Petals Book

My Bricolage Petals Book is finished!

I just love it!

Caterina did such a great job

teaching me new techniques.

Please go see what other classes she is offering this summer.

http://caterinagiglio.blogspot.com/

I love flowers,

so when I had the chance to make an upcycled,

altered book, on the idea of the flower petal,

I jumped at the chance.

The photo above is on the front cover of my book.

I made the flower out of fabric

and silk flowers.

Then I added a little faux diamond bead for the center.

This page  has some hand stitching and a flower cut out.

It is raised for depth, which I love.

This page has a pressed flower,

that I found in one of my old journals from

my trip to Italy, a few years ago.

It also has some vintage lace,

and the whole thing is raised off the page.

You can also see the blanket stitch

that I put around this page.

Each page is collaged, stitched

and more...

creating a different flower(s) for each page.

There is a total of 8 pages (4 sections) in the book.

Just think, this went from a plain old catalog,

to something beautiful.

Thanks Cat!

Savor the Day!

Yvonne