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Post by MTRuth on Mar 6, 2013 23:32:07 GMT
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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 6, 2013 23:38:02 GMT
the Italian and plaited insertion stiches look very complicated to do. I will have to go have a look at your blog. I haven't been reading my blogs lately.
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 6, 2013 23:50:11 GMT
The Italian is easier than the plaited and seems to be more functional for a book binding.
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Post by Karen on Mar 7, 2013 3:12:48 GMT
Very cool Ruth, i love the look of the Italian one !
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Post by koffipot on Mar 7, 2013 8:21:22 GMT
Lovely stitching Ruth, I prefer the Italian too.
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Post by zed on Mar 7, 2013 17:17:01 GMT
They look great, is it for doing pages?
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 7, 2013 18:26:08 GMT
Actually it was originally meant to put fancy pieces of fabric into clothing. So you are kind of "splicing" pieces of fabric together. The fancier stitches then made even more of a pattern and you could put a different colored fabric underneath to show through the slits behind the stitching. I am using it to make little book covers. I am still working out how I will put pages in between and how they will be attached. Have to study a couple of book binding techniques. I want to use this with hand made felt covers and paper signatures/pages.
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Post by jufergu on Mar 7, 2013 22:01:00 GMT
These stitches are so unique. I think they look so much better than using machine embroider stitches to join fabrics. Perfect for book covers. I will be interested to see how you put pages together.
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 8, 2013 0:13:56 GMT
Here is the one I did today. It was painful. See my blog for more details. PICT9987 by fiberruth, on Flickr This is the first part, double herringbone stitch. PICT9991 by fiberruth, on Flickr This is after it is interlaced. The entire stitch is called interlaced insertion stitch. Some of the others are much more simple to do. I think I'll stick with those.
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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 8, 2013 1:47:15 GMT
It does look very nice though. It might be nice to add a ribbon behind the stitching. inside the book.
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Post by Karen on Mar 8, 2013 4:33:43 GMT
It looks pretty amazing ruth, a lot of work
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 8, 2013 16:18:32 GMT
I think I might put a different color of felt or fabric behind the binding as part of the attachment of the paper pages. It would be a nice contrast and show off the stitching more. I'm still working that out.
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Post by koffipot on Mar 8, 2013 16:39:03 GMT
Looks very nice, you obviously have more patience than I do!
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 8, 2013 19:42:19 GMT
I was losing patience on this one!
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Post by jufergu on Mar 8, 2013 22:31:43 GMT
Wow, how intricate.
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