Page for Theresa - Book Page Swap 2013

Here's the page I made for Theresa.
Theresa's theme is Travel or Travelling.

What a coincidence because I'm going to be away on a trip, hoping to spot the Big 5 in Tanzania and the blue waters of the Indian Ocean of the coast of Zanzibar. Can't tell you how excited I am, its my first trip to the African continent. Any tips? or advise on things I must do and see or avoid. I'm all ears,do tell.
 Its been a bit of a roller coaster ride getting things together for the trip especially getting a shot of the elusive yellow fever vaccine but I'm hoping It's All Smooth Sailing from now on!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Page for Susie - Book Page Swap 2013

This is a page I've created for Susie. Susie's theme is 'whatever makes the artist smile' and chocolate certainly makes me smile.

Page for Cobi - Book Page Swap 2013

This is the page I made for Cobi in the Netherlands. The theme - Funky Birds.

The Book of Leaves

The thirteen month swap which was The Story of the Traveling Pages has resulted in some amazing books and I've just completed creating my own - The Book of Leaves with contributions from ten women in the USA, the UK, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands and Greece who interpreted my theme - leaves and created unique, one of a kind fabric pages.

This is the cover for the book which I embroidered.
The inside of the cover has the name of the person, the country they are from and the month they created the page for me. The first page is from Kath Walls in Greece.
The last page in the book is from Juliette Coates in the UK and the inside of the back cover has a pocket which contains the letters and smaller cards each one sent me detailing the method and techniques used in the creation of the page.
Thank you Ruth for putting together this fantastic swap and to all the lovely ladies who got involved, persisted and made those pages while dealing with life and the curve balls life threw each of us in the past year.. The book of leaves is a precious addition to my little collection of fabric books.

Any interesting fibre/fabric swaps and challenges happening in cyberspace? I'd like to get involved because I haven't taken up anything this year.

Oh there's been some changes taking place here.

Flowers for Kath

Kath in Crete ( so totally exotic I must say) has received the page I made for her so I can reveal it here.

This is the last page I created in the 13 month long book page swap. I rose to the challenge and have completed my end of the bargain successfully. 13 pages made and sent out and all 13 received without mishap. Fell back on the commitement of a page a month a couple of times but there was also the opportunity to catch up.

I got my first page in the swap from Kath as a matter of fact, so we've come full circle.

I've begun work on the cover for my book of Leaves. I hope to have the book ready by the end of March.

Have a great weekend.