Juliet's little book of love, destined for Romeo

A book to kiss by.

Stall number 82

Blue, blue

A wrap-around hold me book...

Leather, lace, and pearl frou-frou?

Or industrious family organiser?

And three more. Maybe four. Possibly five. Would love to stitch the sixth. Made for sketching, note-making, collecting.

Pinks, reds, gold

Colours, textures, treatments, thickness, choices...

And that's sometimes where I start. But mostly, with the story of you.

Which path will you take?

Keepsake book of three parts; for writing, collecting, drawing. Stitched together with stories of the choices we make, the tracks we follow, and the paths we leave for another time. Coiled wood, tendrils of leather binds, and handmade papers.

Notebook to accompany your favourite book?

Here, The Queen's Conjuror: The Life and Magic of Dr. Dee by Benjamin Woolley.

Part precision, part magical curiosity; all desirable. The three-part unfolding nature of this book; double front cover in black leather with hiding place; black and white papers, speckled grey on a handmade deckle edge; secret pockets, nets and hidden places; the crinkling sound of crumpling tissue, the pentangle with the black chain; a strange reflecting seeing, the little transparent bag filled with stars, and the odd manner in which one hanging thread seeks the cover.

Incantation included.

Tell me your favourite book, and I make your personal notebook to match.

Touch me feel me textiles

Anatomy, dissection, and your muscular skeleton

How much am I loving making this set? How MUCH? To the ends of the earth and lose the measure, that's how much.

Bird beautiful

Trapped on the outside, freed on the inside.

Jamaican heritage

The colours red, green, yellow against black; a thread running through the story; the letter M like a regular pattern, pulsing through the pages, softly embedded in layers. Throughout, envelopes, frames, secret places to hold papers, memorabilia, and a letter to the future. Cover is black suede. The leaves rattle, pleasingly, and you could imagine their chimes are a-calling you.

or...

a personal book made for extended writing; inspired by the idea that your family culture passes through a mother's language, on through the years. Hence layers, wraps, unfoldings. Soft black leather, anonymous on the outside, opens to reveal warm felt colours, rich red, yellow, green. Leaves can be tied inside, or left to dangle on the outside. (Showy me prefers dangly.)