....but I prefer reading. I decided that I liked this quote by Logan Pearsall Smith so much that I needed to put it on a headband. For the basic background I used
this tutorial from Sew, Mama, Sew! I just used scrap fabric I had lying around--some muslin and leftovers from a dress I made.
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| The blank canvas |
Then I cut up rectangles from other scraps--fabric from old projects, old clothes, etc and ironed these on to some fusible interfacing.
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| Always keep some interfacing on hand--you never know when you'll run into a robot |
Next I cut the pieces into more book-spine shaped rectangles, going back and trimming them until I felt I had a nice variety. I peeled the backing of the interfacing off and arranged them in a way that looked like a stack of books (hopefully). When I was satisfied with the way everything looked, I ironed them onto the headband.
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| I had plenty of models of book stacks to reference around my apt |
Even though I already fused them on, I sewed them on around the edges using a running stitch in contrasting thread to make the outlines of each book pop.
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| That's right--I did it for aesthetics, not because I'm paranoid and wanted them extra attached |
All that was left was for me to add the words of the quote using embroidery floss. I typed it up for reference using a decorative font because I didn't want it to be immediately obvious what the quote was. I was going for a certain look more than anything else. I probably should have written the quote on using some sort of fabric pen first and embroidered over it but instead I decided to free-hand it. Because apparently I like driving myself crazy by having to embroider, rip out, and re-embroider things.
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| Perhaps I would prefer life to reading if I didn't always insist on making life so difficult for myself |
Voila: the finished product!
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| A precarious book stack proclaiming a precarious philosophy |
...and a shot of how it looks like on me to wrap things up.
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| People say that designer labels are the thing, but I prefer DIY |
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