Will you show us more of the sample book, please?
Sure! I took some more photos for you, and blopped them in below. I made this as part of an online workshop held by Karen Ruane. Her work is beautiful, and her workshops are magical if you ever want to explore this kind of thing more.
This little book is part sample book and part processing my grandmother's passing. The book incorporates some of her cloth. The cover is made from pieces of her night gown, and I've incorporated small pieces of her handkerchiefs throughout. Also, I didn't discover until very late in life that she also stitched. When I saw her beautiful embroidery, I was taken by how often she used these little double bullion knots as petals, so I stitched like that at time in the samples too. Anyway, there are some deep personal feelings/layers in here.
Also - there is an old 2min video I made some years ago, where I flip through it and talk about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUMO5D-x6qE
Let me know if you have any questions.
