Creating a Patchwork Journal: The People and Places of My Quilty Life

I'm up to my elbows and knees in patchcraftery. Similar to wizardry or perhaps Belinda the Good Witchery, I am pulling together bits and pieces and creating new, bigger and better things!

One of these was finishing this scrap happy journal, using someone else's tossed out and leftover scraps. It was meant to be a gift for a friend with blonde hair and glasses, but it ended up on a different journey and then joined my line-up of journals for daily use.

So, this must be my inner blonde. She is now in charge of the bits and pieces of my life. This now includes my current plans for my visit next weekend to the Sisters OR Quilt Show !!! and the plans to meet up with Sister Quilters from both Oregon and far off places.

I contacted Queen Bonnie of Quiltsville and requested a royal audience in her court (a Sisters park) where her itinerary includes a shady reststop with 7 or 8 of her handmaidens (friends). So, after an invitation to join them for a quick respite (stop and drop), I spread the word amongst my Oregon connections.

Meanwhile, I took these photos amidst the journal and quilt making chaos of my Virtual Quilting Bee For Charity.....and if you can figure out the directions from my previous Quilted Book or Journal Cover tutorials and these photos, you can even make one of your own!

I dearly love turning scraps into something bigger and better than themselves and being able to use them in all phases of my life. A new scrap journal fits that to a cup of tea, add a pen, the journal and I'm good to go...ok, I may need to pack a few clothes and some sunscreen for Sisters! They supply the heat and the water!

So, for my Frugal Friday Fun: How to make a quick and easy Patchwork Journal! Double click to go to the Picasaweb Album and captions will also help explain the design and construction process. Since mine is pieced from scraps, your might look and sew up differently, but the concepts are similar. Use your imagination and create something from almost nothing. The most magical and creative gift of all.




I'm ready to create my packing list for next week! Now, what shall I write down ........red bandanna, camera, megaphone, personal handlers with great senses of direction....
Frugal Friday
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