Wrapping some things up
There’s a good feeling of completion coming from this matched set of little books with onion-skin dyed covers. It was my friend Jaye’s idea to make a book like this with sewn-over straps binding using strips of leather. I ended up making two because I wanted examples of the variety of colors you can get with onion skins. The cover on the left reminds me of green roses.
The inner pages are interleaved Canson Mi-Tientes paper in different colors with Strathmore tan toned paper from a pad. The thread is waxed linen 4-ply. It took us awhile looking at the prototype book to decipher the stitch pattern. I think we got it about right. I wrote out the steps and the second one went much easier.
A few photos of the work-in-progress:
This morning, I woke up to a granular dusting of snow on the ground. The shallow bird bath is full of ice with a frosting of snow surrounded by the fuzzy seedheads of the asters. Yesterday I harvested the last of the broccoli and pulled up its stalks. It’s Thanksgiving week. Brussels sprouts, squash, and pies to be prepared.
I do love process posts, even when it’s something I don’t make myself … surely this will come in handy some day when you look back thinking “now how did I do that?”
Thanksgiving is my most favorite holiday … however, I’ve got a lot of beige foods on my assigned to-do list … mashed potatoes, creamed pearl onions, coconut cream pie, dinner rolls, and stock for gravy making … I think I’ll add some broccoli salad to the list 😉
“beige foods” – haha. Someone in the family always used to end up with “white foods” on his plate… got teased. Colorful food is good, good idea for broccoli salad.
ok…so…perfect. i’ve been waiting for this. your snow.
First, the books are so fine….i’ve never made one…have done little with printing on paper….it’s a maybe thing for someday but i can refer
back here if that day comes.
I love all you post love coming here
Hoping to get a lot more snow. But I have to let the weather do its thing without too many demands, or I get sad about it.
no snow has stayed here yet.
I have never carried through on the book making thing, you inspire in your steady going.
There’s been a lot of book making here. Local friends make them as well & that keeps me going.
Love these two books. Something interesting, but never tried. Good on you for the doing! Happy Thanksgiving. ????
Where did those ? marks come from? haha