The Blue Book - The final pages

The blue book....cont..

Page 25 [034]

Turquoise ribbed background fabric, spotted ribbons, spotted fabric, painted spotted fabric and paper, disc of textured artwork and stitching [both hand & machine], brads, plastic disc hand stitched in place, sequin with sand, card spot on button.

Page 26 [035]

Turquoise background fabric, layered paper artwork, freehand machine embroidery, beads and sequins, decorated star tag.

Page 27 [036]

Turquoise background fabric, layered paper artwork, screen printed paper, decorative machine embroidery, printed artwork/painted, earring.

Page 28 [037]

Turquoise ribbed background fabric, woven papers - 4 recycled envelopes & 2 artwork, printed tag, buttons, apple button, blue charms, decorative machine embroidery.

Back inside cover [038]

Layered recycled face wipes, painted and stamped. Shisha embroidered stud.

The Blue Book - pages 20-24

Blue book - continued [click on images to enlarge]

Page 20 [028,029]

Plain background fabric, found image [advert on tracing paper] with artwork stitched underneath, woman made from paper, applique, skirt is a recycled painted/stamped wipe, earrings were part of some jewellery.

The earrings are hanging to the right in the top picture because the book is fat, so I did another photo from another angle. Guess i should have taken pictures of each page before joining together.

Page 21 [030]

Painted background fabric, foiled, metallic machine stitching, dyed flower held on with stitched layered fabrics, fancy button.

Page 22 [031]

Striped vintage background fabric, patchwork of vintage fabrics and painted/stamped papers, dyed lace, hand embroidery, machine stitching.

Page 23 [032]

Striped vintage background fabric, layered fabrics and painted papers, handmade art buttons, star sequins, star tag. Stars and stripes theme.

Page 24 [033]

Painted background fabric, foiled, metallic machine stitching, dyed lace and hand stitching, handmade art buttons, brooch, safety pins with beads.

The Blue Book - pages 13-19

More pages from the blue book - handmade mixed media art book with machine stitched fabric pages which includes collage, applique, embroidery, artwork, beads ....etc.  Click on images to enlarge.

Page 13 [019] above

Striped vintage background fabric, paper artwork, paper and acetate artwork, a piece of found sheer bag, bead and sequin & stitched flowers, torn paper bird, machine stitching.

Page 14 [020]

Stamped blue background fabric, layered stamped fabrics, buttons and beads, art button and pebbles, star fish charm, electrical wire, earring under plastic, plastic mesh, hand embroidery, machine stitching.

Page 15 [021]

Stamped blue background fabric, layered vintage fabrics, digitally printed fabric with stitched outlines, apple button, ribbon, sheer bag containing 5 ATC's [removable].

Page 15 [021a]bag contents - 5 ATC's - 1 x original watercolour/pen art, 2 x original textured art/paint and decorative machine stitching, 2 x inkjet prints.

Page 16 [023]

Striped vintage background fabric, sheer paper, painted textured wallpaper with stitched squares of other wallpapers, dyed lace, beads and sequins, hand embroidery, bead necklace.

Page 17 [024]

Plain background fabric, painted artwork, foil image with deer was originally part of a bought picture, decorative machine stitching, bird charm.

Page 18 & 19 [027]

Plain background fabric, furry teddy bear applique with check bow and bead eyes.

The Blue Book - pages 7- 12

Page 7 [013]

Navy background fabric. Layers and machine stitching - screen printed paper, layered and machine embroidery, beads and dyed lace.

Page 8 [014]

Navy background fabric. Patchwork of vintage fabrics, hand embroidery, beading, ribbon, machine stitching.

Page 9 [015]

Blue painted background fabric - waves, machine embroidery, dyed lace with ribbon weaved through it, t-shirt transfer - sea themed, duck and shell charms, bead, and pebble beads.

Page 10 [016]

Blue painted background fabric - waves, t- shirt transfer, painted found papers, ribbon, gems, machine stitching.

Page 11 [017]

Blue painted background fabric - waves, layered, stitched and slashed fabrics, beads, metal charms.

Page 12 [018]

Blue painted background fabric - waves, picture card from Ikea, printed artwork/painted, plastic letters, found bird image, tag - punched painted/stamped papers, beads on a metal thread.

Click on the images to enlarge.

Blue Book - the first 6 pages

Page 1 [007]

Navy background fabric.Layers and machine stitching - painted paper, t-shirt transfer [own design], painted paper, lino print [own design], found image and musical notes.

Page 2 [008]

Navy background fabric. Layers and machine stitching - painted papers x 3, painted laces x 2, found image [CPS], decorated tag, feather charm.

Page 3 [009]

Navy background fabric. Layers and machine stitching - gingham fabrics x 3, inkjet prints x 2, embroidery/beads on aida fabric, printed ATC [own design], paper bag with added text, square beads, decorative machine embroidery, hand embroidery.

Page 4 [010]

Navy background fabric. Layers and machine stitching - inkjet print [own design], painted inkjet print, playing cards, plastic counters and circle, jigsaw piece.

Page 5 [011]

Navy background fabric. Layers and machine stitching - own art printed, painted and collaged, painted letter tags, embroidered/beaded aida, painted flower held on with stitched fabric.

Page 6 [012]

Navy background fabric. Layers and machine stitching - recycled envelope with artwork in window, stamped artwork decorated with blue sand and gem, textured artwork and gold machine embroidery,hand embroidery on aida on a tag, ribbon, gems. 

Click on the images to enlarge.

The Blue Book - covers

I've been away to Budapest for a few days and very nice it was too. The weather was great too, not like here where it is cold, wet and miserable. I took over 240 photos while I was there, I may put some of them on flickr but not on this blog as I have to change the size of them.

As you can see I have more photos of the blue book mainly of the outer cover.

The covers are made from a draylon velvet fabric and I used a thick blue cord to bind the book together. I used different fabrics for the inner pages.

Below - The inside of the cover - these are recycled wipes which have been stamped/painted/stitched. There is also a shisha mirror with embroidery around it, this is a purchased stud.

Mushroom Stamp, TAST 42, Blue Book

 This is the drawing for a handmade stamp idea. I copied it onto lino soft cut and then carved out the dark areas with a sharp knife. I did this a while ago, but I kept forgetting to photograph the actual carving below.

And this is the print, I used a ink pad for this and I didn't print it very well, my desk was too cluttered.

Take a stitch Tuesday - the stitch this week is Italian border stitch.

I've used the stitch as an isolated stitch rather than a border. It is the red stitches on this WIP piece that I have shown before.

and the purple stitches on the piece below, two stitches together.

I've finished the blue book, I'll show the inside pages at a later date.