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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

OPAM...(One Project A Month)...the cover that didn't fit!!!

Now I'm really running waaaay overtime here...
OPAM for March complete but I just haven't had time to post it....
I hope I'm still in the running Peg and Kris...
thank you to these 2 wonderful ladies for running OPAM!!!


Stitchery received from my dear Friend Michelle (no blog) and completed in 2011...
I thought I would make it up into a journal cover...little realizing that somehow I got the measurements wrong and the cover didn't quite fit!!!


Cover all complete...


literally sewn on!!!


And the inside....


These are the books that Mr Armchair bought hoping one of them would fit the cover...


this is the one I bought...

This is the book I wanted to cover...
I started it last Christmas...
it will hold the meals we have had...
recipes.......Christmas Card list......addressess...
and anything Christmasey...
now I'll have to transfer last year's over to the happy pink journal!!!

I hope I have made it for March Peg and Kris!!!
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9 comments:

Simone de Klerk said...

Beautiful stitchery! I made a cover once (not the Tilda one - yet) and it was too small. So, I decided to cut the cover a bit. Shouldn't have done that. Now the stitchery cover fits, but you can see the pages coming out.
Oh well ...

April 5, 2012 at 12:12 AM
Kath said...

beautiful! I was thinking about a journal for my great friend, Dils, birthday, I shall go out looking for suitable note books tomorrow.

April 5, 2012 at 1:08 AM
Lynn said...

Love the cover, especially the stitching! Really adorable!

April 5, 2012 at 6:25 AM
Castles Crowns and Cottages said...

TIME runs away from us, doesn't it dearest? LOOKS BEAUTIFUL HOWEVER, no matter what month it is for! Give your Jojo a hug and APRIL IS SAILING PAST US!!!!!!! Back for the BIRTHDAY BASH!!!! Anita

April 5, 2012 at 7:02 AM
Kimonos and Sushi(OLD BLOG) said...

What a lovely cover... talented lady... was great to have a chat on the phone...
Wishinbg you and Jo Jo a Happy Easter

April 5, 2012 at 7:31 PM
Astrid said...

It happens to all of us we do such silly mistakes, isn't it. The stitchery is so lovely, love it!

April 5, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Bev C said...

Hello Dzintra,

great job on the cover. Your journal will be so interesting to read with the famiily recipes.

Happy days.
Bev.xoxo

April 5, 2012 at 9:36 PM
Peg - Happy In Quilting said...

love the stitchery....I have done that heaps of time...not too late...

April 6, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Palomasea said...

Dzintra dear, what a beautiful work of art you have made...I love the birds!
That is a terrific idea, the cover.
So pretty!
Big hugs to you, sweet friend...
- Irina

April 6, 2012 at 3:12 PM

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