In my last post I showed the fabrics I had printed. Here's what they looked liked together.
Photo by Liske Johnson |
I had a Thermofax screen made of the poem I wrote and using fabric paint printed onto some of the fabrics. Then I started tearing them up and collaging them. This is now tacked ready to sew, probably on the sewing machine.
These were random pieces left over which looked good together. They are lightly bonded to a piece of calico. I haven't decided what to do with this.
I tore up the fabrics into 6x4" pieces and put them together to make a hanging book. This can either hang on the wall or fold up. It's double sided. This is one side.
And this is the other. It's all tacked together ready to stitch.
Then with a large piece of fabric I made a book. I ironed bondaweb on the back of the fabric and then folded it in 4 one way and 4 the other. I cut it like this
Cut along the red lines |
I removed the backing paper carefully and ironed the pages together.
I made a cover with one of the other fabrics
With some of the leftovers I started making small collages. Some of these will probably go on the pages of the hanging book.
I still have lots of the printed fabrics left, but it might be better to finish all these before I start something else. Or not!
Thanks for joining me today
Bernice
Love the book idea - thanks for the diagram, will try and get my head around what bits to stick together!
ReplyDeleteMake it in paper first so you can see how it works
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