T Stands for Tuesday and First Fabric Pages Completed

  T Stands for Tuesday is where we share a drink related post with friends. You are most welcome to join us with our hostess Bleubeard and Elizabeth. Find the link in my right hand column.

  I want to thank all of you that answered my question about glues to use with my rubber-wood stamps.  Looking my stamps over again I am thinking they used the sticky papers to attach but then might never had used the stamps and sat a long time. Don't know if that is why they are coming apart or not.
   I have always had wooden-rubber stamps that are already glued down more permanately.
     I started using a second set of stamps and they are doing the same thing-sigh I have never had this happen before--I have rubber cement glue on hand already so I am going to try that first. I did take notes on your other suggestions too.

   Sunday morning:     I have a finish with my opening page and my January pages for my 2018 Fiber Art Journal. 
     This past week I have taken things apart, and have done several stampings. I now know that synthetic fabrics causes the ink to really run. I got around it a little bit by stamping very very lightly. 
   The synthetic ribbons I had purchased really spread with out being super careful. I also coffee dyed a vintage package of polyester tape for use in sewing. That also ran with out being very light on the stamps.

   I brewed a very strong pot of hub's coffee brought it to a simmer in the pot and let the tape soak in the coffee "dye" bath overnight. I took out the tape and hung to dry-no rinsing.

(All photos will enlarge just click on them)

I forgot to take a photo of my first attempt when the ink really spread-the bottom tape was stamped on the coffee dyed tape-I tossed that piece.
   Cotton fabric though will stamp nicely without running

Here are some photos:

I used cotton fabric-the same that is under the handmade corn husk paper-to stamp January

I did add the date to the wolf moon but I used yellow wool thread so it would not take away from the wolf stamp
  I used a chain stitch around the vintage yellow silk fabric-that turned out so so I didn't want to take that apart again.
  And the quote "Excuse me but we need more corn" came from our CJ Kennedy in a post reply-I had to use it as it just fit so perfectly. (yes she gave me permission)

I really wanted to add in a Muscovy duck to this page as they still visit us every day-actually the pair arrives early in the morning, eat a little from the left over corn from the day before, sleep by my computer desk window, and then eat again in late afternoon and fly off.   We are hoping they will stick around and nest here.
     I looked online for a stamp and only found one-it was too large and too expensive.  So I looked online for a coloring page and found this one. I printed it on vintage Eaton typing paper which is kinda cool it has texture and it has an emblem stamped into the middle of the paper. After printing it I took a black fine point sharpie and traced on top of the image.  (One of these days I will look into the right ink and figure out how to copy on to fabrics)

I sewed on this vintage beaded lace around the tree for snow. In my stash I found these snowflakes that I sewed on with wool thread.

I added the white puff paint around my Thinking of spring which was stamped on the coffee dyed tape This was my third attempt of stamping lightly. Still a little spreading of the letters but not as bad as before.

This is the opening page completed now with the wording

This is how the pages will be sewn together. The left side of opening page will be sewn to the cover piece. then the above page (which is on the right hand side)  will be sewn to the back of the left side of the January page-and then you continue on that way to finish.
   I want to thank Elizabeth again for helping me figure out how to sew this together. (my head just could not get a grasp on it)  I want to add the little beads to the edges too. I found a couple bags of seed beads in my stash.

    I already have some ideas in mind for February and will do something that happened this month too.
      I feel I am caught up now with this project. (smiles)  Today I will write down the materials and what I did for these pages, will do that for each month and then I think I will type up a page and add to a pocket at end of book.
   I am not sure if I need to add cotton batting between the pages or not. The blue wool is twice as thick as the plaid wool pages which will work out perfect alternating them. I will decide when I start sewing them together.  
     I have lots of the plaid wool left so I am thinking of cutting pieces to lay in between the month pages-to protect them from rubbing on each other-like my handmade papers or the puffy paint.


    This past week we changed our diets to eating our main meal at 2 pm I am really loving this allot. It works well since we are retired now. I also find myself snacking in the evenings Less now-which am happy but surprised about.  Eating fresh salads every day now too  Last week when I went food shopping I found really nice fresh veggies and fruits-they do not always have them as I only buy USA or Canada fresh produce.

   Yesterday I made a big pot of potato soup with leeks, ham, and mushrooms-sooo delicious. We will have that again today as I forgot to take out the baby back ribs last night to thaw.

The ducks come right up to me when I put out the corn-so I grabbed the camera-they are really fun

  For my drink I am sharing a bottle of wine I picked up at Aldi store. It is a dry red, I will finish it up tonight.
   Another hexi rosette almost finished.

Happy T Day everyone.
  Thank you so much for visiting