Another Nature Fabric and Lacebook "Birds Inspire"

This book was created by me some twelve months ago

and was inspired by a delightful calender I was

gifted from an old friend

for Christmas

last year.

Unfortunately I lost all of the images soon after

with one of those unfortunate computer

viruses

(The quilted and buttoned spine)

and I had to retrieve them from the same friend

in a different format so I do apologize

for the quality of the images. 

I remember how I just couldn't wait to start

creating this one because I really was

inspired so much by the

beautiful images.

I dyed much of the vintage lace

as well as the scrim and raw silk to complement

the theme of the work.

I incorporated some floral vintage

curtain fabric which I had

in my fabric stash

for many

years!

(which became more tattered and torn as I created  with it

and you know how easy that can happen when you

start to tear this precious woven stuff!).

Here you can see some machine embroidered

stitching over raw dyed silk

framing the pretty bird image which

sits over the layers of printed linen, lace fabric,

upcycled machine embroidered cotton

and doilies.

I have repeated some of the rose printed linen

and signature cottons to bring more

continuity to the pages too.

Back page here with scrim and burlap binding

which has been stippled quilted.

This book is now living with a dear blogging friend

in Holland, Yvonne. Go and take a look

at her gorgeous mixed media work!

Whether it is Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter

we can always see both birds and flowers 

to inspire us and fill our hearts

with the love of

mother nature!

I'm linking this post to Ivy and Elephants blog

for "What's It Wednesday"

♥♥♥

Thank you so much for your kind comments

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and

a warm welcome to all my new followers!

I hope you all get a chance to be in nature this week

to enjoy the beauty and quietness and to

feel what it gives us!

xxx Suzy