Embroidered Folio Journal with Stitchery Kit - Eileen Hull's New Sizzix Dies!

Well, it's taken me all month but I finally finished my embroidered Folio Journal! Eileen's new Folio has SO many possibilities! I wanted to try making a "soft" journal sewn out of fabric and Pellon Ultra Firm Stabilizer. It worked! Take a look…

I had the perfect piece of vintage lace to use on the cover!

The Folio pockets hold thread cards and a needle book.

I used vintage tea towel embroidery patterns to stitch my pages:

I added some stitch sampler pages too!

Here's a better look at the 'pocket parts'.

Let's check out the construction:

Step 1 - For the covers, first I cut two pieces of the Pellon Stabilizer (14" x 6") and fused my outside and inside printed fabrics onto each side. (Forgot to get a photo of that.) I then cut my front and back covers.

Note the piece of lace I had in my stash that
was the perfect size!

At this stage, I also raided by button stash and sewed vintage buttons onto the lace.

Step 2 - I sewed the covers together at the spine, stitching back and forth several times for strength.

Next I zig-zag stitched around the edges to give it a more finished look and to make sure the fabric wouldn't fray on the edgers. I also stitched one side of the pocket bottom pieces into place.

Step 3 – I had to stop and ponder the proper order of the next steps. ;-) First I attached the ring binder hardware, and then the lace (which would have been in the way of stitching the binder clip). I knew it would be easier to tack on the lace with stitches before the pockets were folded over and sewn so that's why the lace was next.

I used strong thread and hand tacked the clip into place
with several stitches.

Step 4 – Now I could sew the pocket bottoms in place. I used a strip of super tacky tape to help hold the tab in place while I hand stitched it.

Stitching the edge was a bit tricky. I definitely needed a sharp needle and a thimble to get through all those layers. Not bad for a first effort though.

PART 2: The embroidered pages

Step 1 – I found these vintage iron on tea towel patterns at the thrift store.

I actually scanned the patterns I wanted to use so I could size them to fit on the pages. I wasn't sure if the old iron transfer ink would still work anyway. However sizing in my computer worked perfectly. I printed out the pattern and used a light box and a FriXion pen to trace the patterns onto the fabric. The pen has heat sensitive ink so for a final step I lightly passed my iron over the finished pages to make the black pen marks disappear like magic!

Here are all my finished embroideries, ready to be
made into pages.

Step 2 – I used the page die from the Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers Die Set to trace out where the page edges should go on all the stitched panels. I did some careful pinning and made a sandwich of panels with quilt batting in the middle, then stitched around the page about 1/8" in. After that I trimmed the pages on the pen lines with my pinking shears.

Step 3 – Last step was to put eyelets in. It was super easy using my Crop-A-Dile. I even had the right size eyelets in my stash!

I guess the last, last steps were to make the matching needle book (see a similar one I made here) and the thread cards. The thread cards were cut from mat board using Eileen's Trinket Box Die front. Tip for the bunnies: I cut them out of Sizzix Surfacez White Texture Roll. It is a very durable fabric type paper like the old Paper Leather or Kraftex. I did this so the bunny arms wouldn't rip off when winding and unwinding floss around the cards.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my LONG post. Be sure to keep an eye on Eileen's blog because April 7th is the Release Party for her Chapter 2 Sizzix Dies!

Supplies used:

Dies:

Eileen Hull Sizzix 

Folio Journal  ( Sizzix / SB ) 

Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers ( Sizzix / SB )

Trinket Box #662360 - retired (this was just discontinued so if you want one, track it down asap!)

Needlebook #660767 - retired

Floral Arch & Words #662357 - retired

Sunburst & Waffle embossing folder set - retired

Tim Holtz Sizzix

Carrot Bunny ( Sizzix / SB )

Other:

fabric

vintage lace

vintage buttons

embroidery floss & supplies

quilt batting scraps

Crinkle Ribbon

matboard

Sizzix Surfacez - Texture Roll, White

Pellon Peltex 72F Two Sided Fusible Ultra Firm Stabilizer

Pilot FriXion Erasable Pen - black, heat sensitive ink

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ring Binder LG (TH92914) - discontinued

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Folio Journal Embroidered Stitchery Kit
by MonalisaH -Lisa Hoel
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St. Patrick's Day Birthday Card

 Hello, I'm a few days late but I wanted to share my Mom's St. Patrick's Day themed birthday card with you (her birthday is March 17th!) The card is made with all sorts of Tim Holtz products and techniques inspired by his recent YouTube Saturday videos. It's mounted onto a stand cut using Eileen Hull's handy Display Stand Die. This way the card can also serve as a holiday decoration.

Here's another look:

And the back with the stand mechanism popped up:

Here are some in process photos:

I cut the stand out of Sizzix mat board. The front card part I assembled completely before adhering it to the stand. (Layers: base of Woodgrain cardstock, then embossed layer, then Baseboards Lace Frame.

I used a palette of neutrals of various Distress inks, sprays and Crayons to color all the parts (Antique Linen, Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo).

I cut a multitude of flowers and foliage out of similarly colored cardstock and colored coffee filters. I ended up with a lot of extras so I'll have to make something else with those.

Thanks for stopping by! My blog has been quiet lately but I have other projects in the works! Check in early next week for the next reveal. =)

Supplies used:

Dies:

Eileen Hull Sizzix 

Display Stand Die  ( Sizzix / SB ) 

Tim Holtz Sizzix

Funky Nature ( Sizzix / SB )

Small Tattered Florals ( Sizzix / SB )

Crochet  ( Sizzix / SB )

Multi-level embossing folder Swirls ( Sizzix / SB )

3-D embossing folder Lucky Love ( Sizzix / SB )

Other:

Tim Holtz Stamp sets - Ledger Script, Spring Sprung

Distress Oxide Ink, original Distress Ink

Distress Oxide and regular Spray Stains

Distress Glaze embossing powder - Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint

Versamark embossing pen

Ranger Woodgrain Cardstock

Sizzix Matboard

Distress Crayons

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Paper Dolls, Clippings Sticker Book, Transparent Wings, Baseboard Frames Lace

Xyron Creative Station Lite

St. Patrick's Day Birthday Card
by MonalisaH -Lisa Hoel
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Eileen Hull's Chapter 1 Release Party Blog Hop!

 

Welcome to the Chapter 1 Eileen Hull/Sizzix Release Party Blog Hop! Just wait till you see all of the fun options the new ScoreBoards Folio Journal Die has in store for you! You will also love the Mandala and Folio Page, Pockets and Flowers Thinlits Dies that coordinate with it. 

Please hop through the blogs and be inspired by the work of the talented Inspiration and Educator Teams! Leave a comment for each designer and you could win a Folio Journal Die (as soon as it arrives!)

Join me and special guests for a Facebook Live on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at noon Eastern. Comment on our Facebook Live and be eligible to win either the Mandela Die or the Folio Pages, Pockets and Flowers Die Set – two winners will be chosen!

Winners will be announced on the Facebook Live show on February 9 at 6:00 EST.

We appreciate your love and support, friends!

Eileen's new dies:

I used the Folio Journal and the Folio Page, Pockets and Flowers set to create a grungy, cyberpunk-y (sort of) robot themed journal:

Find MORE PHOTOS, and a bit of a tutorial after the Hop list!

List of stops on the Hop:

• Eileen Hull Designs
• Julia Aston
• Madeline Arendt
• Jennie Atkinson
• Karen Bearse
• Susie Bentz
• Sarah Lizzie Dodd
• Sue Eldred
• Maggi Harding
• Lisa Hoel <<-- You are here
• Jenny Marples
• Elizabeth Robinson  
• Betsy Skagen
• Tonya Trantham 

And now for the promised MORE photos! Get comfy, there is lots to see:

Back side

Removable elastic band keeps the journal closed

Comes complete with a Sonic Screwdriver!

I love how the Folio Journal sides can make pockets
or be fold out flaps.

Some photos of the pages in the book part:

Keep going, more to see!! 

If you are an Isaac Asimov fan you will recognize the 3 laws. ;-)

Tutorial Time!

Step 1 – After cutting the journal covers out of mat board, I covered the fronts with sections of foil ducting tape (available from hardware store). Note I did not cover the part of the back cover spine I was going to glue to the front cover!

Step 2 – Paint! I used a combination of blue and green acrylic paints to splotchily paint the covers. When it was dry I lightly sanded it to distress it.

Step 3 – I stamped all over the covers with Archival Inks. I have stamps, inks and stencils spread out all over my work table. Definite craft explosion. I also used the Circuit stencil to add some embossing to the cover.

Step 4 – I cut paper to fit inside the covers and adhered, then did some more stamping and stenciling.

Little folded mat board do-hickey above is the tab you
use to turn the flap into a pocket.

Looky, now it's a pocket! These little mini composition
books from the Dollar Tree fit perfectly.

Step 5 – Time to work on the little book signature that goes inside. The Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers Die set has a die that cuts, you guessed it, pages to fit into your Folio Journal! Eileen designed a really nifty feature into the die that makes it easy to cut folded signature pages. The little tabs on the side (see red arrows) line up with the folded edge so you know exactly where to position the paper so the fold doesn't get cut off. So handy!

 

I went ahead and cut my cover and some pages to go inside.

Step 6 – I went to town and stamped and stenciled the cover and alllll the pages! See, I told you my table was a craft explosion. =)

Here are the pages all done before I bound them into a signature.

Whew! You made it! Thanks for visiting and reading all this. I hope you have fun hopping and be sure to tune in to Eileen's Facebook live Wednesday, 12 pm EST on 2/3!  You have about a week to comment on all the hop blog posts to be eligible for the prize.

Don't forget the Create and Craft UK shows on 2/3 as well. Wednesday is packed! Catch them live as there is no replay.

Robot Folio Journal
by MonalisaH -Lisa Hoel
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