Fabric paper: could the end be near?

This will be my final page of fabric paper.  I suspect you are tired of seeing these, but they take forever to dry.

Just as I did with the last three pages, I chose some beautiful tissues, both decorative and plain, along with dress pattern tissues.  I paired them with this ugly fabric I purchased one year in a thrift store.  I'm always looking for ways to use this ugly fabric, and this is a perfect way, since the large leaf pattern is mostly covered with the tissue.

Once dry, it was time to trim the fabric paper.

Next, I sewed the three sheets of fabric paper I have made over the past several days.  Soon I will adhere the pages back to back using Wonder Under (also known as Pellon, a bonding agent that is heat activated-think dry glue for fabric), then the fun part will come: decorating these pages.

Today is Day 12 of 22 and I made my final sheet of fabric paper for this book, incorporating gifted and formerly used decorative and dress makers tissues.  I then sewed the edges of each of the papers.  Thank you for visiting.  I am truly grateful for your visit.

These photos were taken on Wednesday afternoon, and they made me smile, so I'm going to share them with Annie (at A Stitch in Time) and the gang at Friday Smiles.

When I returned home from my afternoon session treating my neighbor's cat while she's on vacation, I was overtaken with joy at how beautiful all the tulips in my yard were.  Every one had bloomed.

Even my rose bush, chopped nearly to the ground last year by a well intentioned master gardener, is making a comeback.

Bits of yellow and red

have sprung up all over a yard that already needs to be mowed.  Awe, the joys of home ownership.

This probably as much as the beauty of the tulips, made me happy.  These are Lilies of the Valley that were nearly choked out by overpowering vinca vines I ripped out in this area last year.

So what happens when you get a hard freeze overnight? 

Apparently, the tulips know how to survive.

They close and turn their "heads" away from the north wind.

That's what I did today, too, as the wind raged from the north and temperatures dropped over 40 degrees (from 86 F Wednesday to 42 F Thursday).

These hadn't even bloomed on Wednesday and now they are fighting to stay alive!

For those of you who know flowers, can you tell me what those tiny purple ones are?  They were a surprise to me and I'd love to know what to call them.

Thanks again for your continued support, and I hope to see you at Friday Smiles today, too.