Tutorial: Fabric Journal Cover

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Thanks Again, Tracie x

[@helenpepin8679]

Just found this fabulous tutorial Thank you.

[@donnal.hanrahan2824]

How awesome can’t wait for nature video love working with nature

[@christyballinger3600]

As always Tracie, you do a fantastic job, thank you!! Blessings to you for sharing your techniques!!

[@susancastelletti4356]

This is adorable and so versatile! Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@jillstewart7355]

Aahhhh, a simple fabric cover! This is perfect for a newcomer to journaling. Thank you, thank you, Tracie! Blessings Jill

[@morningglory147]

Thank you Tracy, branching out to different types of covers💗

[@KateriBurnett]

Your the best Tracie thank you for all your tutorials. Live watching you make and put these journals together.

[@cheryltallafuss1166]

Goodness that fabric is simply delightful, Tracy

[@grabowskycountry]

Aw Thank you for sharing hon, hope you're feeling better too. Your videos, Jammies, Coffee & Sunshine here in Alberta today sure makes for a terrific start.

[@iamsuzzie]

binder clips worked really well for me to hold material in place while sewing. I loved watching this and learning. Thank you so much for taking the time to back to the basics!

[@MissDaisyParsley]

Beautiful cover! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@dianneeverett1633]

Looks very nice. Pretty fabric.

[@Electricwitch]

Really appreciate all the time and effort you take to share your process,thank you xxx

[@cathycourtney8887]

thanks Tracie for showing this to us. very very helpful. love

[@gailfenske9635]

Thank u for this straightforward video. I have been struggling with fabric cover today & now tonight ur help popped up. Thank u!!

[@debraenea2227]

Thank you Tracy. I made one yesterday and wish I had seen your video first. I sewed all three pieces at once. Your way gave a cleaner result. ❤️

[@Paintspotsandpaper]

Thankyou so much, I’ve got a machine that I’ve hardly used, and as I love making journals, this has given me the confidence to try fabric covers as I have a small stash of fat quarters to use. Thankyou again xx

[@alteredbookbindings845]

I have never made a soft cover, but I will give it a try now! Thanks for a great video!

[@littlelarges4807]

i think that ou were having an awesome day, you managed to bring joy to people with your lovely tutorial! thank you

[@MazzyDuck]

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been making a couple of journals but haven’t quite figured out how to do the covers. This video makes it so clear and easy.

[@maramakesjournals2319]

That's a smart way to stitch a fabric cover. Thank you!

[@junebamburg1704]

Very pretty and neat color. Thank you!

[@creativehappinessbymonique]

Very helpful, thank you so much ! I never stop learning or appreciating tipps on journalmaking. Love and hugs m♥️💕🌸♥️💕♥️🌸

[@buntysvintageemporium3632]

Fabulous. Thank you so much for doing this.

[@thatdayintimebysue3551]

Great little tutorial Tracie. Thanks!!

[@LouiseFraser]

Thank you Tracie, I hope you feel better soon

[@sherryfoote8358]

Thank you, Tracie! I am going to try this!

[@pamelaspence3528]

Thank you for making this video! Once again you have inspired me to try something new!!

[@CeriGriffiths]

Nice job Tracie

[@Freespiritarts]

That fabric is so pretty! Thanks

[@jardindelsermx]

Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial. Totally Love it. 🌸💓

[@NiteOwlCrafter]

Thank you, Tracie, for a great video!

[@maureenpeak7751]

Great help thanks! I'm definitely giving this a shot. Love it.

[@barbaranoble9748]

Love the journal cover! You make it so easy tyfs

[@scribblesintime8343]

Thank you! I have been looking for a straight forward tutorial on this! As always...I knew you would help me! Thank you my friend.

[@margaretpinsent6388]

Great tutorial, and I love that the front and inside fabric match. Tfs

[@sakeraismailravat2753]

Fabric with less and inside febric

[@alicedowntherabbithole4]

Thank you as always Tracie! XX

[@veronicawhite398]

A much easier version than fussing with glue. I'll give this a go. Thanks, Tracie.

[@joannepeyton1654]

Hi Tracie! You did a great job making sure there was no buckling of fabric. Thank you for sharing. 💜😎🇺🇸

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you! 😊

[@pamketron]

This was so very helpful to me. I now understand how to make this type cover. Thank you so very much. You are so great at explaining how to make things. Really do love it. Hugs 🤗🤗🤗

[@camillefulton7709]

YOU SPEAK SO NICELY, AND EXPLAIN CLEARLY EACH STEP, I DONT HAVE ANY TROUBLE FOLLOWING YOU. HOPE UR DAY GETS BETTER. THANKS. 💜CAMILLE AUSTRALIA

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad you enjoyed it huni xx

[@buckiannscreations9089]

I've watched several vids on material journals and your way is definitely the way I'm going to go. Thank you

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Canadian693]

Love this and will definitely try it! TFS!

[@GiesTidbits]

your cover is so beautiful. tnx for the tutorial.

[@Sheilasembroidery]

I wish I had been at home when I was watching this. I now know where I went wrong when I made a fabric covered journal. I got a wrinkle in the last edge. I want to try again. I just hope I remember.😻

[@chrispfeifer9235]

Tracie, thank you so much for this video. It was great. And I agree with the others who have said don't ever worry about the metric conversion it's not difficult to figure out. TFS I love your videos and I'm so happy I discovered your channel.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thanks for watching Chris x

[@joiedefi]

Awesome

[@JulieMoren]

Thank you so much, Tracie, very nice!

[@TinaLovesToCraft]

I always want to do sewing in my journal watching you I think I'm ready thanks for sharing

[@TracieFoxCreative]

You can do it! xx

[@BonesAndButtons]

Thank you! Im going to try my first fabric journal and you made it look totally do-able👍🏼

[@TracieFoxCreative]

You can do it!

[@kayhammock]

Hi Tracie. Thanks for this tutorial! I made my first fabric covered junk journal a few weeks ago. I didn't see around the edge but can see myself doing this. I'm sitting in my jammies, drinking coffee, watching a few videos this morning. ☮️

[@TracieFoxCreative]

I have done a lot of coffee drinking too hehehe xx

[@CJG1419]

Love this video. Just what I was looking for! TFS!

[@Tassilago]

Thank you, love 🌹! It looks so simple and fast when you work and I love it. Makes me feel that I can actually speed things up a bit - but when I sit there with all the stuff scattered around me I become as confused as a fart in a wicker chair. This is the best therapy! lol Love always xxx

[@TracieFoxCreative]

LOL LOL you make me giggle...Love you and thank you for watching xxxx

[@doreenb1837]

Gitte, I love your fart saying... I'm going to have to use that. ! ! Your very funny.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

She is so funny! LOL

[@JulieMoren]

Me too!

[@joannepeyton1654]

I will definitely write this down! Hysterical! 😂

[@craftydawk.janettedawkins7516]

Love this so quick and easy 💕❤️💕

[@Maggita2015]

This is so cute ! 💕☺️thank you !

[@carolmarlatt3834]

Thanks so much for sharing this!

[@juliesantos3656]

Hi Tracie! I really like your no glue version of making the cover, I'm always afraid of messing up my sewing machine! Tfs!! 👍🙂

[@jeanneblondewomanstamping9788]

Nice and easy and look great. Great method to enclose the ribbon tie inside the cover. Definitely will be using this. 🤗 .... I would love to see a tutorial on how you made the sewn white/ivory canvas cover journals. You posted a video to show a batch of them that you had completed. The stitching was very loose and free-flowing and went around the edges several times.

[@mastersadvocate]

Dear Tracie: Thanks for showing how to make a fabric journal cover! Your method is easy, and not too scary to try for a beginner sewer. Cheers! ~Janet in Canada

[@TracieFoxCreative]

You are so welcome!

[@ullazitabinder2091]

such a beautiful and easy cover - I will make this cover for my first JJ

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Rock on! xx

[@cakebakerish]

Hi Tracie! Absolutely love how clear and simple this cover is. I just made a “practice” one with some of my fabric extras, half a Manila file folder and a ribbon closure. In order to keep it relatively free of bubbling, I used glue tape in a few strategic places. It looks amazing and I am ready to make one and fill it as a junk journal for a gift to someone special🌹. Thank you so much for this tutorial and I wish you fab days from now on!💐

[@TracieFoxCreative]

YAY, well done huni and thank you xx

[@sylviaortega6334]

Love the fabric great

[@CraftingVicky]

I really love that idea! I will have to try it out!

[@erlindabenavidez3157]

I will definitely try this

[@ericanelson5320]

Thanks! Very helpful.

[@kathylambert-uz1vs]

❤❤❤

[@yvonnealvizo]

Great tutorial!!🙋🏻😍😘💕 TFS

[@cazyoung5887]

Nice useful tutorial tfs x

[@karensallows9348]

It looks so good and it's easy too. tfs. 😻

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad you enjoyed it x

[@dianejulien]

TFS, Tracie!

[@tamathamavraides5532]

You know what I can't figure out? Why anyone would give this video a thumbs down. Whats wrong with people???

[@TracieFoxCreative]

You cant please all of the people, all of the time :-D xx

[@christyballinger3600]

Seriously! Tracie is the Bomb! People can't appreciate true artists nor how difficult it is for them to stay relevant & fresh with all the ideas they share.

[@Phyllis-nk5ji]

There is a Heat & Bond in a blue package that can be run through your machine without sticking or build up on your needle.

[@sherryvanderpool4024]

Tfs this is a most useful tutorial

[@laurachapman6633]

Thank yo thank you for easy simple instructiions!!!

[@vanikurup]

Love it. Tfs

[@isobeldunn9152]

Love it 😍

[@MissGroves]

A tiny bit of pritt stick or double sided tape can be used to tack the fabric as well

[@karenlewis632]

Love this for a single signature gift journal....I love soft cover journals with an inch and a half spine/room for a 2 signature journal. I just have many yards of the regular light cotton fabric that we get over here either by the yard or in "fat quarters"...and I am wondering how to put that together in a soft cover, so far I have tried using light weight cardstock between the light fabric on outside and using a medium weight muslin or linen type on the inside..still experimenting ...it's a learning experience for sure . Thanks for sharing this video ...just ran across it, wanting to get lots of different ideas and love your work ! K.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you huni x

[@lalagamma4452]

Great tutorial. TY! XO❤XO💘XO❤

[@trishasargeant6435]

Hello tracie, thank you for another lovely video. I'm sorry you had a meltdown.... The thing is recently I've been frustrated and we'll sort of stunted really, and you've made me realise that I've been feeling like I have is because I'm trying to do crafts and process the same as everyone else.... Everyone! Lol, I'm just not the same crafter as everyone else...eg: beading work, shabby chic, clay work, I've been zen tangling, journaling ( new to me but love it) even that's not simple though is it? So many different styles..You mentioned Jen of eve , I have an all lot of her templates andI guess she is my 'style'and although as you say it is good to go out of your comfort zone.... But not too the extent were we get upset?..... I think after watching you today I will be back on track to my usual crafty self tomorrow. Thank you Tracie I really enjoy your work. XX Trish xx

[@sadiejosiemom]

Fun little project! Don't worry about conversions - it's easy enough to search in Google for it. Besides, it doesn't have to be exactly the same measurement of yours, right?

[@annettedepete4314]

Thank you so much!

[@jayrandall9075]

Great tutorial Tracie and fantastic to see a variation of fabric application. However, I’d like to mention there is a product called Heat n Bond or Bond a Web, which is perfectly fine and has been specifically designed to be ‘sewing machine friendly’ for example when working with appliqués and the like. I have been using Heat n Bond for years without any problems to my sewing machine whatsoever and I recently made a fabric journal cover using Heat n Bond Lite. You may like a KZbinr called Julia (StitchesbyJulia) she demonstrates some very interesting projects where she utilises this product, particularly when she does free-motion machine stitching ❤️

[@pamketron]

Jay Randall Yes Julia is wonderful. She only uses Heat n Bond Lite (has to be lite) for her projects that she sews. No problems with the sewing machine at all. Love her channel.

[@VintageBohemian]

Love the double row of stitches. I have several covers lined up to stitch just not sure what I want to do with the inside. I'm using something other than cardstock as the backing which I will reveal in a video hopefully. Just something a little different. lol. TFS sweetie!!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Oh cool :-D xx

[@christyballinger3600]

Thanks Tracie! As always, your videos teach me something new :) no worries about centimeters to inches, it's approximately 8.66 (22 cm) by 5.98 -almost 6 inches (15.2) - -what would we do without cellphones to calculate? HA!!

[@cathybroder1614]

Tracie, I made your cover today, it came out great; did you ever do a video adding a spine & signatures?

[@vickidip]

For a bad day my lovely...... you did very good job pj’s and all. How many of us stay in our jarmies all day because we can 😂😂. Thank you

[@TracieFoxCreative]

LOL xx

[@funky-junkvintagecraftfurn5542]

Great thank you

[@AurorasJournals]

TFS, Tracie! I’ve been looking for a tutorial for this and yours is the best! Also, thanks again for checking out my channel and subbing. I am so grateful and appreciative for that. I still have a very small channel (53 subscribers) so I can’t thank you enough. Hugs, Dawn ❤️❤️❤️

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Ah no problem huni xx Good luck xx

[@shannonfinn4316]

Thank you Tracie. You are one if my very favorite Junk Journal Artists. I appreciate all if your tutorials. I'm eyeing several kits in your Wtsy Shop. I want to do Garden Planning Junk Journals. Any suggestions for a kit? Thank you so very much.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you so much! I have lots of botanicals but not a garden kit. ARTYmaze and I did a great collab kit called Natures Remedies x

[@barbaravaldez7155]

Tracy, how to you put your signatures into this fabric book?

[@xVentax]

I realise this is quite ‘old’ now, but I love the cover, and think I could actually have a go at it. I’m just curious though about how you fix the insert in so it doesn’t drop out?

[@AnitaandLucas]

😍😍😍

[@eileenpawluk6455]

Fabulous tutorial❣ Definitely makes me think that I can also make my first fabric cover. TFS! I hope that you feel better very soon. BTW ... also in my jammies here in Canada (trying to recover from another MS relapse)😔 Have a better day Tracie xo

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Jammies are cool! I think I will wear them all winter too LOL xx

[@eileenpawluk6455]

@@TracieFoxCreative Me too!! I've already been in mine for 3 weeks (different jammies of course) LOL

[@ChristyPeake]

Will the fabric edges not fray?

[@kimw4324]

Great tutorial! How durable is the card stock over time? I am planning on trying to make some for teacher gifts this year and I can’t decide if I want to use card stock which I have a lot of or buy some interfacing and try that. I just worry if they carry the notebook in their pocketbook it will not hold up or get wet with the card stock.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

They will hold up as well as any other notebook. It will depends on hw they are used for sure x

[@parisnchristlove]

Thank you for another great tutorial! I am wondering, however, do you sew your signatures in with a pamphlet stitch or do you attach elastics so as to insert the signatures in, and when they are full, you can remove them for a new signature? I suppose it is optional, but how do you do yours? Thank you, Tracie!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

I do both but this is a journal so I sew. I have a tutorial on the pamphlet stitches I use :-D If I make a full TN, I use elastic but still sew the inserts :-D xx

[@michellewohlgemuth8847]

Hi, thank you for sharing. Which needle do you use? Just getting stared with sewing. Thank you.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you huni, I am sorry to say I have no clue about the needles in my machine. I told the lady in the shop what I do and she hands them over :-O xxx

[@kathypowell3476]

Love this! Could I please ask how you attach your signature? Do you use a pamphlet stitch?

[@TracieFoxCreative]

There is a video in the playlist huni with a tutorial on how I do it xx

[@kathypowell3476]

Tracie Fox LoveJunk Journals I will check it out. I really appreciate your help!

[@wendywalters9933]

Hi Trace, just wondering when you have sewn the two pieces together, can you still see the edges of the cardstock on the edges ?

[@TracieFoxCreative]

No huni x