"Thanks Judy for the comments, boy i need to get on the site more often.I put in some recipes, pastry making ones she wanted. then there are spaces and pockets and flaps for more she can add later. I made the first one for my nieces wedding shower,…"

"What a great idea Irene! Do you have any recipes in it yet? or is that Natalies job? Yes there can be a lesson in that one, cutting up a discarded work, reusing for a quite different purpose. I have sooo much collected 'stuff' I keep to…"

"beautiful!"

"Congratulations! what a feat!"

"my first attempt at art quilting"

"robin hoods bay watercolor"

"My altered book published in PAGES magazine Nov 2011 in book stores now.Lots of ideas for making altered books."

"Recipe book, an altered book for storing recipes in the folds and pockets. Hand made paper cover, lumiere paints and a cartoon sketch of my daughter.Yes, she definately would bake in false eyelashes!"

"the iside of the recipe book I made for my daughter.This is made from a discarded water color painting, sometimes the abandoned painting look better when they are recycled."

"I just finished this pillow. I did a painting of Frida Kahlo, and transferred it to fabric. I then appliqued  and thread painted it to a background of hand dyed cotton . I loved the way the fabric color went from green (the garden) to Blue…"

"thank you Jenny, the main body of the cover is rice paper i altered with acrylic paints and silk waste which has lovely colors, I used Lumiere paint too."

"Yes, I made for my niece's shower, the theme was 'recipes' so I made an altered book with lots of pockets and flaps to hold all the recipes. It went down a storm! everyone thought it was very unique and the couple loved it.  "

"This looks good, does it have loads of recipes inside?!"

"Very nice, love the colours."