Tuesday, 14 April 2020

Welcome Spring

Good morning friends near and far.  At last it is starting to feel like spring....and so welcome this year with all that is going on in the world.  I feel thankful that I have my art to keep myself somewhat sane.  I do hope you all are keeping well and safe .... and sane ;)

I had a request from a co-worker, for a decorative hand made guest book.  Sadly, his wife had passed away in January and he was planning a memorial service to be held in May, and wanted something nice for the guests to sign or comment in.

I set about picking some fabrics and embellishments to create the outside cover.  I chose a crazy quilt patch to stitch and embellish as I really do love crazy quilting ... my favorite go to project.



And voila ... the front cover 


and the back



The inside has a lace pocket and some simple linen paper attached 
by a length of silk ribbon



This stitched up quite quickly and was assembled in less than a day, which kept me occupied on Good Friday.

I hope you have enjoyed my blog today.
  
Coming up next,
A Crazy Quilted Journal 
stuffed full of gorgeous papers, tags and tucks.

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