Scrap Happy Stitched Book Pages (March)
Hearts
I have been working on a stitched book project – working for 15 minutes a day, and for a total of five days per page, I will end up with a 20 page sewn book. All the fabrics and the sewing threads used in my book are scraps, and I am using cooky cutter silhouettes on each page. This is page seven – I used two sizes of heart-shaped cutters to make…
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Thieves
…giant delicious Strawberries!
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Scalloped Circle
I use this cooky cutter shape to make Christmas pepparkakor.
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Garden
Page eight, a garden scene…with an embroidered linen doily and scrap of petit point from my grandmother’s stash.
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Fishes
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Under water
Page nine – fish in the sea, using my favourite big salmon-shaped cooky cutter along with a little smolt-shaped one.
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Tree
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Moonlight
Page ten – my favourite tree cooky-cutter! This marks half way through the project, fifty days worth of stitching! I am really enjoying the whole project, and using up scraps of this and that. On this page I used a little circle of needle lace from my grandmother’s stash to represent the full moon, and some mirrored purple silk from Lady Frances’s stash. I repositioned all the mirrors but one, so they would not end up in the seam allowances… that took up a lot of stitching time, so this page may appear pretty simple compared to some of the others.
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4 pointed Star
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Magic
Compass stars. This page is the eleventh one stitched (out of 20) but it is destined to become the front cover…thanks to my friend Going Batty in Wales (link at Sue L. below) for the crochet lace on this page!
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Gingerbread person
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The end
The twelfth page (out of 20), after three days of stitching. I have to finish stitching down the corner flowers, and because it is for the back cover, I will add my initials and 2026. Thanks to an anonymous Hitty friend for the little scrap of Broderie Anglaise from her mother’s stash – doesn’t it make great hair!?
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Favourites 2
Everyone has their favourite page so far…and eight more pages to sew!
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Click Here for a link to the Ann Wood blog that describes the stitched book project. Thanks to Onesmallstitch (link at Jean below) for the inspiration and encouragement to try one this year!
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ScrapHappy is a group of bloggers (links below) who post monthly about using up scraps! All genuine scraps are allowed, and any material. Blog posts are published on the 15th of the month – I really love to see what people are doing with bits and pieces saved from the scrap heaps! If you think you’d like to join the group, contact Kate at the first link below:
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Quimper Hittys 
These pages are wonderful. I so wish I could be as creative and dedicated to blogging as you!
Thank you, as always, for all you share here.
J x
You are welcome! We have really been enjoying this stitched book project – using up so many lovely scraps. I have been a little slow with the blog recently but I do try and persist!
Those pages are lovely. I have never seen a fish cookie cutter before! I am very proud that my lace will be on the cover!
The big fish cooky cutter is one of my grandmother’s old ones – and one of my favourite! Your lace is just perfect for the front cover – eye-catching and made by a friend!
I love seeing these! 💖
Thanks so much, I really like making them!
I do love these. Can’t pick a favourite yet 😉
My favourite is usually the one that I am working on, but I have many Hittys (and cats) with opinions! Did you notice Perdita is wearing her little gardening trowel on a lanyard?
I did, but don’t like to mention it 😂 💜
Love seeing all these. Have I mentioned Gemma, aka The Sewing Songbird and her incredible embroidery before? https://www.instagram.com/the_sewing_songbird?igsh=aDVyaHoxdDhoN3lw
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Looks like you’re having a lot of fun with this project! Keep going!
I am having fun! I can’t quite believe I have passed the half-way point already, but I have no desire to slow down yet!
your pages are all beautiful..i am partial to the fancy cover page but hard to pick a favorite. Looking forward to the remaining pages.
Thanks so much, we really are enjoying this project and sharing it with you!
as you know, I love the cookie cutter theme. Also that you have stitched a one word “title” on some of them and is that a William Morris scrap? Your grandmother would be delighted.
The Strawberry thief is William Morris, a scrap of Liberty Lawn…both on the strawberry page, and rose’s dress. We had a couple of scraps!
So exciting, this project is great and beautiful. Thank you dear Hitty Lady, Have a nice day, Love, nia
Thank you so very much! I really like this little project – a short time every day is very do-able and enjoyable, and I love the way it is all coming together.
You’ve created many delightful pages for your stitched book, and it looks like good fun coming up with ideas before relaxing into calming stitching. I’m glad a few favorites have surfaced. I think they’re all delightful.
Thanks so much. I like all the pages too, and you are right about relaxing into the calmness of the actual stitching. The pages are getting to be quite a stack!
What a “novel” idea! Love your scrappiness!
Novel idea, hahaha! I love it too, and feel so lucky to have all these interesting bits and pieces to feature in the pages!
What an absolutely delightful project! Wish I had your stitching talent and imagination. I’m working on a book of my own–a middle-grade novel about a little wooden doll made from American Chestnut (doll carved by Elaine McNally) and the girl who discovers her in her grandmother’s attic.
Oh what a lovely story-writing project…I wish I had your way with words, and hope I will be able to read about the chestnut doll someday! My doll Tephra is made of Chestnut – she hopes to read it too!
P.S. My favorite page so far is the “MAGIC” one with the stars. Magickal, indeed!
I love that one too! I hoped the word would lure people into opening up the book and give them a sense of whimsy ❤
Wonderful stitch book and I like that you dedicate a specific amount of time to it each day! Love the use of cookie cutters in your design and incorporating some of your grandmother’s fabric!
It is a great project for me – I have really been enjoying stitching each page and now the sense of it all coming together. I really love using the bits and pieces of old fabrics and the old (and new) cooky cutters!