Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Dec 3, 2009, 2:33 pm
Looking back at the books with the notes and drawings in them, yes, they are precious, but with the blog, the notes are haphazard; the last entry was almost a year ago, even though the project has bee...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Dec 1, 2009, 4:00 pm
...and what I thought would be fabulous falls flat. The design is ok, but sewing it back to back isn't working with the majority of the pages. I'm receiving advice to just make the design and ...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 30, 2009, 8:15 pm
All four pages were modified, these changes are the most visible. The octopus was designed to fit behind the seal better; the seal was modified but design work is still needed. Designing the blog wit...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 28, 2009, 5:53 am
As I was speaking with the person who's been sewing the prototypes, she pulled out NUMBERS to ask some questions. A 20-month old child was also in the room, and he wanted it immediately, since he ...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 28, 2009, 5:37 am
And it looks fabulous. The images follow one another even as it is obvious that some pages will need to be redesigned. The fish, reduced a bit and brought down can fit behind the whale. Two other fish...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 25, 2009, 11:09 am
Will post the new five; not crazy about the hand and the pentagram; though I don't know what else I could do. What else comes in 5's?
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 24, 2009, 9:02 am
It all comes down to a few things: 1. Creative license: I now possess complete creative control over the titles. With a publisher, I wonder how much, if any, I would lose. Possibly, a publisher would ...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 23, 2009, 4:48 pm
It will be coming back sewn this week, I'm curious about the water spout.
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 23, 2009, 4:42 pm
Does a cat need a face to be a cat?
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 23, 2009, 4:34 pm
The outline will always be a problem. I figure that the die cut would cut them perfectly, but how to center them? A hard black stitch would ruin it. I might have to settle for no outline. But, then th...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 17, 2009, 1:23 pm

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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 15, 2009, 6:58 am

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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 15, 2009, 6:54 am
Image is now flopped and head is centered.
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Nov 15, 2009, 5:49 am
Sent a few pages to sew and while cutting out the other numbers, the kid seemed very interested in the book. He's 20 months now but has started getting into numbers. He knows how to count from 1-1...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Oct 5, 2009, 9:38 am
The installation took a lot more out of me than I thought. Good things, however not relevant to B&WBB.The books sent to NJ for sewing didn't work out, not yet, anyway. The 100% wool seems to break...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Aug 27, 2009, 9:54 am
Time needed to work on the installation, See My Voice, which opens in Red Hook at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition499 Van Brunt StreetBrooklyn, NY, 11231 September 12-October 25, 2009 Weekend...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Aug 20, 2009, 12:15 pm
Oddly enough, the thread sent to the seamstress--which worked perfectly with the rayon/wool blend--does not work well with the 100% wool felt. The wool felt books are prototypes anyway, to be used for...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Aug 10, 2009, 10:01 am
But I started  really putting the screws on the animal book. This is going on a pamphlet from the NYPL that small children learn to read better and faster when they associate a word--spoken--with an ...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Jul 27, 2009, 10:23 am
Here's one of the two...Is this the one?
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Jul 27, 2009, 9:57 am
Or is this the one?
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Jul 24, 2009, 9:14 pm
This weekend I'll have two books made: one in the hard wool blend felt, the other in the softer 100% wool felt. The wool felt is too expensive to go into production, but it feels better to the to...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Jul 17, 2009, 7:33 am
The book was put together last night and there are a number of issues with the book. Other than the number 6 needing a redesign, the very concept of something so advanced executed in fabric may not be...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Jul 10, 2009, 8:22 pm
A friend who had a baby May 1st this year told me that the baby's father has a group of black and white flash cards that, when held up to his very small child, engage the infant to the point that ...
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Jul 7, 2009, 9:58 am
Just got back the registration for NUMBERS from the LOC. IN THE WATER already registered and on the site:bxwbabybooks.com.See link on the right.
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Anita G. posted an article on B & W Baby Books - Jul 1, 2009, 5:58 am
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