Module 3 chapter 9

Extending the page.

I was sitting at my daughters one evening with nothing to do so I decided to make a start on this chapter.  I had been reading a very tatty copy of 'Testament of Youth' which I had got from a charity stall and as it wasn't in any state to pass on again, I tore out three pages and with some scrounged sewing thread from my daughter I joined them together.  Of course, you can't read them now as they don't follow on but I quite liked the effect and it is something to remember for the future.

In view of the content of the book the flowers are meant to be poppies and the black lines are barbed wire.

As I only have one page left in my sketchbook, I decided to make one long piece of work which I will add into the book when I have finished all the writing and notes I want to do.

The first half reads as follows:
Staples in a zig zag pattern.
Running stitch in cotton pearle.
French knots in cotton pearle
Plain machine stitching
Punched holes fastened with bows of cotton pearle
Safety pins
Machine stitched pattern

The second half starts with:
Large single stitches in cotton pearle
A plain seam done in back stitch with cotton pearle
Large cross stitches in cotton pearle
Fine wire with beads threaded on
Three strands of mixed threads stitched through punched holes
Small cross stitches in a polyester thread

All joined together I thought this made an interesting piece.

I don't have much in the way of metal fastenings or trimmings so I hope the use of stitching is OK.
The papers I have used vary from magazine to hand made, kitchen towel, paper bags, wrapping paper, newspaper and pleated tissue paper to make it strong enough to hold the stitches.
You have to be careful when joining pages together to make sure that it is right for both sides of the page, which is where I start for the next chapter.