June 7, 2023

Our Great Escape...

My daughter and I are going to Canada in July.  Jennifer has never been outside the United States. We are very excited to take this trip together!

I always make a journal to take with me on my trips.  This time, of course, I made two. (It's a surprise!)


I challenged myself to make one signature comprised of (8) 7x10 pieces of 70lb. drawing paper.  Each sheet was folded in half.  I needed to make a tiny signature, number, date, and/or identify each "page" as a template to print on both sides of the paper.  (I'm not happy unless I make things as difficult as possible!!). I did this in Photoshop - a slow printing process, but luckily it worked without any mishaps or wasted paper.



heavy paper with holes punched to use as a guide for punching holes in the signatures and covers

These are the middle pages of the journal

The journal covers:
Untreated canvas as substrate; glued down large strips of crushed tracing paper, newsprint as well as cheesecloth.

Addition of acrylic paint - mine is blue

Jennifer's favorite color is green

After adhering silk to the back of the canvas (Wonder-Under), I trimmed the covers to 15.25" wide x 7.50" high; zig zagged stitch around all the edges; punched holes then hand-stitched the signature(s) to the cover(s); hand-sewed antique keys I had in my stash which look really cool as the journal closure; looped with 1.5 mm rattail cording


1 comment:

Jeanie said...

These are absolutely spectacular, Pat. And they will be so very special for you two to share your memories within. The trip sounds wonderful and I'm so glad you are able to get away and to enjoy this time with your daughter. They really are beautiful and I loved all the process photos.