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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Book

Remember the brown paper and bandage scrim sample I made a couple of weeks ago, the one I wasn't going to do any thing with !!!
Well I decided it wanted to be a book and so I tore the excess paper from around the scrim.

I then coloured the back much the same as the front, and used an A1 size watercolour paper to create the pages, I used a simple Pamphlet stitch.

I then made a machine wrapped cord, using a jade silk thread on the first two layers, and the last layer Madeira's FS Metallic thread.

Once wrapped around the book, I felt the cord was a bit too glitzy, so I have dunked it in some walnut ink, this will hopefully knock it back, as soon as it is dry I will post a picture

11 comments:

Carol said...

I love it carol Well done, i love the cord too

Purple Missus said...

And how did you know I needed a new watercolour book and in this colour too!! :)
Seriously though, you've done the brown paper proud, it looks fantastic. You said you used A1 paper, so what size has the book folder/roll ended up?

Anonymous said...

pure genious! really wonderful Carol.

Anonymous said...

WOW! Now that's creativity at it's highest level!

feltedfibers said...

Fantastic!

Terri Stegmiller said...

This is so awesome. I love it!

Dianne said...

Wow, that is just gorgeous! Love the colour and shape!!

Micki said...

It turned out fantastic.

Unknown said...

Thank you for your comment Vicki

Helen in the UK said...

WOW - this is lovely. You make it sound so easy :)

Artis-Anne said...

Oh that is stunning and I love the colours and the textures in it . Amazing how you made the cord