This fabric was in the same fat quarters bundle as the fabric I made the Japanese-bound books out of. I love purple, and I love butterflies, so I wanted to do something special with this book. Heather and I went back and forth for a bit on what size to make the book, and I decided to be adventurous and try to make a half-page book. That meant that we had to specifically cut out the larger covers and spine, and the cover guide had to be majorly adjusted. The hardest part about the process was the gluing, because I'm not used to having to spread glue over such a large area. Very tricky!
As I was working with the fabric, inspiration struck. It was one of those times that I really wish it hadn't, because I was forced to complicate things even more since it was such a great idea. I taped the fabric to a window, put a piece of white paper over it, and traced the large butterflies on the fabric. I then took a half-sheet of purple paper, repeated the tracing, carefully cut out the butterflies, and glued it down at the ends of the book. This is the end result, an inverted paper version of the fabric:
