A School Diary For My Mum

It's double sided!

Posted by Steph.

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My Mum has a small obsession with bunting ^^ And she wanted to decorate her diary for school, so here's what I came up with!

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You Will Need (5 things)

  • Embroidery Thread all colours!
  • 1 Blue Gingham
  • Fabric Scraps
  • Cross Stitch Materials
  • Diary

Steps (7 steps, 90 minutes)

  1. 1

    First, measure the exact side of one side of the diary. Cut 2 pieces of cross-stitch material this size.

  2. 2

    Sew on the 'grass' and the bunting flags first. I used a machine for this, or you can hand sew, but a machine zigzag stitch stops the material from fraying too badly.

  3. 3

    Then, embroider the flowers/grass things, using your colourful embroidery threads!

  4. 4

    Add any buttons or embellishments on now.

    Repeat steps 2,3 and 4 for the other piece of cross-stitch material.

  5. 5

    Attach the two pieces of cross-stitch material to each side of the diary (front and back), using Double Sided Sticky Tape.

  6. 6

    Then cut out long strips of blue gingham using pinking shears, to act as bias binding. Glue this onto the sides and the spine of the diary, and you're done!

  7. 7

    If you have any questions, please comment below or message me. Thanks for looking at my project ^^