The start of another lap book
My mother wasn't much of a cook. But somehow she managed to make some meals special. She had a table cloth that was used so much it had to be patched. I now have that patched and worn table cloth. I don't use it on my own table but I have cut it up to use in my art. I have used it my crazy quilting and now I am using it in my lap book. There's that theme of redemption in my work showing up again. I want to use the good parts to make something beautiful. I have a certain fondness for the old and worn. I always have had. Even as a child my heart went out to objects, pets, and people that seemed to need my love. I covered the book with a piece of the table cloth and added a few more pieces of fabric. I will add more collage components to this eventually. I cut up a pretty pink napkin that I found at a thrift store. It is the same style as the table cloth but seems like it was never used. I am leaving the tattered edges of the table cloth to show. It makes it al