Books, books and more books!

 I can't believe that it's been so long since I last blogged- I have been busy honestly!

Two weeks ago my little books arrived from the little book swap I joined. I am so pleased with them and they are all in my favourite colours too. Thank you Sarah, Sharon, Jo-Ann and Frieda- they are lovely.

Two weeks ago we had one of our regular Fen Edge Textile meetings and we had a workshop making sketchbooks ready for our next big exhibition, "Diversity" which will be in February 2013. Sounds a long way away but we have a lot of preparation to do and I'm sure the time will go very quickly. I used my workshop book as a prototype as I wasn't sure how many pages I wanted or what size to make. Having made some decisions I have worked on my book this week and it's now finished ready for tomorrow's meeting.

The book is 8 inches square and the cover is made with space dyed cotton which has been machine and hand embroidered and beaded.

I coloured the spine of the book with inks to match and added beads for more interest.

 The inside cover has been inked and stencilled and I have added a pocket. The pages are made with watercolour paper and cotton rag paper.

Now all I have to do is fill it with sketches!!!