Fabric Art Journals: Making, Sewing, and Embellishing Journals from Cloth and Fibers 

Fabric Art Journals: Making, Sewing, and Embellishing Journals from Cloth and Fibers (Quarry Book)

by Pam Sussman

Amazon Price: $14.73 (as of 05/11/2008)

This book has instructions for actually constructing books from fabric, which is exactly what I wanted. I have made quilts and altered books, but have not done any book construction. This book has the detailed instructions and plenty of inspiration for making personalized fabric art! I ordered the book from Amazon, got it in two days, and the next day had made a basic little fabric book ready for embellishment!!! Easy enough for a beginner, or a great start for someone familar with fabric! This craft is one that is destined to be customized according to the skills and views of the artist!

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Everyone Can Make a Fabric Book 

When I made my fabric books I used fabric that I had pieced together then free machine embroidered first. I then appliqued my pictures on top of that. I sandwiched two pages together with batting in between them.

The book feels great, and as I later beaded and hand embellished it, it has great texture.

I have seen vintage style fabric books which are full of old photos printed onto fabric with a computer printer. This is great way to show pictures of family history.

Another Idea is just making a very simple book from Muslin( calico in NZ and Australia). You can leave the edges raw so they get that wonderful frayed look. You can use rickrack as that goes great with these fabric books. Using Muslin makes the book cheap and fun to write on with pens or to paint on or whatever takes your fancy. Old Buttons look wonderful on these books also.

Hope I have given you a few ideas to help you get started. Why not just play and see what you come up with. Remember there are no rules.
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Today I decided to go surfing on the internet to see whats what with fabric books 25th April 08.

I was really surprised to find that there are not that many web pages about fabric books at all.

There are some sites about the old fabric books that we used to give to babies, and maybe we still do but I'm not sure as I don't have any babies around me.

I see there are a few round robins going on with fabric books but not much else.

I spose it is challenging to tell a story with fabric, but quilters do it everyday and in some ways that is what makes up a fabric book.

Its really a collage with fabric that tells a story like a quilt.

I will be interested to see if, with time, creating fabric books becomes as popular as ,say, Altered Books.

Make a Padded Journal! 

Raven-Symone's Padded Journal

Raven shows us how to make a journal using your favorite fabric. For more fun tips, go to www.ravensymonepresents.com!

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Making Fabric Books On Amazon 

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Creative Quilts: Inspiration, Texture & Stitch by Sandra Meech

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Paper, Metal & Stitch: Creating Surfaces with Color and Texture by Maggie Grey

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Stitch, Dissolve, Distort with Machine Embroidery by Valerie Campbell-Harding

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Gorgeous Silk Fabric For Your Books 

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Make An Art Doll for Your Fabric Book Cover 

Fabric Book Cover

As you can see from the picture, I have made a very simple art doll to decorate the front page of a book I made.

This doll is made from cardboard, you could use foam core if you wanted. I then decorated her with threads and fabric, and used a vintage picture for her head. I used wire and paper beads that I made for her arms and legs

Try it you will love it
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Fabric Memory Books: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration 

Fabric Memory Books: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration

by Lesley Riley

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 05/11/2008)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!, January 18, 2007
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This is Lesley's second book and well worth the purchase. So many ideas and information, very much like Quilted Memories, but oriented toward making books. It covers: tools needed, fabric usage, book binding methods, etc. There are so many wonderful examples of books made from many types of "fabric" like interfacing and other spun polyester materials, which is really inspirational. I took Lesley's class on making fabric books and this book is the perfect source for remembering and using what I learned. But, you don't need to take her class, all the information you need is right here. Many other artists also contributed work to the book and their efforts are really fun to see. Buy the book soon, you will go back to it often for inspiration and study.

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Here Are Some Wonderful Fiber Art Books 

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Fabric Art Workshop: Exploring Techniques & Materials for Fabric Artists and Quilters by Susan Stein

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The Painted Quilt: Paint and Print Techniques for Color on Quilts by Linda Kemshall, Laura Kemshall

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This picture is of a page that has a background made from sewing togteather all those scraps of fabric that you usually throw away.

What I do is get a piece of iron on interfacing then with the shiney side towards me, on the ironing board, I place the pieces all overlaping then iron them down onto the fabric.

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Now its time to add some focus to the page and this is where I love to do some sort of drawing on some fabric then place that on the top.

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Lovely Lace Motifs For Your Books 

I have used Lace motifs on my books.........you can paint them with your favorite colors of acrylic paint then add dimensional metallic paint to them.
Another way to color them is to use cold water dyes and just paint them on the wet lace, you can use 3 colors and they will all just mix like watercolors.
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