Orange spot and batik journal cover

Description

Ideal for writers, artists, designers, quilters... anyone who writes or sketches ideas in a journal. Alternatively, this cover is suitable for protecting a standard paperback book (or hiding its title from curious onlookers on a plane or train!).

I made this journal cover from two different orange fabrics, and lined it with a complementary leaf fabric.

I used a variety of free motion stitching on the front cover, in various matching rayon threads.

The finished journal cover measures 13 x 8.75 in (33 x 22 cm) when opened out, and can take a journal or notebook up to 6.5 x 8.5 in (16 x 21.5 cm; or A5).

Fabric protector has been added.

To keep postage and shipping to a reasonable rate, I DO NOT provide a notebook/journal with the cover -- the photos with the notebook inserted are only to illustrate how it looks.

This cover has been well constructed -- it takes 3+ hours to make, so the price really only reflects the cost of materials.

Related items in these fabrics:
* Batik bookmark: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33172328
* Orange spot bookmark: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33172258
* Orange bookmark with a touch of purple: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33173540

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I can make these in any color -- check out my Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhondamadeit where you'll find more than 200 photos of fabrics in my stash, arranged by color and theme. Then click Request Custom Item on the right sidebar of my Etsy home page: http://RhondaMadeIt.etsy.com and let me know what you'd like.

Added on Oct 24, 2009