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Vintage textile scraps to use as linens for coverless books, trimming the edge of soft leather-bound, to make headbands, cover up stitching knots, a little colour behind holes in old materials… Learn More
Description
This little batch was made from what remains of dresses and dress pattern scraps found in abandoned houses!
I’ve taken to sorting wire baskets full of vintage scraps that I cannot throw away — more than 15 years of it! — into little bundles to accompany our Bookbinding Adventure videos.
I’ve used these scraps for years in my work. My first discovery was upon entering an abandoned house attic — closed since the 1950’s — that revealed so many treasures including old dresses, some included in our Scrap Bundles, and small, tied bundles of the smallest pattern leftovers for future mending — for many projects over the last few decades.
These old treasures are at the heart of our Of a Kind collections, but they also find their way into bookbinding projects. They can be used as linens for coverless books, trimming the edge of soft leather-bound, to make headbands, cover up stitching knots, a little colour behind holes in old materials…
Details
- Vintage fabric textile scraps