Fabric and Lacebook re: Birds from Downunder

I know that birds are most often associated 

with Spring but I love them in any season

and

I wanted to share a book which I created

for Lisa of Tarnished and Tattered Blog

(as part of a swap we engaged in

several months ago)

about our native Australian birds here

- the "Honeyeaters".

The bird theme was a total surprise for Lisa!

I have also included a couple of other birds but it is mainly

focused on the Honeyeaters.

I took several pieces of fabric away with me on a short

holiday last year so that I could hand piece 

some fabrics together in the evening where we stayed

in a beautiful cabin on the beach.

This Wonga Pigeon graces the cover

and here are the first two pages inside.

I know how much Lisa loves birds and themes

related to nature but I doubt that she ever sees

any of these beautiful insect loving birds

in her garden!!!

Oh and popped in the left hand pocket on these

pages is a tag with one of our Kookaburras

on it!

You can clearly see this pocket displaying the Black Honeyeaters

was created from a rusted linen serviette.

In this pocket are a couple of vintage cigarette cards

from my collection of ephemera.

The Heron which is actually from a piece of fabric

I identified from my bird books as a Reef Heron!

I'm not quite sure where in the book this appears

but I simply loved that beautiful nest 

which I had to incorporate.

You can also see more rust dyed and blue silk fabrics

which have been collaged and hand stitched

with some vintage lace.

This photo on the back of the lacebook came from

 a dear friend, Ron.

See the little Blue Wren sitting on the fence post?

Now you can see how the many pages of fabrics

and lace look together to give it a

very rustic feel!

Last, but not least, is the spine adorned with a metal finding.

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the creation of

this book with its many layered fabrics and laces of hand stitching

and I was very happy with the result

not to mention how thrilled Lisa 

was to receive it.

I will share what I received from Lisa in a future post seeing that

I have managed to take up so much of your precious time

in viewing this post already!

I'm joining the party at What's It Wednesday
Ivy and Elephants this week!

I do have at least two more lacebook journals that I will

share with you as we go along - one of which

relates to nature again!

Finally I'm just sending some Autumnal hugs

from our garden to all my friends and followers

in blogland with this beautiful

Windflower!

Enjoy♥♥♥

Have a lovely weekend!

Suzy xox