I very recently sent this parcel off to my friend, Liz,
as a birthday gift.
This shows the attached tag and I wrapped it
in some layers of crazy patch worked laces.
Now Liz is really keen to start her first fabric journal
and being a wee bit intimidated as to
where and how to begin
I decided to make a small lace book
which she could refer to.
I used one of my vintage books with some precious
old vintage images of women in pen and ink
set in garden scenes.
Some beautiful embroidered lace and linen
tablecloths were incorporated here.
vintage knitted doilies, Suffolk puffs,
lovely tortoiseshell buttons
and tiny lace motifs
If you look very closely at the left side of these pages
you will see a tiny hand crocheted flutter-by
which I received from Karen of
Thank you dear Karen for gifting me with some of
your very own beautiful hand work which I could share
here.
A lace pocket here holding another handkerchief
in it's own little pocket -
that's a pocket within a pocket you might say!
These pages incorporate some very old
wool embroidered fabric which belonged to the
the parents-in-law of a dear friend of mine, Jan.
- a rusty old bottle top
always just goes with lace.
The back cover is from lovely piece
of recycled pin tucked cotton blouse.
and the tie which wraps around the whole book
is made from some old worn and torn chair webbing
and sari silk.
You can see the buttons from the blouse here.
The many layers which build up the picture
more rust
and finally the binding!
I do hope this little lace book brings the necessary inspiration
to help you Liz and anyone else feeling inclined
to create one of these.
I do know one of these days I had better put this together
as an exercise in learning for all!
I know many of you are yearning for Spring as
some of us are welcoming Autumn - whatever
is your season let it fill your heart
with the gratitude of life!
xxx Suzy
