Lay the reverse of a written postcard at an angle. Hand stitch a large pearl button at the bottom-left. Attach lace across the top and sew on a poppy, poppy bud and bright fabric scrap. On the left side of the pins, stitch an old photograph at an angle. Trim script fabric, 20cm x 30cm, and mark the middle with pins. Finish the page with a scrap of old lace to the top right of the postcard and a large blue button to the poppy centre. Sew ribbon across the bottom, then back a poppy with interfacing and stitch it to the bottom left of the postcard. On the left side of the pins, hand or machine stitch an old postcard at an angle. Add a number 11 as well as small pieces of fabric and lace. Back a fabric poppy with interfacing and sew it to the top right of the page. On the right-hand side, stitch a rectangle of map print fabric to the bottom half. To make the additional pages, cut a rectangle of pale blue print, 20cm x 30cm, slightly smaller than before, and mark the middle with pins. Sew a central line down the middle to form the spine of the book. Trim excess fabric from the edge, almost up to the stitching line. Now machine stitch all the way around, 1cm in from the edge, three times to make sure you don’t stitch across the ribbon closures. Position the pages you have just finished, right side up onto the wadding and pin in place all around the edges. Take the finished front and back cover and lay it wadding side up. Add a pearl button under the embroidery for detail. Arrange as shown and sew lines of machine stitching in red. Cut three fabric scraps, a small snippet of lace and a section of embroidery from a piece of table linen. On the right-hand side of the pins, cut an old ticket or coupon from printed fabric and lay it across the back of a postcard. Stamp your relative's name onto a length of cotton trim and fix down the side of the photograph. Add small fabric scraps and a poppy for interest. Place a vintage photograph on the left, lay short lengths of cotton lace across three corners and stitch in place. Trim blue fabric the same size and mark the middle with pins. Cut two 25cm lengths of ribbon, then stitch one on each side of the cover so they meet when you close the book. Stamp ‘remember’ in black ink on the back cover and ‘never forget’ on the front. At the left-hand side of the pins, stitch a rectangle of script printed fabric with a scrap of lace. Pin in place before machine or hand stitching through the wadding. Arrange the cut pieces on the right-hand side of the pins this will be the front of your book. Take wadding the same size and lay the book front on top, right side up. Trim a piece of script print fabric, a number 11 and a short length of old lace. Cut out two poppy heads from the printed fabric and back with iron-on interfacing. Fold it in half and mark the middle with a line of pins this will become the front and back of your book, so choose a piece that has some nice embroidery on it. Trim an old embroidered table cloth to 21cm x 31cm.
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