Did I mention that I was going to make a fabric book from my filament samples? I made a start on it this weekend. The idea is based on the photograph albums that my Dad used to make.
First I made my last block. The thread square is made by sewing on Solvy, making a network and then washing away the Solvy.
Then the thread square is attached to the background material and the block is quilted.
I made the cover from some of my purple hand dyed fabric with a strip of the left over machine embroidery on the front. The cover is made in one piece and will wrap around the stack of blocks.
The inside of the cover is made from the same material I have been using as the backing for all the blocks.
After neating the edges with various fancy threads and stiches, I made eyelets on each of the squares with my sewing machine and then punched holes out of the centre with the hole puncher.
On the cover I will use proper metal rivets, but the pages would have been too thick with metal on every one. The cover gets wrapped around and a piece of cord through the holes keeps everything tied together.
You have given me a great idea for my 12 X 12 X 12 Journal Quilts. I wanted to make a book but I was not sure how to do it.