Showing posts with label book covers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book covers. Show all posts

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Crazy Patchwork Book Cover


Pat loves trying all the different creative techniques and 
some she likes doing but doesn't want to make then into 
anything. She had collected several samples and so decided
to put them into a fabric book which she could add pages to
as and when.
We make fabric books on Level One City and Guilds
so samples are small but are part of an item that can be 
continued. Its great choosing a theme or colour 
so then it doesn't matter what technique you try you can add them
to your book and they are small so can be finished in a short period 
of time.
See more by clicking on the written labels below.

Sunday, 24 March 2013

Pat's Covered Notebook



With the scraps left over from making the folded bag.
Pat made some patchwork and has covered a notebook.
Pat went to a Quilters Guild meeting where they asked
if people could cover books or wrap books for 
The Guild raffle in August,
at The Festival of Quilts, NEC Birmingham.
See a video on how to cover a book on my Tech site
Also click on the written labels below which will show you
a selection of book covers and embellished sketchbooks books
I have also got my sketchbooks on my portfolio site
To visit The Quilters Guild and see more about the book wraps
and what the Guild is all about
click HERE

Thursday, 14 March 2013

Burn back Embellished Book Cover


Carole has made this wonderful, layered, embellished and soldered book cover
for a friend that needs cheering up with a life journal.
With decorated cover, turned, decorated pages and verses too,
this is a truly special gift.
Click the photo to enlarge and really enjoy the details.

Sunday, 19 February 2012

Book Cover

With 'Lace, Trimmings, Embellishment and Transfer',
being the inspiration of the month at classes.
I have been encouraging students to go through their
stashes and see what they have and share.
Helen brought along a piece of fabric that she had
fused to a piece of pelmet vylene and wanted to know
how she could embellish it and make it into a book cover.
I love mixing up the medias as you know, so this was
great showing someone how they could take their sparkly
bits and pieces, lace and trim and have fun.
It is all put onto the stiffened fabric with fusible web
and then covered with voile and stitched.
Helen added coloured lace trimming and
a beautiful shimmery butterfly.
Well done Helen!
See more book covers by clicking on the labels below.

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Book Cover

Pat loves making mixed media backgrounds and then she
includes many techniques to make
them all look so different.
This one has areas removed with a soldering iron.

Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Fabric Journal

At the end of last year I started to collect together all the
things to make a scrap book journal on,
'Dressmaking and Textiles'.
Today, after the Christmas break I went
back into the Studio and collected more of the things I liked.
I had seen a You Tube video a couple of months ago
on 'Fabric Journals' and this is my inspiration.
I start with this video but as you know I like to do
things my way!
See the video on my tech site

Saturday, 12 November 2011

Batiks and Beads

I also loved the stall of Maryke Philips at Chilford.
She has a wonderful range of dyed silks, batiks and
patterns to make unusual wall hangings and bags.
Above, is a picture of her stitch book which
I just loved and she allowed us to turn and devour the pages
with our eyes!
I have a sample stitch book/ file that I made
when I did my City and Guilds. I would like
to make one like this though with all the lovely
threads and fabrics which are around now.
This week I took it along on 'Textile Tuesday',
to show the groups and it reminded me of
what I had learnt and still use.
See Maryke site and see her work

Saturday, 3 September 2011

Diary Cover

This week classes start again and they begin with,
'All Things Stripped'.
I needed a new academic calendar and of course it needed a better cover!
Keeping to theme the 'Purple' and the 'Strips'.
See more of my purple items made by clicking
The cover is ready to be fitted to the diary.
See a video on how to cover a diary with your own textile slip cover
by visiting my video tech site