MINI POCKET BOOK SWAP - Jan 2010

Super, thanks Tina and Joy.

Wow! What a lot of participants!!! It's great to see.

Helen??? Yay or Nay.

Gawd everyones joining in arent they.... makes me think i should join in! Starting to think I'm missing out now

go for it kate ,it might motivate you

Yes, come on Helen and Kt - make a fuller house for Lorraine's efforts on our behalf!!

kt_dragonfly wrote:Gawd everyones joining in arent they.... makes me think i should join in! Starting to think I'm missing out now

You will be missing out

You will be kicking yourself when you see all the pics KT.

I've got next Wednesday definitely so OK, sign me up.

Brill. Thanks, Helen.

ive done it!!! yay... will post when posted IYKWIM

ive done mine too and im really pleased with it

gonna go raid the craftshop for double sided paper so will give you my def. no or yes later on

I've finished mine and am really pleased with it.
This would be great to give little presents with photos in
to non crafters.

kt_dragonfly wrote:gonna go raid the craftshop for double sided paper so will give you my def. no or yes later on

Ha, ha. I asked earlier, but had posted in the wrong swap thread. Doh!!!!!

Ok I spent £3.50 on double sided papers so I guess I'd better join in

kt_dragonfly wrote:Ok I spent £3.50 on double sided papers so I guess I'd better join in

LOL, I reckon so!

I made a prototype last night; very straightforward. All I need to do now is put my 'idea' into practise.

Been sitting this afternoon looking at what papers I've got and trying to decide what to do. Thought about a theme but none of the papers will match so having to think again or adapt what I've already got!

I put mine into the post box this evening Lorraine, but it probably wont go anywhere until Monday now.

kt_dragonfly wrote:Ok I spent £3.50 on double sided papers so I guess I'd better join in

You don't HAVE to have double sided but I think it makes a nice contrast.
Glad you are joining in.

It would probably help if I wrote down the instructions!!!

im glad a practised on a piece of scrap paper ,i found its best to play around with paper with 2 different coloured sides iykwim.
first time round i read instruccies wrong ( skim reading again) and put tape in wrong corners .

Mine's complete and will be in the post in the morning.
Really enjoyed making this and the contents.

kimb wrote:im glad a practised on a piece of scrap paper ,i found its best to play around with paper with 2 different coloured sides iykwim.
first time round i read instruccies wrong ( skim reading again) and put tape in wrong corners .

I did that too Kim and I had the instructions up on the puter screen too and still did it wrong!

glad im not on my own then cath

You weren't the only ones to get it wrong at first. I didn't cut far
enough when you had to make that one cut and I got in a right pickle.
It's still a little book but with only half the number of pockets !!!!

i still managed to get the real one wrong but adapted it a little . I had not got both sides the same depth so trimmed the top to make it right .Think my centre crease was not quite centre . I did find though that not all 12 x 12's are the same length both ways , not true square so be careful of this .It also helps if you dont change from inches to cms part way through doing it .

You are dead right about 12 x 12 not being 12 x 12. A lot of one or two mm short.
It's been a bone of contention with me for years now.
That's why I folded my paper in half and folded from thereon rather than
measure.

Well, I'm glad you've all sussed it in the end, lol. I'll obviously let you know when they arrive.

Kate...excellent.

Steph wrote:You are dead right about 12 x 12 not being 12 x 12. A lot of one or two mm short.
It's been a bone of contention with me for years now.
That's why I folded my paper in half and folded from thereon rather than
measure.

ahahah a way round it then ,i shall do this in future cos i shall be doing some of these little beauties again. thanks for that .
I seem to remember you saying you had started in the centre, was it you ? it must have been . but you did not say why you had done it ,or i would have checked and possibly done it myself

Can't remember Kim - I just knew from past experiences that 12 x 12
isn't always so and when something like this has to be so accurate in measurements
otherwise nothing quite fits.
I will be making some more.

i find that the 12 x 12's with the strip across the top/bottom don't tend to be true square. suzy was complaining because she had some k&co and it wasn't exact. i think hotp was that way too at one time.

still working out my papers and design. but i'm sure about what i want to do.

i made a sample one and put the tape in the wrong place or folded it wrong, something like that but i don't remember which now. i know what i did, i put the tape on the wrong side. after reading the instructions again and looking closely at the picture i had the tape on the valley side and not mountain. i did find a video on youtube where she scores everything on the same side but everything else is the same.

i hope to have mine done by tuesday so i can post it then as i hope to start ww on tuesday. haven't decided if i want to spend the money.

anyway, i'm excited about doing this book and got the club excited thrusday night. i think we'll be doing that one week tina.