This is my contribution to WOYWW (What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday), over at JuliaDunnit's Blog. Each Wednesday, Julia invites fellow crafters and bloggers to show a photo or two of their worktables, and explain what they've been doing.
My Very Messy Table!
Actually, this is the top of my lovely big Plan Chest, which I use as a binding table, as it's a good height for that work. It is in rather a mess - I'm sort-of messing around with several projects at once (not really a good plan), which means I have bits & pieces all over the place.
These are the main things on the go just now though.
Top left: bits of paper from a Christmas Decoration Making session. I made three sets of Christmas Star Books last week - they came out really beautifully and sold immediately - note to self, make more! (and maybe a tutorial on my blog, if I can make time).
Bottom Left: Two finished books, that I've just posted for sale in my online shops. The bottom one is the black leather book I was working on when I last posted for WOYWW (22nd October!). Other events meant that the book took a bit longer to complete than I anticipated, so it's just been
offered for sale this week.
The second book, on the top, is the first Buttonhole Binding I have ever made. I love that little penguin, in his fancy-dress pudding costume! The spine and covers of the book have slots cut into them, so you can see the sets of pages inside. Each set of pages has a decorative wrap, each one different and all from the same set of papers as the cover, so they all co-ordinate. The stitching is red linen and looks very effective against the green suede spine.
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In the Centre of the Table: Two sets of covers and pages, for Christmas Felt Journals. The Felt is cut out and lined with Christmassy fabrics - you can see the linings in the second photo of the desk (the close-up) and the felt outsides in the top photo (also, to the right of the top photo, are some felt pieces and larger pieces of fabric for the linings - they're so nice!)
I will decorate the book covers with embroidery, before binding the sets of pages with Longstitch, in contrasting linen threads. I hope to make some more felt journals in the next couple of weeks - they do seem to sell well at Christmas time.
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My Felt Stash, waiting to be made into Books and things.
I have several large pieces of woolfelt (some are 1/2 metre), plus a small pile there of 6" squares, which are very thick and "felty" feeling - I will use those for decorations, I think. On the top of the larger sheets, there are three pieces of hand-made felt, which I bought from
a felt-maker at Folksy.com. I want to make some very special books with those, as they are really gorgeous - especially that red, green and silver piece on the top!
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That's my contribution to the WOYWW Story this week - thanks for reading.
