My eldest Granddaughter, Miss E has just had a birthday, and I was thrilled to be able to give her this book – I have been making it for ages.
The fabric I have used for the cover is from 1946. My mother-in-law used that fabric to make a cot mattress cover for her baby son (my husband). When my first son was born she gave me the fabric. It felt so precious I never found the courage to cut into it to make anything with it … until now.
Where the desire to make books comes from, I don’t know, I have been on several courses and started quite a few books, but this is the only one I have finished to date.
This book was started during a wonderful few days one-to-one with Frances Pickering in Spring 2016;
then a day’s one-to-one workshop with Kim Edith. in Southampton in 2018. I can highly recommend both workshops. I learnt many things I have yet to put into practice;
and now I am making a Stitchbook with Helen Birmingham, also highly recommended.
I am not quite sure what it’s all about, but if I discover why, I’ll let you know.
Miss E has been watching this book take shape and she beamed with delight when I gave it to her – I asked her if it was ok for me to share the video and she gave her permission.
I hope you enjoy it .
What a beautiful book. I love the idea for it.
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Thank you Lisa.
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Oh, my, what a project.
What a beautiful and heartfelt gift for future generations to treasure.
Truly inspiring!
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It always makes me so happy if I can pass on a bit of inspiration. 🙂
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Oh this is beautiful, thank you for sharing the vid, what a precious gift for your grand daughter 😊
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I am so glad you enjoyed it Kellie.
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What a fabulous present!
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Thank you – seeing her joy at receiving it was wonderful. 🙂
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Utterly enchanting! Being a nerdy, wordy woman, I love the the written word, but I so enjoyed hearing your voice.
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Hello nerdy wordy woman! 🙂 that makes me giggle.
I like knowing you enjoyed hearing my voice – our recorded voices always sound a bit alien to us don’t they, so thank you for your lovely comment Laurie.
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XXXOOO
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❤
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This is fabulous! What a heirloom you have made here.
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Thank you Lisa. I hope she adds her own details to it.
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What a work of love. Something for your granddaughter to treasure forever.
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I am glad the love shines through. ❤
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It’s such a sweet book, lovely colours and textures, lots of memories sewn into it. She’s seen it grow, she’s waited patiently, and I’m willing to bet she’ll treasure it enough to keep it for her own one-day little girl…
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What a wonderful thought. Thank you, she really has been very patient.
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I liked the look of those table cloth samples 🙂 I am sure your granddaughter will treasure this.
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I hope she will. It did feel a bit weird cutting into the tablecloth but, I never used it as a tablecloth for fear of it getting stained – crazy, then I didn’t really like it any more, so it has sulked in a cupboard for decades.
It will appear in other things for sure.
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very important to pass down through the generations
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It feels good. 🙂
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What a wonderful gift to give Sandra. Beautifully made. 😃
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Thank you Cathy, I found it quite hard to know when my bit was finished and ready to hand it over to her.
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This is so lovely – the cover fabric (and its history) is adorable. Unfortunately, neither my grandmother nor my mother were ‘crafty’ in any way – I’ve no idea where I get it from – as I’d have loved for them to have given me something like this. I’m sure it will be treasured.
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How interesting, I wonder where your creativity came from – perhaps a latent talent that never got a chance to shine.
I do hope the book will be treasured, I gave her a box to keep it in – so fingers crossed.
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What a precious gift for your granddaughter. It is stunning.
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Thank you. I particularly like that she has seen it being made over time.
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Wow, this is just lovely and I adore the front cover. Well done, a real love token to your granddaughter and your relationship with her.
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Aww – yes ‘a love token’ what a great way to put it. ❤ 🙂
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