When I received the Jan/Feb issue of
ClothPaperScissors, I feel in love with
Belinda's project: the Fabric Pocket Purse Book. I had received a pad of canvas paper from
Chris that can be run through the copier, just before Christmas. I knew the canvas sheets would look great in this book. In Belinda's book, she sewed her fabrics on to one sheet of felt, then cut out the templates. I wanted more control over where the fabrics would be on the pages, so I first cut out the felt from the templates that were in Belinda's article.
For this book, I used purple fabrics (mostly batiks) and golden brown fabric. I loved using the purple & gold fabric with wing images, it helped me choose the theme of angels for this book. I used a multicolor thread with a variety of decorative stitches to sew the pieces together. A zigzag stitch was used to sew the edges down.
I had fun experimenting with printing on the canvas paper. The photos on the top row, were sent to me by
Adrienne, back when I was the "IT" girl on Art-Venturers. The two on the left, had quotes already printed onto the photos by Adrienne. The images on the bottom row were down loaded from the web. I used black Versafine ink to stamp on sayings. These were sewn onto the fabric pages, before sewing the pockets together.
I used yellow gold embroidery thread to sew the pages together. I tied a key to the top of the binding with decorative purple fibers. I sewed on charms to the cover
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I had some decorative ribbons with words printed on them, these were sewn on the inside front cover. Instead of having button closures on the pockets, I sewed on metal heart charms. Besides being decorative, the weight of the charms help hold the pocket flaps down.
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Back of first pocket, and front of second pocket.
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Back of second pocket and front of third pocket. I sewed on another heart charm to the image on the canvas paper.
Back of third pocket and front of fourth pocket.
Back of fourth pocket and inside back cover. I attached a chipboard circle with decorative thread to the top of the page and a metal charm with decorative thread to the canvas paper. on the back of the fourth pocket. Some more decorative ribbon with pre-printed words were sewn on to the back cover.
Back cover, I added another decorative ribbon with pre-printed words.
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I have a couple more books in progress and will post them when they are finished. I'm having lots of fun with these.