Reviving Vintage Charm: Learn to Craft a Soft Spine Junk Journal/Digital Collage Club DT Project
Let’s make a soft spine junk journal out of a vintage book cover.
This is a design team project for The Digital Collage Club and I’m using 2 different paper sets: Jane Austen Days Journal kit and what goes really well with that are the beautiful backgrounds from the William Morris kit (please see links and discounts below).
Journal Measurements:
Height 18 cm/7.2 inches
Width 13 cm/5.2 inches
Spine 4 cm/1.5 inches
3 signatures/14 pages each = 42 pages total
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This one was more like the Barbara I’ve watched for many moons. You do such awesome things with paper and fabric. So pretty…❤
Don't be nervous! Punch a paper that isn't your project first to make sure it is what you want! This is such a lovely project! Thanks for sharing! Hugs! Peggy
Awww, this is so adorable! The exclusive binding also adds to the superb elegant vintage look! Watching this whilst I had my third coffee. So upbeat! Thank you!
Jane Austen & William Morris would be so intrigued by this project. So beautiful, still elegant, yet with an element of rebellion & the unexpected, just like both of their works. It’s so sad she died so young & never realised how famous & acclaimed she would one day become. Hopefully she’s been reincarnated multiple times since then & her spirit has been able to feel a sense of pride in how she has affected millions of people. Or perhaps Jane, the Brontë sisters, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Harriet Beecher Stone, Margaret Oliphant, Helen & Harriet Scott (two Australian sisters who eventually managed to get recognition for their amazing documentation of butterflies & contribution to botany in the 1800’s) & many other incredible writers, poets & artists of their generations gather regularly to marvel over how their creations have become widely accepted & admired & how freely women can write, paint & do almost anything these days.
Love your thinking, yes!
I thank you for this contribution. Women have strived and managed to get ahead despite the obstacles. Never assume though that we can not go backwards, I see signs of that and there are still those, men and women, who feel we have come too, far as ludicrous as that may seem.
What an adorable project. The sound of paper during the flip through was everything…… :)
Well done, Barbara! Journals/Art does tell you what it wants to be. I fight it sometimes, but then it feels right when I listen.
Oh Barbara, you did it again. 🥰 A wonderful and unique journal. And I absolutely love the binding!!!! ❤
WOW! What an excellent way to make a journal....you explained it beautifully and did it wonderfully too...😻
Be patient and listen to what your project needs. Barbara from Vienna, Austria. Collection of quotes. This project’s cover needed a name on a scrap of fabric. I love the project and the whole production of the video lesson. Thanks so much as always.
Wow! You are so patient! I felt your pain when the thread was too short. Also, loved how you challenged yourself with the Cinch machine. This journal is stunningly beautiful! Thanks for sharing. ❤
So adorable, love this soft spine sewn onto the covers!
This was a lovely themed book and thank you for the soft binding tutorial and link. Your patchwork idea was great, too. It really enhanced the theme.
Absolutely stunning! Gorgeous papers/colors, beautiful work!
Love how this one turned out! Definitely one of the best kind of spine bindings!! LOVE IT!!!
Oh Barbara! That journal is absolutely gorgeous!!!❣️❣️
When thread is too short like that, it’s helpful to keep a small crochet hook close. So then you can just grab the hook, hook the thread and pull it through, and done.
That's a great idea! Thanks! 😃❤️👍🏻
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Love this journal Barbara. The binding is super cool and the pages are beautiful!❤
I think this is my favorite of all the journals you have made. The combination of William Morris papers, the fabrics, stenciled pages, and threads are absolutely wonderful. You are so talented and this journal shows another of your creative styles.
Thank you so much! ❤️
Dear Barbara, Journals with soft spines are my new craze. They are wonderfully attractive and make life so much easier. Thank you for sharing your ideas. The papers you have used are simply gorgeous. Have a beautiful day, Barbara 🇦🇺
Thanks! I think I’m hooked as well! 😃❤️
I have been a Jane Austen fan since I was a very young girl. This book would be unique and beautiful with any theme but it is so special to me with Jane. I just love it.
So happy you like it! ❤️☺️
Stunning! Love the colors. And the spine is spectacular! Don’t think I could ever cover the holes, it gives it so much character. Thanks for this wonderful inspiration! So beautiful! 🤗❤️
Perfect! And I love all the little details you've already added to it. Really neat way to do the spine. I've not seen this before.
Oh, Barbara, I love this journal so much! The beautiful pages, the patchwork inner cover, and that beautifully crafted spine are all PERFECT!! Thank you for sharing this process with me. ❤❤❤
This turned out beautifully Barbara. I love how the colors along with the images In combination with the William Morris papers work so well together. I also so much enjoy when you do flip-throughs and we can hear that yummy sound of all the paper. 😊
Beautiful and such a great tutorial with your process being real!
Love that soft spine. Great colors and imagery too! Excellent!
Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for doing these KZhead tutorials.
Way to go Barbara. What a beautiful this journal is 💕
❤️❤️ Love this spine idea… thank you for sharing ❤️❤️
Barbara, love this cover technique! It turned out beautifully! Love the cover decoration and all the gorgeous pages! Love it! TFS!❤
A gorgeous journal sweetie, I love the style and the colors ❤ that binding method of the spine is something I'd like to try myself too. Sending a big hug 😊
Gorgeous book! Love the way you made this into your style!
This is beautiful Barbara. I love the mixture of papers and binding method. It will be such fun to decorate too.
Thank you Barbara, this was a really great video. I appreciate when artists leave in their bloopers because I think we really learn from them. Very pretty journal. 40:50
I love the William Morris Patchwork Barbara. Thanks for the good ideas.
Love the soft spine and technique for attaching the covers. Thanks for another great video!
Love how this turned out, love the papers and that spine is brilliant... thank you so much for sharing.. .
Barbara - what a beautiful book. So full of inspiration!
This type of spine is one of my favourites to make! Your journal turned out beautiful. I love the collaged inside covers. 💕
I love William Morris art❤
Barbara, thank you so much, beautiful journal. I feel your pain with the cinch every time I use it but, it's a wonderful tool. So many great tips! your are fantastic . Hugs
I love how this turned out! I haven’t seen this binding method before and I can’t wait to try it. You make it look easy!!
Oh my gosh!! I was a nervous wreck when you were punching the holes in your cover! But the end technique was amazing. Flipping through your Journal, it was so beautiful when you’d get to a vellum like page and it showed your stencil page behind it. So cool! Love these two paper kits. They work together perfectly. ♥️♥️♥️
Barbara: beautiful work. Placement colors, design and papers. Absolutely love it! Carol from California
What a beautiful journal. I really liked the soft spine💕
As sad as I was to see Claudia disappear, Jane turned out beautiful.
Oh how beautiful, I really love the William Morris paper patchwork you did! Thank you.
Absolutely beautiful. Great ideas! Thank you!
Your color theme is lovely. Very soothing.
Beautiful journal! But that doesn't surprise me! TFS 🤗
I really love those two kits too and so happy to see this lovely journal you made with them!
Love it :) Thanks for showing Barbara! Always a pleasure to watch! Have a nice day and hugs from Lower Austria, Sonja
I love this! Jane is my favorite author and I downloaded this kit from the DCC but hadn't done anything with them yet. Love the William Morris papers with it and this binding method is brilliant! Thank you for bringing it to our attention!🐼
Absolutely love this journal Barbara! Such a creative spine too! Can't wait to see all the fun things you do with it! Thanks, as always.
Brilliant 👍 if you didn't have such a good eye for Color this wouldn't work with so many of them. Well done 🙂
I wouldn't have thought of this method worth a try.
What an awesome way to put the cover together!!!!
Barbara, you did an awesome job. Very beautiful. Blessings and Hugs 🤗
Beautiful, and so inspiring. I love your tutorials - Thank you!
Love how this turned out!! Going to give this type of spine a try!
Those pages from the digital are beautiful. Loved how the inside patchwork came out. Beautiful cover. Thanks for sharing with us!
beautiful beautiful beautiful - i love this Barbara - and the papers are gorgeous - ok i'm going to hit replay now lol - thank you and be well xx
Bellissimo! Love the stencil idea. Thanks for sharing. 😍
The journal is beautiful. I am giving thought to a Cinch!
What a beautiful journal. You are so cleaver. Blessings lovely 🥰 from Colleen
The journal is lovely and the soft spine is wonderful. I’m trying one. Thank you for the inspiration. 💖
That’s beautiful! Love the papers and ladies. Thanks so much for sharing your process. Saving this for future reference. 💙✨🌿
This is so awesome! The soft spine looks intimidating but possible. Thanks for sharing your struggles.
The best ever ❤
Wow sweetie 😍 I love this journal !!! Everything I love, coffee paper, fabrics, Jane Austin and William Morris, everything goes so well together, so pretty 😍😍 And the biding spine ... I definitely need to try, thank you for sharing. You're the best 👏💪😁 love ❤❤❤
Absolutely gorgeous 😍 I love your tutorials, thank you for sharing!!
This journal is so pretty and totally my style! The stitched spine is a great idea, but I see it takes time! Thank you for the canvas idea! My husband will like this idea, too! He makes original books, while I do journals. I like the patchwork fabric on canvas, and I am excited about sewing around the pieces like a quilt! This journal seems super sturdy, which is a real bonus! Thank you Barbara, I look forward to your videos everytime! And, you never fail to inspire!😁👏
Thank you so much! ❤️
I Absolutely LOVE this!!! I downloaded the WM papers a few months ago and I've been using them often, they beautiful- I have been watching you videos for a few years now and for some reason just haven't got around to signing up to the Digital Collage Club but this is going to be my mothers day gift this year :)
Beautiful journal with beautiful papers..
Beautiful! Just stunning!
Lovely journal! Another option for a soft spine is to use Heat and Bond fusing material and press the fabric with a hot iron. Heat and Bond will fuse fabric, trims, paper, chipboard, and vintage book covers.
Thanks for the tip! ❤️
Great tutorial with a very nice result !Merci.
Love this Journal! 💖
So beautiful and I really like the spine.
Das ist ein schönes Journal geworden! 👍 Eine interessante Art des Rückens, kannte ich auch noch nicht. Finde ich gut und werde ich sicher auch mal probieren 😊. Liebe Grüße Nicole
So sweet! Had to share with my daughter, a Jane Austen lover, she said your colors are beautiful! I was greatly interested in the soft spine, so thank you so much for the great tutorial. The whole video was done so well, so thanks for sharing your talent with us… and remember, what so ever you sew, that you will also rip! 😜 good lessons, well done!
Thanks so much! ❤️
Oh my! A wonderful journal!
Another beautiful journal ! I love watching your videos, and I love to hear you laugh x
Absolutely beautiful
Beautiful journal
Beautiful!
I love this binding method!
So happy to see you took my suggestion of using Melanie’s fabric spine method.
Yes! ThNk you again! I’m in love! ❤️
Love it!❤
Beautiful 😍
Loved the cover! Those papers and the spine print are beautiful! And the soft cover is really useful in a journal! Thank you ❤
Thank you so much. Again.... learned a lot ❤
This is beautiful, Barbara. I love it. 😊
lol ve the digital collage club. It so worth joining. Love these digitals a bunch, Barbara.
It’s beautiful!! You are so talented!!!
Dear Barbara, this journal is one of my favorites! I like the papers, the colours, your stenciling and the fabrics. The way you arranged it. And all the little details you put on the pages! The binding is beautiful as well, but not for me! Puh! Not in this life! 😅 Chapeau! 🎩Rita 😘😘
This is a beautiful project
Absolutely lovely 😊
So beautiful!❤
What an amazing way to bind a book. I don't have a sensor but I don't think it matters because I'm not sure I have the patience to do that kind of binding. But having said that I think it is beautiful