I was inspired by Mary Ann Moss and her Remains of the Day journals. She uses recycled paper and fabric of all kinds, and mixes it all up together. This process appealed to the recovering perfectionist in me, so last night I went into Guerrilla-Sewing-Mode. No Rules, no Thinking, Just Do It. It was a blast, but I really should not sew after 10pm. I brilliantly sewed the snap to the wrong side of the cover. Then, sewed it into the right position on the book, but upside down so it wouldn't snap. Then, I sewed it on and cleverly sewed the book shut at the same time. I am now the Queen of Unsewing.
This is the outside cover, all scraps, with fast messy free-motion stitching.
I started gluing and sewing things in it, and lots of the recycled papers that form the pages already have words and pictures. (This is why I've been saving all that stuff!)(Eureka!)
Guerrilla stitching, and a scrap of a colored pencil drawing I did in the last century. New motto: If it's loose, sew it down.
Attitudinal label covering the messy (but liberating) snap stitching. I start school tomorrow. I'm going to miss all the playtime I've had over the last month.
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