Chronicles: Stitched Fabric Journal Cover Guide

Your fabric scraps hold memories. This guide helps you stitch them into something you'll hold every day.

Mine brings me joy every time I open it.


Chronicles printed pages on background
  • Chronicles is a 24-page printable guide to making a fabric collage cover for your notebook.

  • Twenty pages of step-by-step instructions with photos plus four printable patterns for the cover.

Download it, print it, make it at your own pace. Use what's already in your stash. Fabric scraps, buttons, thread. Hand stitch, machine stitch, or glue. Your process, your choice.

One guide. One very personal journal.

 

$15 — Instant Digital Download

 

I’ve used a piece of my tea bag art as the focal point in this cover.

You can choose any interesting fabric to be your focal point.

 

What you’ll need:

  • White glue

  • Scissors or rotary cutter and mat, needles, sewing machine (optional)

  • Camera on your phone

  • A notebook to be covered. The fit of the cover is custom to your notebook/journal

  • Sturdy fabric for the cover, fabric scraps, beads, buttons, etc

  • Fusible web material like fusible hem tape

 

Kind words from past students:

…I loved this art project and an so thankful for your help and guidance. The course was so easy and fun!

 
 
Front and back cover of guide

Who I am:

Carol Ann Webster, artist

I designed this course because I wanted to make a custom cover for the notebooks I love to write in.

Maybe a hand-written journal or notebook is your favorite way to save thoughts. This made-by-you cover keeps things even more interesting!

One guide. One very personal journal.

I’ve been a mixed-media artist and teacher for about 10 years. I love to create using unusual materials like tea bags and ecoprinting on paper.

If you have questions, please reach out to me by email at carol(at)carolannwebster.com

~Carol