Fabric book, finished

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I found the other fabric book I'd misplaced (it was hiding in plain sight!) and spent Oscar night adding some embellishments:
I remembered that I began this book back in July when Tami was visiting!
So you get an idea how long it can take me to finish a project.  There, doesn't that make you all feel better?
The base of the cover is a rusty vintage velvet.  The newest additions to it are the vintage flower, vintage button, and that cute egg textile assemblage made by another artist.
Page two got a pocket made from a vintage ecru doily; to page three I added buttons, crochet, lace and ribbon trim.
I played with mimicing the curved wave of the original vintage runner's embroidered design.
On page 5, I sewed a border of white vintage buttons to set-off that cute button fabric.
Page six features an embellishment by the talented Beth Leintz -- it's fastened with a kilt pin and so cute!  On the next page...
I added a little sheer embellishment to the previous trims (a little fabric flower and some vintage green trim.)
This page includes a pocket (shown above with one of my little bird tags.)
To page 8 I added a fabric transfer of a couple of book pages, along with a pen nib and tiny crochet circle.
I pinned a brooch nest to the page with the lovely Waverly heirloom bird fabric, and a few buttons in coordinating shades.
The back cover just got a button that mimics the shape of the patches I'd sewn on earlier...
and a few pink beads to accent the design.  It feels great to finish it!

Comments

Linda Sue said…
Little wonder that it takes time to complete! Very well thought out and very well put together- really gorgeous!
February 25, 2013 at 9:37 AM
kathyinozarks said…
I love your fabric book very much. I had never seen one of these before-only those made with papers-Now this is something I could enjoy making.
thanks so much for sharing Kathy
February 25, 2013 at 10:50 AM
Linda said…
That little bird nest brooch is absolutely the sweetest thing I've seen in quite a while.

Thanks for sharing.
February 25, 2013 at 11:05 AM
Kathy said…
Another beautiful book! I am curious, how do you display them?
February 25, 2013 at 12:59 PM
Sherri said…
What a beautiful book!!! You always have the best ideas. This one is great. Would be a perfect memory book of a child's outfits too.
February 25, 2013 at 2:31 PM
Unknown said…
Lots of fun and pretty fabrics! Another beautiful Laurie original!
February 25, 2013 at 3:24 PM
Linda said…
Beautiful! love every embellishment and stitch. i like how you incorporated pieces from others and of course the vintage linens.
February 25, 2013 at 4:48 PM
Gabriela said…
Beautiful!It's so much fun to include so many special things on one piece of artwork!
February 25, 2013 at 5:08 PM
Wendy said…
Very pretty Laurie! Your book turned out so well. I love that you put tags in your books.
February 25, 2013 at 10:31 PM
Jean said…
You are an inspiration to me! I love this...I started one way back when I first saw yours but as I am a very novice sewer I did not finish it because I was not happy with it. Some times the 'messy' stitches bother me. But then I guess it adds to the nostalgia?!
February 26, 2013 at 7:46 AM
Marrianna said…
Marvelous, my dear, simply marvelous!!! And it's gorgeous.
February 26, 2013 at 2:40 PM
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