Books with The Crafty Creek
Today our very own Margaret Creek, aka thecraftycreek , brought her fabulous fabric books and talked to us about her process. Margaret started making books of her embroideries because she has completely filled her walls with 55 embroideries and family photos and pictures. What to do with all the stitching!? Books is the answer. Margaret has made them in all shapes and sizes and experimented with different ways of binding. Paper book binding has more options than fabric and it's always a challenge to come up with something that works well and also hides any stitches on the back. There's a lot of pelmet vilene involved in making pages that are firm and judicious use of beads in the binding to create space to accommodate bulkier pages. Margaret talks about her process on her blog (link at the top of the page) and I encourage you to explore. The contents are wonderful; pages made from SALs, kits and workshops as well as Margaret's own designs. Just completed is an e...
