The Textured Thankful Book Project
I shared my tutorial for this textured Thankful Book on
Marigolds' Loft a while ago.
I figured I would share it again here, in case you missed it.
Do stop by her blog, it is fabulous. ;)
Marigolds' Loft a while ago.
I figured I would share it again here, in case you missed it.
Do stop by her blog, it is fabulous. ;)
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I try to
include my toddlers as often as possible in my sewing work. This project
came from a fusion of having them help me sew & craft, and talking about
things we are grateful for.
1. Start by collecting pieces of fabric. I used old jeans
for two of the pages, I love the look of old denim as well as the frugalness of
using up old things. All six pieces of the fabrics need to be cut to the
dimensions listed.
2. Cut twelve pieces of batting/padding at 7” squares.
3. Press all the pieces of fabric in half to form a
crease line for the spine of the book.
Insert pic 3 & pic 4
Now talk to
your kids or think about what you could put into your book as “things to be
thankful for”...
4. Get out your Cricut if you have one and let’s make
some templates for our shapes. If you don’t have a cutting machine you can draw
them out (like I did the T-Rex) or print of some pics online and trace around
them. Make it work. ;)
5. After removing the cut templates from the Cricut, pin
them to a piece of fabric or felt and cut out the shapes.
6. Find your nearest fusible web (heat n Bond Lite works
great) and cut out the shapes again. You can omit some labor by cutting these
out along with the fabric pieces, but I found the felt would shift too much, so
I cut them separately.
7. Iron the shape to the book fabric piece with the
fusible webbing underneath the shape. *So
fabric of page/webbing/shape. Press.
8.Place a piece of batting in the center of the back side of a page.
Pin. Whilst sewing the appliqué on the front side, you will be attaching the
batting at the same time. Take care not to bunch it in back, check every few
turns.
Sew the appliqué on the front with whatever stitch you
prefer. I used a straight stitch for a cleaner look.
9. Check alignment before proceeding to the others.
10.Gather some bits of chalk cloth (easily bought from fabric stores
online and local like Joann Fabrics and fabric.com). Cut these bits to roughly 3”x1.5” depending
on aesthetics.
11.Place onto each page (don’t pin it, just hold it in
place) and sew on with a tight zigzag or a satin stitch.
13. Once all the chalk cloth pieces are on their pages, layer two pages together
with the wrong sides facing. The right
sides are facing out. Pin. Sew around the perimeter at ½” seam.
14. Layer ALL the pages together now. Remember that crease we made when
we folded the fabrics in half? We will sew down that crease line now to make
the “spine” of our book. I used a straight stitch, but a zigzag would work well
too.
15. Take the sharpest scissors you own and clip each page as shown. This
will fray up once washed and dried to give LOTS of lovely texture.
The more it’s washed the more it will fray up. I just love this look.
The chalk cloth is fine, wash on cold to be safe.
Enjoy your newly made book, sure to be a family
heirloom.
See you soon friends!
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