Just our altered books to share with you this month...
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Repairing and Restoring Antiques was the latest altered book I worked on, lucky for me there was a page on repairing a broken plate. For our Cornwall.Collected Exhibition in 2016 I made vessels using the English Paper Piecing method, drawing around the broken china my daughters collected when they were small.
I thoroughly enjoyed making those vessels and it was a great way to re-visit this method. I drew a pattern knowing I wanted to incorporate the pictures of the broken plate, intending to attach to the work once it was finished. It may seem strange to put so much time and effort into a piece that's going to be sat inside a book, but I love paper piecing and the restfulness of the method. This allowed me to use some lovely softly patterned fabrics which replicated old china.
Once it was sewn together I attached the paper cut-outs to the appropriate shapes then sandwiched with wadding, free motion stitched and hand embellished. Finally, trimmed and zigzag stitched the edges. A little gold paint was added to replicate the gold edges on china.
I painted the page the same colours as the piece ready to insert, but being quilted it was too thick and bunched up when I tried to close the book. I decided to cut a jagged edge down the middle like the broken plate, zigzag stitched, painted the edges as before and laced the piece across the centre of the book. I think that little bit of extra detail made all the difference and worth the effort.
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Hope you enjoyed our post and our new header picture, back soon.
Sue
excellent as always! that last picture i think i saw on instagram?
ReplyDeleteThank you Jade, glad you enjoyed our post. Yes I posted it on my instagram.
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