The most important thing I learned with the Pirate Poem, is that HOW it is going to be assembled is one of those things that need to be thought out before all the pages are finished.With Moon Song I started with organizing the entire 12, well actually 13, pages before I started beading.
*13 round pages for fronts.
*13 round pages for backs.
*12 full moons.
* 65 moons for the moon phases on the backs...don't laugh:)
* 26 edges
and so on....
and on....
Edge pieces...Let me explain.Having run into such a royal pain getting the Pirate Book put together ( mind you, a square , flat book), I decided that a round book, with graded depth to the pages (like diaramas) was what I needed in my life.
Edge pieces on their way to completion. When the book is bound it will also be round, or crescent shaped, with fairy writing on top.
Example of the flat front with beading started.
Here's the full page unassembled.*Flat beaded front.
*Moon phase back.
*Landscape piece.
*front and back edge pieces.
Sewing the landscape onto the finished edge piece. I have not been consistant with the order I have been assembling the pieces, and have had to rip out and start over. I jump around alot from page to page and don't always pay attention , though I must say this one is much more a journal than last years book.
Sewing the front and backs of the edging together.
4 of the 5 pieces sewn together.
Basic completed page. This is Pink Moon, which is April's moon. Which I started in April last year, but I didnt start JOURNALING till July, so that's where my journal starts, and this page is still sitting as is waiting for me to get up to it. I am close to start posting finished pages , starting with July soon....Keep in mind the last post was in June...I promise to try and stay with it:)
