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Monday, March 28, 2011

Jacobean Paper Embroidery

All the work I do with books, leaves me with lots of paper print offcuts.  I am fascintated with the different fonts and colours of the book pages and the way they age differently.
I have a serious collection of vintage craft books too, and so I used a Jacobean embroidery pattern as the basis for creating this poster.
The paper comes from vintage magazines and books.  I love the gentle faded hues!

10 comments:

  1. Genevieve28 March, 2011 07:37

    These are incredible Denise!!!!!

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  2. Hey Cherry28 March, 2011 07:45

    These are gorgeous! Can't wait to see them in person.

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  3. Jesse28 March, 2011 07:58

    That's beautiful!

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  4. Denise Kiggan28 March, 2011 09:01

    Thanks so much! I really enjoyed putting this together.

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  5. Unknown28 March, 2011 10:58

    Wow ! Denise that is beautiful.You must frame them.You could even deco your frame with paper.***

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  6. teresaS28 March, 2011 16:24

    Seriously? I am in AWE! I love vintage paper and have a lot on hand myself, but I have never seen anything as lovely as this! You are so talented!! It would be fun to try this but I guarantee I could never get close to this !! thanks for sharing!

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  7. ann28 March, 2011 20:02

    o that is so beautiful!!

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  8. girl02 April, 2011 15:43

    Just gorgeous! Thanks.

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  9. Jess09 April, 2011 03:38

    I love these! Your creativity just keeps flowing...

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  10. Keri29 May, 2011 17:04

    This is really lovely - thank you for sharing

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