Chapter 9 - Extending the page

I had recently got my little grandson a book from the library about a moose who couldn't fit onto the page with  his little friend, even though they both pushed and shoved. In the end the friends got lots of extra bits of paper and glue and made an enormous page big enough for him to fit on. Perhaps they had done this course.

3.9.1 a) & b)
both of these pages are hand sewn. The first with purple fluffy yarn, in an over and over stitch and the second with cross stitch.

c) & d)
As you can see the first is mini brads and the second is free machined. I realised as I started on this one with the edges just butted together that is was a tricky thing to do, so paused and slipped a piece of tissue paper underneath both pieces whilst I machined them and tore it off afterwards.

e) & f)
Again with e) although it is hand sewn, just butting the edges is a little difficult.  f) is two rows of different coloured thread in running stitch down each side and then a third thread used to make ties across the two lots of stitching.

g) & h)
g) is done with punched holes made with a Japanese hole punch and fastened with different thicknesses of chenille wires. h) is again punched holes, but this time overlapped and stitched first in one direction and then back again and tied off on the middle.

i) Just a smallish zig zag on the sewing machine.

Thank goodness I have learned to turn the pictures from portrait to landscape when they are scanned.