 and a few black and white photographs from an old album I bought at a sale a few weekends ago.

This journal is for sale on my Etsy shop, which I invite you to visit here.  

Quilted Memories
 

I love picking apart old shabby quilts that I find at estate sales. For the cover I sewed two lengths of vintage cotton trimmed with crocheted lace together, leaving open spaces on the front and back cover, and also along the inside back cover as a pocket for whatever little things you'd like to tuck in, and then sewed together pieces of feed sack cottons over the cover. I added some pink embroidery to a few spots as well. I always included lots of hidden tuck spots, the idea being that you can personalize this journal by adding your own old mementos, with room for letters, notes, cards or any kind of meaningful ephemera that you want to save and treasure. The front and back covers have a pocket in the center that you can swap out the photos....remove these and add your own, or leave as is. I had a lot of fun sewing this all together. There is also room on the paper signatures to add your drawings, sketches, or written notes that you want to record and create a beautiful keepsake.

This signature is a piece of old quilt top sewn together with a piece of antique lace making a pocket for any treasures you want to store in this book.

I made this cloth tag you could use as a bookmark. The backing is paper and it can be

personalized as well, just clip on a little photo or you could write on top of the tag.

 This journal is a trifold, meaning that the back cover is twice as long as the front (which also has another fabric pocket along the back cover) so the back flap folds back in the middle of the signatures, adding more room for a little fabric collage with little bits of the same quilt pieces.

 

All together there are 25 pages made of both cloth and paper, so 50 pages in all. The journal measures 8" by 6", 

and has three ties attached to the front cover that wrap around the journal as a closure. 

Thank you so very much for looking. My Etsy shop carries vintage quilt pieces and a few packs made up with vintage quilt blocks and matching fabrics. I have another project which is almost finished....another different style of book that I thought of while working with these old quilts. I will post it here soon and it will also be for sale.

 

Bye for now, Lisa xoxoxox

Mended Hearts Part Two

Hello dear readers, I am back as promised to show the two journals that I have made with the same materials as my original 'Mended Hearts' journal. There is one in red and teals, and then another with red browns and navy blues. They feature machine stitching and also some hand embroidery throughout.

Each journal is $99 with free domestic shipping in the US.

I will post the link to my Etsy shop underneath each journal.

This journal measures 7 X 5.5 inches with 22 separate double sided signatures (pages) so there are 44 individual pages total. I was careful to leave many blank spots for your own journaling and also several tuck spots and small window envelopes to add your own ephemera, letters, or photos.

 Here is the link to this journal in my Etsy shop:  Mended Hearts Journal 1

This journal is pretty as is, but especially with this rural 40's nostalgic vibe, it would be so wonderful to personalize it and add your own mementos of a special friend of family member, it would make a lovely heirloom piece to be treasured over time and passed down to your loved ones.

Here is the second Mended Hearts journal:

This journal measures 7 x 6 inches with 30 separate double sided signatures (pages), so there are 60 individual pages total. I was careful to leave many blank spots for your own journaling and also several tuck spots and small window envelopes to add your own ephemera, letters, or photos. This journal is pretty as is, but especially with this rural 40's nostalgic vibe, it would be so wonderful to personalize it and add your own mementos of a special friend of family member, it would make a lovely heirloom piece to be treasured over time and passed down to your loved ones.

Here is the link to this journal in my Etsy shop: Mended Hearts Journal 2

Here is the link to my Etsy shop called "Cloth & Paper Shop' ClothandPaperShop

Thank you for looking!

Love, Lisa xox

'The Visit' Fall Journal with Junk Journal kits for sale!

 Hello lovely readers, I am back to share my new fall journal called 'The Visit', and also

to share some exciting news! I have opened an Etsy shop called 'Cloth & Paper Shop'.

'The Visit'

I had purchased this little antique pillow shown above at an estate sale and it sat near my desk, the vibrant rich reds calling out to me and it inspired me to create this journal as an ode to autumn, my favourite season of the year. I carefully took this little gem apart and used the various elements on my cover and in my signatures. I combined these fabrics with some photos that I took from a trip back to see my family in Georgia. There's nothing like fall in the South, I always want to get cozy with a fresh gathering of textiles and stitch some memories into a journal. 

 

Well dear readers I have also created four junk journal kits made from the materials I used to make this journal, called 'Autumn Rose', and I have finally(!) begun to post a few items in my Etsy shop called 'Cloth & Paper Shop'. This kit includes all the fabrics I used to make this fall journal, my favourite cloth was a vintage printed floral velvety upholstery material in soft warm orangy colours I used on my cover, so pretty. Here is the link to my shop where you can find this kit and other textile bundles as well.

Cloth & Paper Shop 

 

I have an evergrowing collection of vintage and antique textiles, lace, hand crocheted trims and buttons that I have decided to make into some vintage textile kits. Some will include vintage handpicked ephemera matching the colours or theme based on colours, seasons, or holidays. These kits can be be used for so many crafts....I mostly make junk journals, but these kits would be wonderful for slow stitching, textile arts, sewing projects of all sorts - needle books (this is my next project I want to make), soft cloth bags, purses, book covers, pillows, textile collage, the possibilities are endless........ I love to buy these kits myself as they are often colour coordinated and also include trims, buttons and goodies that all together make for a pretty journal, and I know collecting all the various vintage supplies to make a junk journal can be a bit daunting. I have become quite good at spotting old forgotten but beautiful pieces of cloth at all the estate sales I go to and I love it when I find pieces that are calling out to be rescued, transformed, reused and enjoyed all over again. There is something so magical about reclaiming lovely things from the past, the stories these treasures could tell! Knowing they were well loved from someone long ago makes them even more special, and I can loose myself in all their worn and decayed beauty. I gentle launder and sort the fabrics and then create kits with enough pieces of cloth, matching ephemera, trims, doilies, sewing notions, buttons, and charms so you can start on a journal or sewing project right away. Recently I have posted some packs made up of old quilt pieces, would make for a lovely slow stitching project. I also have some nice ephemera packs that I have created from all the antique books I have collected.

Thank you so much for visiting, Happy Thanksgiving Day to all my American friends and family, and my simple wish is to inspire you to create something treasured of your own! 

 

Warm hugs, 

Lisa xoxoxox