I started creating these Journal Quilts last January with a goal of creating one journal quilt a week. In fact, that is what really drove me to start blogging - so I could write about my creating & share it.
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My husband Steven and I spent a week visiting St. John, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, December 17th-23rd. I kept a journal that week and wanted to share our travels and my thoughts here on my blog…
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My first full day here. It is evening again and I forgot to write yesterday about all the sounds at night. I think it is mostly frogs and bugs but it sounds like (and feels like) you are smack in the middle of a jungle!
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When Linda created this collage for us and our wedding in 2005
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I have not seen it in the daylight yet, but I can tell already that St. John is a beautiful and interesting place…
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Journal Quilt - ice & snow. This is the 28th journal quilt I've made this this year!
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Here's a page spread I did earlier this week for an Altered Book Round Robin I've been hosting for the past few months. This is Cynthia Weed's wild book titled, "I could have married . . . .
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Paula and I are both in a group of mixed media artists gathered together by Frieda Oxenham and Debby Harriettha called TipTop Journals. On the 15th of every month, Frieda gives us a partner with whom we exchange pages with…
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In just one month we sold our Secret Lake house and are moving to a new home. When Steve & I re-connected in 2004, it also happened very fast but was so right for both of us. We are a true match! Our new home feels that way too…
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I’m hosting an "Altered Books Revisited Round Robin" this year and that is exciting. Our group consists of 6 artists/friends who have worked together exchanging altered books in the past….
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This is the front and back of a page I did for Michelle Dressler's Fabric Book for the Fabric Book RR I’m participating in! She had a theme of ‘dance’ for her book..
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It’s been a while since I’ve created a Journal quilt . . .
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Journal Quilt #25, which I completed last week in front of the Saint Lawrence river, while we were vacationing on Wolfe Island at Steven's family cottage
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I had a couple more pictures in my camera related to Frieda's fabric collage technique I recently tried . . . please read the two posts below this one - 'Fabric Collage' and 'Journal Quilt #24' - for more about this!
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I know it's been a couple of weeks since I posted a journal quilt . . . you can read my journal entry below (the back of this quiltie) to learn more. This quiltie is #24 in my year long challenge. I hope to create 50 journal quilts by the time we ring in 2008 . . .
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I follow Frieda Oxenham's blog on a fairly regular basis because I love the fabric art she creates and she is also very prolific! If just a little bit of time goes by, I am sure to find something new on her site : ) Check out her tips for Fabric Collage & see what I did!
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Journal quilt #23 - and . . . 75 blog posts since January 2007
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This little journal quilt was born from experimentation! I’m not sure it’s my favorite, but it’s a good exercise at least.
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This weeks fabric journal quilt is continuing to work with my recent idea of trying a new technique to get the quiltie started. In pondering what new thing I could do with fabric, I thought: Why not some kind of mono-print with paint onto fabric for a background?
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This weeks’ fabric journal started earlier last week with the idea of wanting to try a new technique and then use the technique for my inspiration.
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