Foodie Fotos

Oh YES!  The photgraphy group ladies met in person.  IN MY HOUSE!  Sooooo excited.We were last able to meet in person in February 2020.

And the theme for this month was food and drink.  I yet again raided the archives as I still hadn't been out of the house much - certainly not out to eat.  After we chose the subject we saw these amazing photos.

It's 'old hat' now, but this was the first time I ever saw this on a cup of coffee.  I know! I don't get out much!  Actually it's just that I don't like the coffee in places like Costa or Starbucks so don't go in them.  Having said I don't get out much - it was in Montreal.  So I do really - just not to coffee shops!

Spices in Marrakesh

Octopus on a market stall in Melbourne.

Christmas Day lunch in Funchal, Madeira

Food still growing on the trees!  Madeira

Breakfast in Canada

Fruit in a market in Kowloon

I enjoyed looking back through my photos.  Even if I can't travel physically, it enable me to travel through my memories.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

A new piece

Last month I showed you how I had added printed layers to my fabrics for Text Texture Textile.  On Thursday at the session at Littleheath Barn I started a new piece of work using the fabrics.

I started - let's all say it together - by cutting up the fabrics.

Then I started sewing them together - just picking randomly from the pile.

After ironing them I cut them into 6 inch wide strips and 4 inch wide strips.

As each strip grew I pinned them on the wall.

When I got home I pinned them onto the design wall - actually a drop cloth hanging from a wardrobe!

I cut up the larger pieces I had machined together (on the left and right of the above picture) and finished machining all the pieces together.

I'm going to leave it  hanging up for a while so I can think about what I shall do next.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice

Tips for making a book

When I was awake in the early hours of Saturday morning, I was trying to work out how to make the pages I've made that I showed you in A Venetian Return into a book.

I realised that I don't really do things in the most logical order so I thought for my benefit, and for anyone who finds it useful, I would jot down here a more useful and logical way to go about things.

Make decisions before you start!
I tend to just start without really thinking what I want the end result to be!

Size and shape
Decide what size you want your finished book to be.  A4, A5, A6?  Do you want it to be portrait or landscape?

Paper
What sort of paper are you going to use?  Or maybe you're going to make a fabric book!

Pages
Do you want the pages to be all the same size?  Do you want neatly cut edges or torn and distressed edges?

Colour scheme
Are you going to choose a limited palette or use whatever comes to hand?

Theme
Is you book going to have a theme or just have random pages?

Binding
How are you going to put the book together?  Use signatures sewn together?  Use book rings or ribbons through punched holes?

Make the book first?
Are you going to make the book first and work into it?  Or just make pages and put them together?

There are many other questions to ask yourself, but this is probably enough to be going on with.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice