Of course I didn’t find the silk paper I was really looking for …
I have been silent for a few days because on Saturday my computer died. Cheese Major [the techie] came round to leave us his keys for a bit of reverse cat sitting. He printed off the details of his next car [!] and went home to pack, because he and Mrs Cheese Major were going on holiday.
After he left the computer froze, and when I turned it off and turned it on again, as recommended by all the best techies – it wouldn’t boot up.
But the person who usually mends my computer [and who had broken it this time!] was on holiday. So – it turned out - was his substitute, his old mate Baz.
I suppose I could have waited till one or other of them came home but I was beginning to get withdrawal symptoms. So I had to pay someone to repair it. A corrupted something apparently. It seems to be OK now.
So what did I
The spine is made of sequin waste. The pages are held together with hinges of Indian paper but I think this would make a very good cover for a book on a concertina hinge.
The green one has a multilayer cover – brown paper, Markal paintsticks and glitter paint, painted Bondaweb, skeleton leaves, snippets of fabric and thread and a final layer of organza. I made it bigger than the instructions suggested as I couldn’t bear to cut the covers smaller.
But by then I had made the pages for a smaller book so the little one is a quick version made with more Indian paper.
And finally – a quick make for Babybel’s nursery. I spotted this panel in Hobbycraft and had to have it. Babybel already has a quilt and a cushion made with this range of fabr
It is nothing fancy, although in the spirit of C&G I did put some decoration on the back. Made it difficult to know where to put the buttons though!
Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find a panel with a cocker spaniel on it, so Babybel’s own dog may sulk …
2 comments:
There is a cocker spaniel cushion panel at
http://abentleycushions.co.uk/detail.asp?pID=1554
The dogs are gold and white - maybe that's the right colour?
Hi Celia,
Me again.
The cushion looks gorgeous! - Charlotte will love it, thank you so much! It will look great in her nursery as you know and I could definitely use the back support!
Gold of course is the right colour. As of a couple of days ago, Charlotte suddenly decided that Yishi's new name is 'Ad-da' and, dutiful as ever, he is already getting up out of his bed and responding to it when she calls
I have just nipped out to get her some icy cold teething rings as the poor poppet is having a lot of pain with her top front teeth :-(
Not sure Robin and I quite like the idea of being Mr & Mrs Cheese Minor though. Robin points out that in terms of height.... ;-)
xxx
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