I've had a change of đŸ’–about how
to proceed with my four pieces
celebrating our 60 years together....
I am going to make, instead of a wall hanging
a Fabric Book...
I love working in that medium and
I feel these would be better
displayed in that type of
format.
And I want to add 4 more pages
displaying various themes that have
run through our lives together.
Here is the cover I've made to house
these pieces:
This is the front cover using my usual
scrappy crumb pieces and
featuring a little rosy birdie
[can you find her?]
and
the blue silk shantung fabric border is
made from the leftovers from a dress
my Mom made me for a dance
when I was in high School...
(I thought that bit of nostalgia
would be perfect for this booklet.)
The back is the same:
Just using different scraps of fabrics...
And here is the interior:
A lovely leftover from my "Dark Days" project.
I have quilted the whole thing after sewing it
together envelope style...
My 8.5 x 10" pieces will fit just right...after
I trim them up...
Now.....
I am working on finishing up the slow
stitching and additions to this page
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I added this little doggie to represent all the
dogs we've owned through the years...
And...
I've begun Kantha stitching on this section...
and generally invisibly basting everything
down...
A lot of the stitches
are meant
to show---
as on the doggie above...
I felt she just would melt into
the background without them...
the pieces being so busy and all...
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As Helga is set up now for quilting,
I may be pulling out older UFO's ready to
be quilted and work on them while
my quilting foot is on.
[I think I've mentioned how difficult
it is to change this before so
will want to use it while in place.]
I've been resting my hands from quilting
"Sunrise, Sunset" but hopefully this
weekend I will be able to resume
that work...
Hugs, from windy SE CT,
Julierose,
La Blageuse
(busy-creating-euse)
