Saturday, 10 March 2012

As Quiet As....

I am in a swap and we are making a little felt book with the theme 'As quiet as...'.  Each of us makes 9 felt pages with little sewn ATC's on it.  So, those who know me will be asking why I joined!!  Sewing is not one of my strong suits... I can play with paper for hours but give me a needle and thread and the enthusiasm really doesn't compensate for the lack of skill, but I did my best and when I was little my parents told me that 'doing your best' was good!!
So here are the nine pages in felt!
and I chose 'as quiet as... a flutterby's flight' and even did that blanket stitch thing around the edges!!  Only 3 edges you ask?  Well, there are two reasons for that... one is lazyness... do you know how hard it is to turn a corner using blanket stitch? ;) and the other is more practical... I am thinking that when it comes to bind the pages into one book that less fatness on the bound edge will be a good.  (that's my story, and I am sticking to it)!!

7 comments:

  1. These are gorgeous, Annette!

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  2. I agree about the three sides, mostly from a binding standpoint. I'm never sure how a person will bind their swap item, so it's always best to leave that edge plain. Having said that, I'm incredibly impressed with your lovely flutterbies, as well as your sewing.

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  3. Sewing should be the same as paper crafting. Perfection would be nice but only G*d is perfect so your best work is your best work. Your pages are really beautiful and anyone would be delighted to have one of them in their book.

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  4. I would have the same story and I would stick to it too...only you are braver than me, I would never enter anything that required using a needle and thread!

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  5. What pretty pages Annette.

    Toni xx

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