Fabric Book week 3

I didn't realize how bad this looks until I scanned it. In the dim light of the basement, sewing with my glasses off, it looked fine. I am incredulous how much worse my book looks compared to everyone else's.

Next week we will be doing patchwork. yeah.

Fabric book, second week

We only worked on this one page this week, page eight, a pocket with a tag. I did it wrong, I can see that now. There are some things I did wrong on purpose, like folding the raw edges in on the tag, instead of just sewing it flat, but other things - the pocket is not supposed to look appliqued in place, it should be sewn along the edges of the page so that it looks like part of the page when the book is complete. It will be all right, I'm sure.

When Ali told us this was page eight, I was confused, until I remembered that she said that pages five and six comprised the centerfold. I believe that the page we did last week was page ten, with a window cut into page one.

I don't know that the stamped words add anything to the page, but I bought it for a dollar last week at Tuesday moring, and I wanted to use it. It is dangerous to be an art project within arm's reach when I want to play with a new toy.

Fabric book, First week

On TheSumOfAllATCs, we are making a fabric book, developing a different page every week. This is the first week's project (click to see full size):



As you can see the edges are unfinished - I might have to dose it with fraycheck, if it is going to be several weeks before the whole thing gets sewn together.

The whole book is made with six pieces, this is the first one. I cut five pieces from an old plaid shirt, and the sixth one from the leg of some old jeans. I think we are going to need a closure later on, so I am saving sections of the shirt that have snaps to use for that purpose.

This spread is the inside front and back covers, I think. I used some of my TAC stamps and some CTMH chipboard, and a few ribbons. I have a lot of butterfly stamps, so I think I will make butterflies my central theme for this book. The decoration is a little different than the instructions, but then, so is my taste. The project leader has a strong preference for vintage.

The instructions are... secretive. Ali is only giving us directions for what to do each week, with almost no clue as to how things will end up. She did reveal that the hole was in the front cover, but I felt we had to badger her mercilessly for her to admit that it was the inside covers that we were doing this week, and not some other part. One woman thought perhaps the window was in the back, and another thought that the facing image would show through the window. The window will not be sewn for a while yet, and one of my corners is cut a little too deeply, so I pinned that purple flower there temporarily to keep it from getting worse.

At this point, I am less invested in the book than I am in strengthening my ability to follow instructions, no matter how obtuse they may be. As strange as this mess looks right now, This particular woman's projects always seem to end up well. We will see.