Altered Book: Stitching Photos

“Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.”
― Lemony Snicket

 

A pair of pages from the noticing journal {altered hardback turned journal} with golden airbrush acrylics, fluid acrylics, a moo stamp, photographs from the pogo printer, washi tape. I stitched two photos at once, using a sewing machine needle and embroidery floss. This DMC floss has a metallic sheen, very pretty. This is not the recommended route! It was the only needle i could find without going upstairs and i paid for my laziness by working in the strangest way... the eye is at the almost tip, and the back of the needle is square! 

Comments

[Carol]

Your needle challenge makes me smile . . . fortunately or not- I think I have needles in every room- this is not really a good thing . . . .a project house I live in. Also have resistors, LEDs and transistors for sons creative interests in most rooms . . . . Happy Spring to You!

[Cindy R]

Looks like a sewing machine needle -- pretty hard to use by hand! But your stitching came out just fine.

[iamrushmore]

the photos you take for your blog posts are always so stunning. "Improve photography skills" is in my creative queue, but I think it's way down at the bottom.

[gem]

Really like the idea of handstitching in the journal (though, hehe not with a machine needle) so far I've only done machine stitching and glued the pieces in. @iamrushmore - doesn't have to be at the bottom, or a major undertaking - just take more pictures! Practice makes ... better ;-)

xox gem