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I've just made this this morning - I know it's very simple, but I'm happy with it. I bought a cheap (very cheap! £1!) photo album to keep photos of Rebecca, my new granddaughter, in; the red plastic cover wasn't very inspiring so I decided to make an embroidered book jacket and this is the result.
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Nice, dianned, I like the monogram. I have made a couple with the text 'grandma's pride' for friends of mine who became a grandmother. They love them.
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How beautiful it is. I see it is mostly at the top, there is room for her birth details below it, since it is about her lifes journey. What better place to start, but from the beginning. It is only an idea, I love it.
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<Grin> I'm afraid I won't be adding any more embroidery to it, if you'd seen my efforts at book-binding you'd know why! It's not a loose cover, I've actually re-bound the book and also added a removable plastic cover too, to keep it clean. (I took the cover off for the photo as it was reflecting light.)
Clever you. In bookbinding I always use an iron-on stabiliser (the dressmaking variety) at the back. Makes the material better to handle.
I didn't think of that, I just pulled it very tight and stuck it with double-sided tape on the inside of the book covers then stuck a piece of paper over it to cover and seal the edges. I remembered how to do a book cover from my schooldays (way-back-when!) when we had to cover all our exercise books with wallpaper at the beginning of every term!
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Dianne you've done a really good job of this, and what a lovely way to brag about your beautiful granddaughter, a flower for you.
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It looks great. A lovely idea. Please open the book and take a photo of the inner of the cover. I would very much like to see how you fastend it, it looks so nice and smooth. (Everybody please forgive me, when I use funny words.)
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Exellent use the the floral monogram. What a great way to show off you granddaughter.
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Yes!
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it's a great idea for a gift and moves imagination for a series
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Very pretty, I'm sure you will soon fill it with photographs.
This idea would adapt nicely to a covered knitting file cover using an ordinary A4 file, or a diary cover.
Happy embroidering
Margaret
This idea would adapt nicely to a covered knitting file cover using an ordinary A4 file, or a diary cover.
Happy embroidering
Margaret
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smithandsmith
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very cute jacket and a great way to show off Bebecca :)
hugs Lee
hugs Lee
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That just is pretty!!!! Yearnings of you Dianne! You walk vanished...
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It is very pretty! Much nicer than the covers on those books! Go ahead and brag!
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Dianne, it is so nice to be a grandma and all the hugs that go with it.....love this...enjoy...Sally
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Very nice, and I really like the design. Thanks for sharing with us. Flowers for you and everyone.
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