tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81179889416346862992024-02-07T00:36:56.654-06:00Prairie PeasantCreating by hand from whatever is immediately at handPrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.comBlogger588125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-25188786022236529362017-09-30T12:34:00.000-05:002017-10-13T14:52:26.872-05:00Instagram Bookbinding Challenge: September / Flora and Fauna<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been participating in an online bookbinding community challenge, where each month bookmakers from around the world challenge themselves to create a book on a chosen theme for the month. The theme for September was Flora and Fauna, which led to some really interesting creations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For my book, I used 2 techniques that I've been interested in: flower pounding and eco-printing (or botanical printing).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For the pages, I tried botanical printing on paper for the first time! I loosely followed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFIuj1euQ0">this tutorial</a> on YouTube. I used plants from my yard, including cotoneaster, oak, coleus, clematis, peony, raspberry, and others.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Layering the plants between the pages.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boiling the bundle between two boards.<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I was delighted and surprised with the variety of colours and textures that came through. I'll definitely be doing botanical printing again!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">For the covers, I printed the fabric with flower pounding. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Since I most often work with recycled materials, I chose a thrifted hemp shirt because I loved the texture and softness of the weave, and deconstructed it. I only used the sleeves for this project.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I layered leaves and flowers from my garden <br />randomly between two pieces of fabric.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I gathered leaves and flowers from my garden and layered them between the sleeves, which I placed on top of a granite block. I wanted an abstract effect, so I placed them randomly. Then I pounded the fabric with a hammer until the colour from the plants came through. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I picked off as much of the plant remains as I could, and let the fabric dry.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Once dry, I gently rubbed off any remaining plant material with a table knife. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Hemp may not have been the best choice, as I did make several holes in the fabric with the pounding. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left--after heat setting.<br />Right--before heat setting.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">After heat setting, I made bookcloth the fusible way. You can see in the picture above how the colours changed with heat setting. I used the side of the fabric that did not make direct contact with the plants, as it had a softer look.</span><br />
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I'm very happy with how this little book turned out!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To see more Flora and Fauna themed books made for the Instagram challenge, check out the hashtag <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/">#areyoubookenough</a> on instagram!</span></span></span></span>PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-71280165587442657452017-08-31T21:15:00.000-05:002017-09-22T21:16:54.009-05:00Instagram Bookbinding Challenge: August / Heart The theme for August for the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/">#areyoubookenough</a> bookbinding challenge on Instagram was Heart.<br />
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I didn't get a book made this month on the theme, but here's a little peek into my favourites for the month:</div>
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Feel free to follow along on Instagram, using the hashtag <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/">#areyoubookenough</a>, to see what inspiring creations are being made around the world on each month's theme.PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-11676582775935689362017-07-31T12:42:00.000-05:002017-09-22T21:07:24.674-05:00Instagram Bookbinding Challenge: July / Formation<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been participating in an online bookbinding community challenge, where each month bookmakers from around the world challenge themselves to create a book on a chosen theme for the month. The theme for July was Formation, which could be interpreted in many different ways.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Formation can be the process of being formed, and I wanted to try my hand at creating paper cloth or fabric paper </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">for my cover. </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I started with a lightweight cotton fabric piece, and spread thinned PVA all over it. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Then I layered tissue from old sewing patterns until I had 2-3 layers of tissue (with more glue brushed over each layer) covering the fabric.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">It took a couple of days to dry completely, but once it was dry, I cut my cover piece, layered another fabric piece under it, and sewed random lines all over it with my sewing machine. (Random, but still in formation.) </span><span style="background-color: white;">The end result is kind of like leather, and easy to work with. It gets softer and more pliable the more you work with it.</span></div>
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Then I stitched around the outside to give it a nice clean finish.<br />
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For the pages, I used handmade papers, again thinking of the process of forming the paper itself, as this journal was created.<br />
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I used a simple longstitch binding, with the stitching in nice neat rows on the spine (formation....).<br />
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I thought this vintage button complemented the design nicely.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Thanks for stopping by! If you are on Instagram, search the hashtag </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/" style="background-color: white; color: #668e77; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">#areyoubookenough</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> to see how other participating artists interpreted the theme. Prepare yourself to be inspired!</span>PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-46889357423095632262017-06-30T12:33:00.000-05:002017-09-21T12:34:45.449-05:00Instagram Bookbinding Challenge: June / Hardware Store<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I've been participating in an online bookbinding community challenge, where each month bookmakers from around the world challenge themselves to create a book on a chosen theme for the month. After the heavy theme of Grief in May, the theme for June was much lighter: Hardware Store.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The first thing I did when planning my book was to head over to my local <a href="http://artsjunktion.mb.ca/">ArtsJunktion</a> instead of the Hardware Store. I knew I would find linoleum samples and other hardware materials there, that had been discarded by local businesses. So win-win for me and the environment!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Thanks for stopping by! If you are on Instagram, search the hashtag </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/" style="background-color: white; color: #668e77; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">#areyoubookenough</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> to find all the imaginative creations of participating artists. Prepare yourself to be inspired!</span>PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-55531521423599097242017-05-31T16:53:00.000-05:002017-08-07T17:53:21.709-05:00Instagram Bookbinding Challenge: May / Grief<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I've been participating in an online bookbinding community challenge, where each month bookmakers from around the world challenge themselves to create a book on a chosen theme for the month. The theme for May was Grief. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">However you interpret it, art/creating is very therapeutic in working through grief. I'm sure this month was very emotional for a lot of us, but it was good.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What comes to mind when you journey through grief? Here are some of the words I felt as I created my book for this month</span><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">: </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-unraveling </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-woven and stitched back together </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-patched up</span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-journeying </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-ongoing endless journey </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-uphill climb</span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-darkness </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-loose threads</span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-unfinished </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-altered, changed</span><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-emptiness, holes </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-torn apart </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-don't talk about it </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">And when it's all said and done, close it up and keep things under wraps (with a button).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Thanks for stopping by! If you are on Instagram, search the hashtag </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/" style="color: #668e77;">#areyoubookenough</a><span style="background-color: white;"> to find all the thoughtful creations of participating artists. Prepare yourself to be inspired!</span></span>PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-64992613900195709192017-04-30T16:21:00.000-05:002017-08-05T16:22:27.979-05:00Instagram Bookbinding Challenge: April / Nature Walk<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been participating in an online bookbinding community challenge, where each month bookmakers from around the world challenge themselves to create a book on a chosen theme for the month. The theme for April was Nature Walk. If you are on Instagram, search the hashtag <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/" style="color: #668e77; text-decoration-line: none;">#areyoubookenough</a> to find all the amazing creations of participating artists. Prepare yourself to be inspired!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I had very good intentions of completing a book on the theme </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/naturewalk/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#naturewalk</a> <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">for the </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#areyoubookenough</a><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bookbindingchallenge/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#bookbindingchallenge</a><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> for April. But with preparations for the </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/winnipegetsy/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#winnipegetsy</a><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Spring Market and the deadline for </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/incometax/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#incometax</a> <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">coinciding, it didn't happen. I will save my idea and it might come to fruition in another month, and I'll be able to start next month's in time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I've been participating in an online bookbinding community challenge, where each month bookmakers from around the world challenge themselves to create a book on a chosen theme for the month. The theme for March was Time. If you are on Instagram, search the hashtag </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/" style="background-color: white; color: #668e77; text-decoration-line: none;">#areyoubookenough</a><span style="background-color: white;"> to find all the amazing creations of participating artists. Prepare yourself to be inspired!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">In an age of fast fashion, fast food, and instant gratification, I wanted to do something that was all about slow process and old supplies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The pages are also slow--handmade papers made locally </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/botanicalpaperworks/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@botanicalpaperworks</a><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> and sourced at my local </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/artsjunktion/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@artsjunktion</a><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> .</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to check out the hashtag #AreYouBookEnough on Instagram to be delighted and inspired by other makers around the world!</span></span>PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-53053189143020202992017-02-28T16:17:00.000-06:002017-10-15T13:06:00.683-05:00Instagram Bookbinding Challenge: February / Peace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I've been participating in an online bookbinding community challenge, where each month bookmakers from around the world challenge themselves to create a book on a chosen theme for the month. The theme for February was Peace. If you are on Instagram, search the hashtag </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/" style="background-color: white; color: #668e77; text-decoration: none;">#areyoubookenough</a><span style="background-color: white;"> to find all the amazing creations of participating artists. Prepare yourself to be inspired!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the theme was announced, the words of the hymn "When Peace Like a River" kept going through my head, so I just went with it! I wanted to make a Star Book with the words cut out on the pages. I used a star book kit from Quietfire Design, that I was gifted many years ago. Using the kit helped me focus on the paper cutting and not worry about the construction details. The picture above shows everything that was included in the kit.</span></span><br />
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While the pencil marks were on the wrong side, I wanted to erase as much as possible for a cleaner finish. I tried all of these tools: tape, kneaded eraser, white vinyl eraser, and black vinyl eraser. Guess which worked the best? The black vinyl eraser!</div>
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I love how the light plays with the letters on each individual page! I've filed this idea away for future book ideas...<br />
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Assembling the book was relatively easy with the clear instructions provided in the kit. First, gluing the covers.</div>
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Sewing the structural pages together with a link stitch.</div>
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Adding the rest of the layers of pages...<br />
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I've been participating in an online bookbinding community challenge, where each month bookmakers from around the world challenge themselves to create a book on a chosen theme for the month. The theme for January was Light. If you are on Instagram, search the hashtag <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/areyoubookenough/">#areyoubookenough</a> to find all the amazing creations of participating artists. Prepare yourself to be inspired!<br />
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For myself, I was inspired by a stack of rainbow coloured Canson Mi-Teintes artists papers I had saved for a few years, intending to make a rainbow book one day. What is light, if not the beautiful spectrum of colours before us?<br />
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Don't these torn sheets look gorgeous in this stack? I was tempted to stop there. Sometimes it's hard to use up beautiful supplies!</div>
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After cutting and folding and grouping the pages into signatures, I started on the covers. I wanted to make a softcover book with a simple stitched rainbow on the cover. I chose the cover fabric from my stash, because I'm all about using up, recycling, and making do with what you have: a black wool suiting fabric for the outside and a grey wool for the inside.<br />
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Choosing thread colours--yup, all the colours of the rainbow are there!</div>
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I made a limited edition of four of these books, and they are now available in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/496287312/rainbow-journal-softcover-embroidered?ref=shop_home_active_1">PrairiePeasant Etsy shop</a>.<br />
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I requested a board 22" wide by 60" long, which he made for me to fit snuggly over the ironing board so it doesn't need any screws or knobs to hold it in place.<br />
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It was up to me to pad and cover it as I wished. I had several metres of this purple cotton striped fabric in my stash which I thought would work just fine. First I cut two layers of quilt batting (Warm & Natural cotton) and then the fabric. I used a staple gun all around the bottom to hold it tightly in place.</div>
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Then I decided all my other ironing tools needed a makeover as well. I have two small sleeve boards whose very worn vintage covers needed replacing and then I tackled my regular ironing board. I used the existing ironing board cover as a pattern and that worked very well.<br />
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Last week I had a sweet little package arrive in the mail! After trying a few things and a lot of stalling, I finally decided on getting some woven labels made up for my coiled items. I wanted some way to identify that "I made it" after it leaves my shop.</div>
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I'm pretty happy with how these turned out! I spent the weekend sewing them into most of my already made products and figuring out where the best placement of the label would be. In the future, I plan on sewing them in as I go.<br />
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The Winnipeg Etsy team sales keep getting better and better! And this one promises to be no exception to the rule. Follow along on the <a href="http://winnipegetsy.blogspot.ca/">team blog</a> or on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/386943041485330/">facebook event</a> to see a preview of the great vendors that will be selling their wares at this year's spring sale. It's hard to believe it's only 3 weeks away!</div>
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It started in a very ordinary way, looking like one of my average sized coiled baskets.</div>
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But it kept growing bigger and bigger. Here it is looking a lot like a prairie landscape, which I quite like, and might just have to make another basket that ends here!</div>
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Deconstructing this old leather jacket for pieces to use for the straps.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I've been playing around with handmade paper lately, hoping to make some sheets nice enough to bind into some books.</span></div>
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It all starts with scraps of paper I save in a bin, including bits of maps. These get shredded with my paper shredder, and then soaked in water, at least overnight.<br />
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The buckets have different shades of the same colour, so it's unpredictable what colour the paper will be when finished.<br />
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Soaked paper is then run through the blender, to make pulp. Wet pulp is not very pretty, and surprisingly, maps end up a rather dull grey! I mixed this with the blue pulp and it turned out a lighter blue (see below).<br />
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The mold and deckle is slipped through the wet pulp to get some of the pulp to settle on the mesh screen.<br />
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I like recycling paper to make new paper because the results are more unpredictable, although you can buy premade cotton or abaca pulp to get started. For the above sheets and the green sheets below, I didn't process the pulp very long in the blender, so bits of paper and the odd inked letter remained in the pulp.<br />
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For the mustard yellow sheets, I processed the pulp for a longer time in the blender, resulting in a more uniform looking pulp.</div>
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I'm having fun experimenting. Stay tuned to see more paper experiments, and what I might decide to do with this paper!</div>
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It's International Women's Day today. The theme for 2015 is "Make It Happen." Let's join all women in encouraging the recognition of women in the workplace, the safety of women in the street and in their homes, and the power of choice over their own bodies and their own lives.</div>
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PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-60463079150957435362015-02-28T17:01:00.000-06:002015-02-28T17:01:56.000-06:00On Sale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've got a few items marked down 25-50% in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairiePeasant?section_id=10754710&ref=shopsection_leftnav_7">PrairiePeasant Etsy shop</a> to clear out old stock and make room for new!PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-81993499412892777832015-02-22T14:48:00.001-06:002015-02-22T14:48:27.530-06:00Scrabble Journals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are a few more small <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairiePeasant?section_id=5427861&ref=shopsection_leftnav_2">Scrabble Journals</a> that I have available, getting them listed in my shop this week.PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-79831193810038623912015-02-14T10:42:00.000-06:002015-02-14T10:44:14.905-06:00Instagram Loop Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What are the chances of finding the same fabulous art book a second time?</div>
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A few years ago, I found a once loved book on the art of Paul Klee, and recycled into envelopes. They were quite popular and sold very quickly in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairiePeasant">Etsy shop</a>.<br />
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This summer I found the same book at a garage sale and finally had the chance to make some more recycled envelopes with the pages.<br />
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These will bring a smile to someone's face if they are used for snail mail, and I think even the letter carrier would enjoy seeing them! They are available <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/221071976/recycled-envelopes-paul-klee-45-x-6-set?ref=shop_home_active_2">here</a>.PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-11329439319994546782014-09-21T18:59:00.000-05:002014-09-21T18:59:18.944-05:00Etsy Made In Canada<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The Etsy Made In Canada day is happening all across Canada next Saturday, September 27. I'm thrilled to be participating in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/677013792369933">Winnipeg Market</a>. If you can't make it to the Winnipeg sale, click <a href="https://www.etsy.com/madeincanada">here</a> to find out where else in Canada the markets will be happening. It's going to be a great day!</div>
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<br />PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-54465787905281851612014-08-25T21:11:00.000-05:002014-08-25T21:11:37.395-05:00New JournalsHere are a few more <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairiePeasant?section_id=5427861&ref=shopsection_leftnav_3">Gameboard Journals</a> listed in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairiePeasant">PrairiePeasant Etsy shop</a>.<br />
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I'm not familiar with the game World Wise, but the board had great maps to use as journal covers. Often I get just the boards, so I can't even try to play the game!<br />
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And a couple more "Sorry!" journals. What is your favourite vintage board game, and do you think it would work as a journal cover?PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-10520625657349440342014-08-09T19:39:00.000-05:002014-08-09T19:39:59.515-05:00Shop UpdateI've been working on stocking up for fall sales, starting with more recycled game board journals.<br />
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Pages have been cut and folded, with holes punched for sewing<br />
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I'm gradually working my way through these books in the queue, and finally listed the completed Candy Land journals in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairiePeasant?section_id=5427861">PrairiePeasant Etsy shop</a> this week:<br />
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PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-5273013465858931672014-07-15T20:23:00.000-05:002014-07-15T20:23:02.517-05:00Batik Quilt: the BackAfter finishing my <a href="http://prairiepeasant.blogspot.ca/2014/06/unfinished-projects.html">batik quilt top</a>, I wasn't sure what to do for the back. I knew I didn't want to just buy metres of one fabric and have a plain backing. So I laid out all the leftover bits of fabric from the top on my bed to see how much they would cover.<br />
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There was more leftover than I thought! Turns out that a lot of the pieces remaining were a similar width, having originally been purchased as fat quarters.</div>
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So I arranged them randomly and pieced them together in one long strip, the length of the quilt-to-be.</div>
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I still had a pile of 2.5" squares leftover from the <a href="http://prairiepeasant.blogspot.ca/2014/06/unfinished-projects.html">quilt top</a> as well, so I pieced them together randomly into two long strips. They've been added to the striped piece, separated by all the leftover green fabric from the quilt top.</div>
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And this is where it stalls. I have a little bit more in odd sizes of a couple of fabrics, so I might make another stripe or two, but I'll need to purchase more fabric yet. What would you do? More green? Batik or solid or something else? While it is the quilt back, I still want it to look nice.</div>
PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117988941634686299.post-40863407786197006292014-06-30T21:18:00.000-05:002014-06-30T21:18:24.932-05:00Unfinished projectsI've dug out some unfinished projects this week. First off, my <a href="http://prairiepeasant.blogspot.ca/search/label/batik%20quilt">batik quilt</a> is so close to being finished!<br />
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Today I added the final border around the edges. All it needed was a simple 2.5" strip of the dark green fabric all the way around for the top to be finished.<br />
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Here is the finished top, doing a practice run on the bed it will grace when finished. The colours are so brilliant, I can't wait to have it finished!<br />
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Now I have to decide what to do for the back. I haven't thought about it until now, so I'm collecting a few ideas on a new Pinterest board <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/PrairiePeasant/quilt-backs/">Quilt Backs</a>.<br />
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Right now I'm waffling between a colour blocked back, using the leftover pieces from the front, or purchasing a coordinating fabric that has similar colours, and doing a strip of squares from the front across it. What do you think?PrairiePeasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884283182432694noreply@blogger.com2