#batik cloth

[abitofencouragement]

I'm so excited by this one! It's a wedding quilt for my niece and spouse, made from a fat quarter bundle of batiks. I just love the colors and the stained glass look. Seriously considering making a similar one to keep!

[dddots]

Big Bold Flowers - Recasing in Cloth

I always enjoy when customers are very daring to try bold and loud fabric patterns on their books. With this, they get a one of a kind binding that no one else will ever have. 

This is an old bible that belongs to a customer. She told me during the consultation that she likes bright colours and the Peranakan batik fabric. She even sent me photos of her favourite batik pants. With that, I found a red batik with bright flowers for her cover. 

As the book was perfect bound by a machine, the adhesive has already hardened and cracked. I removed the adhesive with a small tacking iron. I used a fine saw to create grooves where I inserted hemp cords to hold the pages. This endpaper method was discovered during the Endpaper Challenge and I felt it works very well for this binding. I matched the colours of the book cloth, endpapers and sewing threads. 

The book turned out really well, it opens flat, which is a major requirement for most bible readers. The rounded corners are neatly tucked in. With this recasing, I believe this bible will serve my customer for many decades to come.

[abitofencouragement]

Making a wedding quilt for my niece. She's getting married on Feb 29th. So I have just a couple of days to finish it up. Wish me luck!

[jacksonfabricarts]

NeoRose batik napkins. Two dyebaths, with waxing in between

http://etsy.me/1glzuxH