On Saturday I took the
bookwraps I've made so far to meeting of
Thames Valley Contemporary Textile group to encourage others to make some for the
tombola next year at FoQ. There was quite a lot of interest, and also a few requests on where I got my A5 sketchbooks (Seawhite of Brighton 'Starter'). I'd stocked up at the
London Graphic Centre but they're also available online
directly .
I used up yet another project ( an experiment with steam fixed silk paints) and worked out a cunning means of fastening - pony tail elastic bands!!
The first of the zigzag offcuts covers worked well with the bonus of an interesting inner surface of various backing fabrics.
Working out ideas for hardback sketchboooks, I incorporated a sleeve at one end but a strip/band at the other so it will accommodate different thicknesses of book. Finished this one off with binding and a ribbon.
Adapting the idea of overlapping sleeves I use for cushion backs, this wrap using cut up ophan quilt blocks was very quick and easy - much easier than binding. I'm going to prepare this as a tutorial for the
'patterns' page on the website, with a variation incorporating the strip/band.
3 comments:
The bookwraps are beautiful, Margaret! I enjoyed reading about Thames Valley Textile Group.
Jane
www.texturetrail.blogspot.com
Love your bookwraps, I've made some notebooks using woven covers, hope to have photos of them on my blog soon.
These are fun! I found myself making a bookwrap and now am dithering about fastenings - does the ribbon tucked into itself work well for keeping the book wrapped?? Love the ponytail bands idea - I suspect there will be a lot of those used!
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