Ascertain that all the kettle stitches are firm and tight, but slightly flexible at the same time so that the book can easily be opened up later on as shown in figure 58. Cut the thread to be longer than instructed if you worry you will run out of thread or have more excess at the end to make tying a knot easier, but the twice the length should be enough to work with. Take both of the loose ends in your hand and pull them to tighten the knot as illustrated in figure 61. I’ve been making cloth dolls for years but lately I’ve been feeling the need to try something different.

If you knot the threads near the next hole, it would probably create an obstacle in sewing, and becoming jammed, would just loosen the work you have done so far. When all the signatures have been sewn together, there is often a tendency of the threads loosening up and the book gaping open, particularly at the first two and the last two signatures.Now tie up the end of this thread to another piece that is also 30 inch long; secure the two pieces with a tight square knot that should be close to the hole from which you just brought the needle out as demonstrated in figure 60.

The Take it Further Fiber Book is my first fiber book ever and this is how I went about making the book. Once a sizeable number of ‘pages’ have been completed they are cut and seperated leaving a small seam allowance of about a quarter inch or so on all four sides beyond the blanket stitch. If you find your page is too floppy then you could slip pieces of card paper into the pockets if you want a stiffer page.

This project will stretch me in new areas, unsure where and what type of material I will find for the pages but finding that will exciting and inspiring too. Pass the needle through the top hole for the kettlestitch and in the manner described above, sew the signatures over the tape. His experiments continued, filling the castle with creations so fabulously monstrous that Stitch Head was long forgotten. I need to slow down, and 15 minutes will be peaceful rather than pressuring myself to do as much as possible til my hands hurt.