Notebook

I joined in with a swap where I made some paper following some instructions. I used the paper to make a notebook cover by backing it with felt and sewing around the edges with zigzag stitch. I then used some watercolour pages as the signatures and used a sewn binding with beads. A ribbon attached to the book keeps it closed.

Fabric paper

I made some fabric paper using serviettes. I used this sheet of fabric paper to make a book cover and a card.



For the book, I used watercolour cards as signatures and sewed then to the spine of the book cover. The book cover was made from fabric paper back with felt that I oversewed using free motion machine stitching. I added some buttons to the front cover.



I used some of the left over fabric paper to make a card. Again I backed it with felt and oversewed using free motion machine stitching.

Book

I made a book for a Christmas gift swap. I stitched some deckle edges notecards into a book block. The front and back were covered with hand painted paper and then I made a tag to decorate it using Tim Holtz stamps.

Making books

I have been busy making some books after some instruction by Julie Prichard in her Super Nova class.


Hand painted covers and watercolour deckle edged pages


Preprinted paper covers and standard notebook pages


Preprinted paper covers and watercolour pages.

Book

I made a small book for a swap. I made the coloured sections by swiping distress inks onto a non stick sheet and then spritzing with water. I dipped the paper in, dried, dipped in again and so on. I stamped a flower picture on the front and some words. The back I left plain because I love the background effect. I then cut some black mountboard to size and punched some holes. I made the signatures from some speckly paper. I then sewed the book together using coptic stitch binding. The photo below shows the spine. I then added some beads to the end of the thread. I hope the recipient likes it.





I found some great Youtube videos demonstrating coptic stitch binding. For a folded cover part1 and part2 and then with a hard cover.

Tiny book

This is for a swap where we were to make a tiny book and a matching container for it. I had a little wooden box that I decorated and made a little sewn book with beads on the spine to go into it.