Eco dyed vintage Japanese kimono silk, plus pieces of cotton interlock I used as ‘iron blankets’ when eco dyeing a top (love how they turned out).
Slow-stitching the vintage silk onto a piece of handwoven Donegal tweed given to me by my daughter.
[i’ve posted about this little book before, but the photos were not great – also, i’ve done more to it and almost finished another one …]
this little journal or book is completely hand-stitched
a book without words – it ‘speaks’ through its colours, shapes and textures
of course, you can always add your own words and/or drawings to its pages
waxed linen thread holds the signatures together
the spine features a needleweaving technique using a thicker cotton thread
pages are hand torn from beautiful wallpaper samples featuring leaves
i have also collaged some extra leaves on some of the pages
[the last photo shows both journals – i’ve not quite finished the second one]
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at our monthly journals anonymous group on saturday, one of our members showed us how to make a book which was bound using a needleweaving technique
i used pages from an old wallpaper sample book, some waxed thread, and perle cotton
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