sunday at home

the sweetest little pink flowered strawberry plant 

complete with 3 berries and more to come.

I did all my running around on Saturday 

so I could stay home and work on Sunday

First, I bound 25 signatures in another coptic book.

Orange endpapers and thread with a finished thickness of 1 3/4".

My ever watchful assistant was fascinated by the thread as I sewed.

Then wound three skeins of un-dyed merino wool, each weighing 2 lb.

An hour simmer in the mordant bath and then a rinse and dry in the shower.

Tomorrow I will boil the daffodil flowers and then steep the dye overnight.

Hopefully the yarn will be dyed on Tuesday night!

Whew!

And I also finished one sleeve of my sweater, only one more to go.

I hope everyone had a great weekend too.

bookbinding at work

Today it was my turn to do an in store-demo at work.

I always do a bookmaking project; this time it was coptic binding.

The signatures were made from some rag paper greeting cards that we sell.

It was a quick way to make a text block and worked well.

I love the combination of the linen cloth with the lilac endpapers and thread.

The endpaper is handmade and unfortunately the book board

shows through a bit, but no one seemed to mind.

Covering the board with a white insert would fix that problem.

I have some leftover materials so maybe I'll make a few more this weekend.

It felt good to make books again but now I'm exhausted!