At our Christmas windup in 2020 my textile group was given a gift pack of fabrics, beads and ribbon. The colours in the pack inspired me immediately and I thought it would make a great book. We were then challenged to make something over the break and bring it to our first meeting in February. I took it home intending to make a small pocket sized book of about 6 pages with hand stitching.
I went through my stash looking for something to use as the main subject for my little book. I came across a pile of sample screen prints that I had done for a class I was teaching several years ago. I decided to make my book using them. The main print I wanted to use was about A5 size so my little book grew into something larger. I added a few extra fabrics from my stash that went with the ones I had been given. I also included a few fabrics of my granddaughter's paintings that I had scanned and printed at home because they colour matched the rest.
The first page
I added quotes to the pages by printing on paper then later ironing interfacing to the back to make them stronger. They were glued to the page then secured with stitching. I love the way this came together and it was quick as I only added a bit of hand stitching to secure the fabrics. Some machine stitching was used as well to add variety to the stitched mark.
