Sewing Scrapbook Style

I started sewing when I was in the sixth grade and by the time I was in High School I made almost all my clothes. I scrapped for years before I thought about combining the two hobbies and since then I have I have had so much fun.

For the purposes of this article I will concentrate on hand sewing. There are so many different stitches and ways to use stitching on your pages. You can use anything for a pattern for your pages, a ruler or some of the templates that Crafter’s Workshop makes. You can actually use any design you want. A coloring book page is a great recourse for children’s designs. Place your pattern over your page where you want it. If you are using a template, use a pencil and draw the design, remove the template, then use your piercer to pierce holes evenly spaced along the lines. Stitch up through one hole and down through the next one. I usually erase the lines before I sew unless I’m backstitching where it won’t show. To back stitch you come up through one hole, go down through the hole previous, then come up through the following hole - then go down through the hole you just came up through. If you get on line and put hand stitching into google you can come up with illustrated examples of hand stitching you can use on your pages.

On Kim’s layout she has used a running stitch to create a frame around her photo. It creates an eye catching frame. Summer created her page using a backstitch which made a solid line down her page. The sewn line stands out so much more than just a drawn line.	To see Kim's layout with product listing click here.
Alissa used stitching to stitch down her foam embellishments. Adds just the right touch to make her page unique.	To see Alissa's layout with product listing click here.
On mine I have used a combination of running stitches and french knots (where you wrap the thread around your needles twice and put it back through the same hole).	To see Debbie's layout with product listing click here.
On the layout, God’s Gift’s I actually used the patterned paper that already had pre-printed stitched lined and just pierced holes and stitched. You can adapt sewing any way you want to to create a unique and different page.	To see Debbie's layout with product listing click here.
On Summer's Mini Golf layout, she uses stiching to help frame the focal point of her layout and fill in the white space and add more balance.	To see Summer's layout with product listing click here.