Bookwrap Gems

Jean-Ann Blanchflower

Here are the three Bookwrap Gems Jean-Ann gave me to finish off as she had injured her hand and had her arm in a sling. The first is bright strips of sari silk, and is very hairy! The other two are from an experimental day with machine embellishers using felt, scrim, wool tops, threads, and a beautiful gold lacey fabric. The outsides were done and the one on the right completed so I didn't have much to do.

Next week I am away on Quilt retreat so may not get any posting done.

Star Gardener Block

Star Gardener block

Wow... finally got this together and the little block took nearly an hour, juggling with seam allowances to get it to press reasonably flat - I used so much steam I fogged up my glasses! Mind you I did stop for coffee half way through.







Here is the felt bookwrap I made on Monday, now completed. Mostly hand stitch as that was the day I took my Embellisher machine but not the lead.
This is made with some lovely wool felt given to me by Jean who had found a huge piece at a car boot sale. I put it through a hot wash and it felted up nicely, but wasn't quite wide enough so the lining was cut wider to act as a binding to control the slightly frilly edges.