I embroidered the (open) spine. Here is a tip: don’t use thick velvet upholstery fabric while also trying to keep your embroidery tidy - you will fail:
As with the few others I created, I did a video flip through. This one got kind of long (15-minutes) as I did some explanation this time. Here is the link.
All the details. You can tell this was a labor of love. The texture on the front and those mushrooms are spectacular. The binding is incredible. Love the tone that it sets. Absolutely lovely.
Thank you everyone for your kind feedback! I really enjoyed working on this - despite that I had a general lack of enthusiasm for doing anything crafty at all. You are all so encouraging and sweet!
Did you make to polymer clay features separately and then glue them on to the cover?
Yes indeed. I just got the polymer bits all ready and actually assembled the book entirely before gluing them on. I didn’t want the extra weight or the 3D-edness of it all to make it hard to work on the construction, so saved that for the very last step.
