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I should have published this post at the end of May, Sorry ...better late than never!
For some reason I got carried away on a Beatrix Potter theme
during the month of May. I couldn’t
think of a story that included bunting, but I did find this - the frontispiece
from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies - first edition (1909). This presentation
book was inscribed by Potter with: "for Lizzie Airey from Miss Potter
Third book about the rabbits - April 27. 12". (just over 100 years ago). Sounds like a good reason to celebrate with
some bunting!
I used the same patchwork print fabric as for 2 of my other May tags,
stitched onto buckram, then stuck on the inscription. Made bunting from pink satin stitched onto
pink thread, with pink ric-rac for a tie.
From
the beginning of Tag Tuesday I have been making a stitched book to
keep my tags together. I wanted a
flexible design to allow for tags of different sizes; also some are much
thicker
than others; some will not fit in a book at all. My gardening tags are
at the allotment, so I have stuck in a photo. Each double page has a
folded pocket at the
bottom and is stitched on one side to the previous page. The book
measures 10” square and is made to
fit a cardboard craft box. The box is
big enough for one more month, then I will start another book for July
to December.
Jane xx
All your tags are so vEry pretty! And I really like the idea you came up with for storing them. I have yet to collate mine in any way, they are currently stuck on the edge of a shelve with blue tack. Although it's nice to see them all the time, they are beginning to bend a little in the middle, so I'd best move along and do something with them before my work is for naught and they get ruined. I MUst make time to do that, sOOn!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your work it is a pleasure to see :0)