Small collage works of art is one of my new

art journals.  I purchased a spiral bound mixed media journal in which I decided to venture into making small collage pieces to fill its pages.
I am working on a canvas fabric covered and embroidered cover that I intend to glue to the back and add beads, and a belt that I have transformed with embroidery and fabric to coordinate with the back.  Here are pictures of the journal in its natural state, embroidered cover and belt before it is glued to the journal; also the collage piece is #1 in the journal.

sewn and embroidered cover

spiral
 journal

Belt to fasten journal

First collage

Book Art is becoming

my main focus and quilting has become secondary for me.  It is a lot easier and faster to paste a few papers down than sewing pieces of fabric together in a hurry; but not anymore enjoyable for me. I still love quiltmaking and continue to sew pieces of fabric together to invent new and more interesting patterns.  I hope to keep this blog going  and be more informative of my journaling as much as possible.
 The first picture is of a journal I made by painting Fredrix pre-primed canvas with acrylic paints and stamping images from my home made stamps.  The signatures are hand sewn in and there is a button and beads strung with wax thread.  The second picture is a page from one of my old art journals. Enjoy