My third son received his first prayer book last week, and I made him a cover for it that was presented to him together with his new book.
I made it out of blue velvet, cotton, corduroy, and satin. It is a "tree of life", a symbol special in the Jewish tradition, and dh and I wrote a blessing that will be laminated and added to the book sleeve.
These pictures show it almost finished. I beaded an olive branch for the dove to hold (made out of material left over from my wedding dress), and embroidered his name in Hebrew on the cover. I will save the cover and make a wall hanging for him and his bride when the time comes, and embroider her name on the other side.
This was my first time doing applique, and I really enjoyed myself. I'll be better about using double sided fusible next time to avoid the bunching up that I found happened without it.
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Front cover (Hebrew is read from right to left, so the book opens "backwards"
I made it out of blue velvet, cotton, corduroy, and satin. It is a "tree of life", a symbol special in the Jewish tradition, and dh and I wrote a blessing that will be laminated and added to the book sleeve.
These pictures show it almost finished. I beaded an olive branch for the dove to hold (made out of material left over from my wedding dress), and embroidered his name in Hebrew on the cover. I will save the cover and make a wall hanging for him and his bride when the time comes, and embroider her name on the other side.
This was my first time doing applique, and I really enjoyed myself. I'll be better about using double sided fusible next time to avoid the bunching up that I found happened without it.
Flat
Front cover (Hebrew is read from right to left, so the book opens "backwards"