Sunday, December 12, 2021

Covering Up

As a mini side project I started working on making a cover for my next desk journal out of these cutter quilt pieces.

Book covers are a good way to use vintage textiles that are too old and fragile to withstand frequent laundering.

I also washed the top patchwork of the hidden quilt to see if any of it was still usable.

It was already shredded a bit, and very dirty, but the piece emerged from its bath looking and smelling a lot cleaner.

1 comment:

nightsmusic said...

It's hard to tell how big that patchwork is, but is there anything usable there?

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