Handmade Book: On The Rebound

I have "rebound" my handmade book into a repurposed hardcover from

a "gutted" book.  (See post before last for "before" photos.)

The pages are a tad oversized for the cover on purpose!

I like the look of a handmade book with overflowing pages.

I still need to paint  or do something with the linen cover that is 

a sort of  yellowish green, but that will come in due time.

The pages are a series of hand painted or "blotted" papers, 

all machine stitched. Some of the pages are finished I think,

but some have lots of white space for journaling,

sketching or scrawling.

This is the first page. The binding is apparent at the center of the book.

I also finished binding the little book from studio covers that 

I talked about in the "Handmade Books: In Process" post.

I sewed in a library book pocket into each one with a 

Borrowers Card  inside each of them. I still don't have

plans for the artwork/embellishment, something literary 

seems forthcoming!