Distant Worlds
At long last! I have finished Distant Worlds by MooeyDooey, a hilarious OFMD fic where Stede thinks Ed’s lonely and appoints himself as Ed’s matchmaker, to predictable results. I cannot count the sheer number of times I laughed out loud. This was the first fic where I thought “I need to bind this” before I was even 25% of the way through.
The fic actually starts off with a beautifully dreamy poem that juxtaposes with the absolute hilarity of most of the fic, so I tried to go for a more whimsical theme. The author requested blues and golds, so color-shifting Duo Dragonfly bookcloth and the celestial-themed Lokta paper was a great fit. I don’t have photos, but I custom-dyed a bright teal thread for sewing the textblock.
Some of the neatest endbands I’ve ever done!!
Continuing with the ocean theme with Craft Consortium Ink Drop endpapers. I incorporated some scrolly text ornaments throughout the fic.
Because Stede is so very Extra™ throughout the story, the chapter headers and drop caps also needed to be Extra. I colored in all the dropcaps to match the overall teal theme. If I were going to do this again, I would probably try foiling the chapter headers as well, but this bind took me a year to do (!!!) so I think we’re good where we landed. :)








