Posted in paper goods on April 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you refer back to this post you will see some revisions. Apparently I cant keep track of my own age. I really stopped caring or paying much attention to that in my late 20’s. I can also blame it on the whole not liking birthday thing.
moving on
These cards were made using scraps from paper used [...]
Posted in paper goods on April 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I finished sewing up these this past weekend. The greenish one is a multisection book just like the brown and blue one. These both have simple paperback covers. The brown one with the orange patterned square is the four hole stab binding.
I think these are the end of book making for a little while. Outside [...]
Posted in paper goods on April 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
One of the moms from the kiddies school walked me through the process of making books with crochet binding. She showed me how to cover book board with paper, add end papers, make signatures, and finally sew it all up.
I tried it on my own this time with fabric instead of book paper by using wonder under. [...]
Posted in paper goods on April 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This weekend I moved away from Stab binding and on to multisection binding. For these books I followed the instructions for multisectioned books in Japanese Book-Binding. For the book with the flowery patch I did a simplified cover; just a piece of cover weight paper attached to the first and last signature (group of pages) before it was [...]
Posted in paper goods on April 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been having so much fun exploring with book binding. Right now I am addicted to Japanese Stab Binding. Here are two more variations of the basic 4 hole binding.
and here is a pic of the hand torn pages.
These paper back books measure 4.25″ x 5.5″. Small enough to take anywhere for on the go [...]
Posted in paper goods on April 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Like birthdays I’m not much for surprises. I cant keep them and if I suspect they may be coming for me I’ll dig for details. This is especially true when it comes to presents. Christmas time is the worse. I used to sneak a peek at the presents under the tree finding out what everybody [...]
Posted in paper goods, random knits on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
With a big paper out of the way this last Friday, I took a much needed break from schoolwork on Saturday. In order to rejuvenate myself I got to work finishing up the bunny I started the weekend before and then knit up her dress on the way to IKEA.
That evening I got to work [...]
Posted in paper goods, quilting on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
i am so glad school is out. dave and i are both students right now and have started our winter break. as a homeschooling mom i made the decision to cancel school for the kiddies so we all could have a winter break together. we haven’t been able to go and do too much due [...]
Posted in paper goods, quilting, sewing on May 12, 2007 | No Comments »
last night after the kiddies went to bed i got going on the baby quilt. ( it was about 8:oo when i got started) as i looked up at the clock when i was finishing up the binding it was almost 10:30. i couldn’t believe the quilting and binding only took two and half hours.
with [...]
Posted in paper goods on February 2, 2007 | No Comments »
As I have said before my life is a little crazy. I have so little time to do any crafting. I have knit a little on another stocking but I don’t anticipate working on it at all, at least until spring break. I was able to squeeze in a little project with the Kiddies this [...]
Posted in paper goods on July 24, 2006 | No Comments »
It seems like my break from crafting didn’t lasted very long. I found that I need it too much, as it is a great release for me. Upon request I made these for my mom. I also have a bear and a rabbit in the works for a family reunion auction. I have been much better about my time [...]
Posted in paper goods on May 26, 2006 | No Comments »
I have been loving all my block swap scraps. Last night I used some of the smallest ones I saved. I am so glad I didn’t throw them out.
These are 4″ cards. The texture is great, I love the way they feel. I don’t know how to make envelopes though. I wish I did. Can you [...]
Posted in paper goods on May 22, 2006 | No Comments »
I’ve been sketching out some new quilt ideas. I gave this one a try only on a smaller scale to see what I thought . I think I like it alot. It has a great texture and was simple to do. It was easy to cut out because it was only strips. I think that I will give this [...]
Posted in paper goods on April 28, 2006 | No Comments »
With Jess and Denyse Schmidt as inspiration I spent a few hours last night making these fun Journals. The first one (the larger one) was so much fun that I had to make another. Than knowing how much my mom loves light houses I made another. One she might enjoy.
All were made by cutting and folding [...]
