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Entries in sewing (3)

Thursday
17Sep2009

Finally!

What I mean is that I've finally made a book that I'm proud of! After much learning and practising I've made this book using 100% recycled paper pages and a cover made of brown kraft card.  The leaf on brown background is actually a piece of handmade paper (but not handmade by me) and I think it finishes it off nicely.  I bound it by sewing using off-white cotton string.  I'm really proud of this book and I hope it shows that I made it with a lot of love and care.

If you would like to have it for yourself or as a lovely gift it is available here.

Sunday
30Aug2009

Bookbinding Adventures

I made another book this week.  I'm still not entirely happy with the final results but I'm learning so much from practising that it's still gratifying.  I'm reading about lots of methods from tutorials on the net and sometimes adapting them to my own preferences.  One thing I really do love about experimenting is the use of recycled/upcycled materials such as old envelopes, cardboard inserts from tshirts/clothes and recycled printer paper.  I also really enjoy the sewing of them too.

I just wanted to show my attempts so far for my own benefit and for anyone else who may be interested.  This is the book I made today using the materials I stated above:

 

Here are the others I've made over the last 6 months or so:

   

     

So there's the mish-mash of different looks and styles but I know I'll get better if I just keep trying. Wish me luck!

Saturday
27Jun2009

FruteJuce on the Coriandr Express

I want to start off by saying that I love the variety in FruteJuce's shop.  Alison, who runs FruteJuce, makes cute and practical items such as onesies for toddlers that feature awesome freemotion embroidery images such as a wrench and a set of headphones!  She also makes lovely little purses, felt fridge magnets, stuffed toys and bags.  She's definitely a dapper hand with her sewing machine! 

She says she's inspired by machinery, her family and wildlife and this all comes out in her work.  Here are some of my favourite items from her Coriandr shop:

 

Little Mushroom Felt Fridge Magnet

 

Floral Zippy Coin Purse

Headphone Baby Vest Onesie

Who? What? Bird

To find out more about Alison and her FruteJuce shop, read her Coriandr Express interview here, her blog here and follow her twitter updates here.