Quilt Documentation # 122
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| NOFA Book Challenge - Textures |
This is another NOFA challenge, made in
2009.. (see previous post for Green Challenge)
NOFA stands for Northern Ontario Fibre
Artists, a group of seven from 3 Northern Ontario communities,
Englehart, Kenogami, and Timmins. We meet 3 or 4 times a year to
exchange ideas, show and tell about whatever we are dabbling in at
the time and enjoy each other's company.
We also like to challenge ourselves to
try new techniques. There always seems to be a challenge in the
works.
For the Book Challenge each person
chose a theme and made a cover for the “pages” that were going to
be made by everyone else. The size of the cover determined the sizes
the pages had to be made.
My book measures 9” x 13” and the
pages are 8” x 11”.
The theme for my book is Textures.
THE COVER
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| Textures Cover before assembly |
For my cover I wove together 2 1/2”
strips of fabric which I then stamped. I added loose threads,
trims, even small crocheted flowers and covered the whole thing with
tulle. I free motion quilted, outlining some of the stamped designs
and filling in with as many designs as I could think of.
The inside of the cover is one my hand
dyed. Two of the edges were shaped in a curved designs and zigzagged
with variegated thread.
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| Inside cover - detail |
I made a button from FIMO modelling
clay and added a couple of beads to the end of a sparkly string to
wrap around and hold the book closed.
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| closure |
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| back |
THE PAGES MADE BY MY FRIENDS:
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| made by Marie |
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| made by Silvia |
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| made by Karen |
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| made by Kit |
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| made by Jane |
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| made by Marnie |
SOME OF THE PAGES THAT I MADE FOR MY FRIENDS' BOOKS:
I'm missing a couple, I'll update when
I find them.
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| Window for Kit |
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| Tree for Marie |
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| Flowers for Jane |
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| Doors for Silvia
Linking up to WIP Wednesday at Needle and Thread Network. Hope it is OK to link up as I feel that my whole blog is a WIP as I document quilts, etc. old and new.
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5 comments:
Wow, I'm impressed! Great post...
Wow what a beautiful and meaningful gift to each other! You will always remember your friends by having such a great reminder of the work that binds you.
Good idea on documentation. What we make with our hands is often a legacy of our life and times. I try to take pictures... I have all kinds digital, film that I am trying to organize.
I have come to your blog via the WIP link up
A very talented bunch you are.
Wow, a great project and wonderful little pieces of art. I like your pages the best - although they are all very nice.
Thanks - these are very inspiring. I will share your blog with some of my own group. So much variety.. there is something for everyone here.
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