Making of a Mini Album - Page 7

I FINALLY got around to working on my sisters mini album again. I finished this page this morning. This page has a lot of things that have to do with sewing. My sister use to sew  ALOT. It was her hobby. But she has since not had time to sew like she use to. All she does now is work, work, work.

This page was actually page 4... the page with the double slider on it, but I took it apart very carefully and replaced it on another page. I wanted it on the page the double slider was on because the background paper was like a "quilt" pattern and I thought it would be perfect for the sewing page. If I had made a page theme for all my pages before I attached stuff, I would not be doing the ole switch-a-roo later LOL! Note to self... plan themes for pages before hand LOL!

I actually did not think of doing a sewing themed page in her mini album until my mom mentioned something about how my sister use to love to sew and how she had been sewing since she was a teenager making her own clothes. I just thought that it would be neat to have a page that was dedicated to something she loves.

Even though I was not working on my mini album, I was, however... doing a lot of research LOL! I did a lot of searching for graphics for this page and learned a lot about old sewing notions. On this page I made good use of my new printer! I downloaded and printed off a bunch of old sewing ads and notions scans.

So... on this page there is a "needle book" with a vintage Singer Sewing Machine ad on the front & some lace along the bottom. The "needle book" is actually an "album" that can hold 6 - 3X3 photos on the inside. I made the "needle book" using a card cut from A Child's Year. The "needle book" is held closed by the mini clothes pin to the left.

I made my own "vintage" sewing pattern by downloading a vintage sewing pattern in black & white and printing it on vellum and then taking Tea Dye distress ink all over the vellum to give it more of the tissue pattern affect.

I printed off some vintage ads for sewing and collaged them in the bottom left. I printed off a vintage button card and added some buttons to it for more dimension, and distressed inked the card to look worn. I then printed off a vintage thread label and distressed it and added a safety pin with a scissors charm to dangle from it. Then I thought... I need a dress form on this page some where! So, I found one and printed it on vellum and cut it out and added dimensional glue dots to make it stand out a little more.

I then decided to "pleat" my ribbon along the bottom of the page. The ribbon looks like a measuring tape. I found it at Big Lots for 75 cents a couple of weeks back. I wanted to add another sewing charm to the page, so I took a pearl headed straight pin and added a few glass beads and a sewing machine & key charms. Then I wove the straight pin thru the "pleated" ribbon.

I think I am actually done with this page. Minus the tag which will be going behind the "needle book". Yeah... I remembered to leave a side open for a tag this time LOL!

Thanks for looking!