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Bernie, the official portrait.
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I made another stencil book yesterday with the intention of sewing it on the machine. The background above is a left over scrap of the book. Well, I think I pushed my little Bernie to a point she wouldn't go---but what I did was rather stupid come to think of it but it didn't hurt her. She is a tough little thing. This top image was ---well, just sewn on to see what it would look like. I had written the quote the other day on a scrap. Looks ok.... I wouldn't frame it or anything but it's kinda interesting. It might look like it was just stuck on there with no cohesiveness or integration. So here is my new motto---"just because I can stitch it on doesn't mean that I should! "
I will take some pictures and blog the stencil book tomorrow.
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Here are the scraps left from the Random Rag book from yesterday. It's small and here are just a few of the pages.
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This is my favorite one. I think that I will save all my calligraphy scraps and even make some more to sew in books.
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...some little acrylic flowers in the pocket...not sewn shut this time...
Bernie and I are becoming fast friends. She has adapted to her new home quite well.