Sunday 25 November 2012

Making Books


I have been having fun learning how to make books and tuning into Diana Trout's Longstitch online course.  Above you can see one of the books I made using some fabric paper which I made too and then below is a close up.  I made the fabric paper using calico cotton, diluted PVA then a napkin, more PVA and then a vintage dress pattern and a final layer of PVA.  It's addictive, that's for sure, this making fabric paper!!


I am also addicted to using gold metallic thread at the moment so I added some wonderful fabric autumn leaves and sewed over them in the gold thread.


Here is the gorgeous long stitch binding - I used hemp yarn which I waxed myself using beeswax


Here's the back side above.


And here is the woven long stitch bound book, again made with fabric paper, this time torn in strips and  woven together.  The other side is below.


I'm just loving this technique.  Fabric paper can be made with anything, napkins, old wrapping paper, sweetie papers etc.  I have some drying in the dining room at the moment which is made with old maps.  This is destined for a journal for my son-in-law who is a geography teacher!

Sunday 4 November 2012

Thoughtful Friday 174


"Art enables us to 
find ourselves and
lose ourselves
at the same time"
Thomas Merton

Thoughtful Wednesday

"Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement – to get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes noth...