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\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nQuirky Dutch Summer
\n<\/strong>Do you have no idea what ‘Quirky Dutch Summer’ is all about? Read this post<\/a> first. There is a Facebook group for sharing your QDS work here<\/a>.
\nQDS 2019 runs from June 10 – August 12. There will be an inspiring quirky post up on this blog every Monday during the Dutch Summer.
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Hi, hello, goodmorning, Quirky Dutch Summer is back!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Welcome to all my Quirky online friends who, of course, are eager (at least I hope so…!) to read the first inspiration post of this series. It was about time that I picked up the QDS series again… the last series ran in 2015. I planned to organise another QDS series last year but, as most of you know, an unexpected housemove threw a spanner in the works …\u00a0 well, not a spanner – it was magic powder because my beloved and I wanted nothing more than leave that ‘scary flat’ that we – due to circumstances – were forced to live in.<\/p>\n

Anyway, we moved and settled in our new apartment and it’s with a lot of happiness and extra energy that I can focus on Quirky Dutch Summer series now. A year later than planned also means that the enthusiasm (on my part) to jump in is even bigger than ever. We are going to make it a wonderful, creative Dutch Summer!<\/p>\n

I said ‘we’ – because as announced, I am not the only one who writes inspiring blogposts in this series. There are a number of enthusiastic guest artist-bloggers ready to share their inspiration with you too! Over the next few weeks you will see them pop up on this blog one by one.<\/p>\n

I wish you a wonderful, inspirational Quirky Dutch Summer!<\/p>\n

QDS #1. Journal with a canvas cover<\/strong>
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I kick off this Quirky Dutch Summer series with a tutorial that shows you how to bind a simple art journal – the journal looks a bit like a school exercise book (is that the right word for it?) with a soft cover and the fun is in the cover… it is made out of canvas. I got this idea a few months ago, when a friend (hi Marie!) visited me and brought her art journal… I was not only seized by the work in her self-made journal but also by the journal itself, especially the canvas cover: … but where did you g\u00e9t that? It’s quite a hassle to find a piece of canvas… ” I said. “Of course not” she replied, “you just buy a cheap prepared canvas in a dollar store and cut the cloth from the frame…!”<\/p>\n

How come I never thought of that myself…?!<\/p>\n

So I went to a store that sells cheap canvasses – you probably have those in your neighbourhood too – and I created my first canvas-covered-journal (see this blogpost<\/a>) A journal like this is easy to make and the binding is super-simple, it’s the cover that makes the journal look special and you know what? YOU can do it too!<\/p>\n

So I made another journal like that and photographed the process… are you ready? Then Quirky Dutch Summer starts NOW…!<\/p>\n

What do you need?<\/strong><\/p>\n