Archive for December, 2005

Sunday, December 4th, 2005

Hand Bound Book

This book was made from recycled binders, unused envelopes, sewing bias tape, waxed linen thread and machine stitching. The cover and spine sewing are my own design. There are fives sections using 4 envelopes each, for a total of 40 pages or 80 sides available. . . .

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Sunday, December 4th, 2005

Sewn Book Binding

This is a Non-Knitting post for my father-in-law who is wanting to hand sew folded pages into a book. The first thing you will need is a way to punch holes in the valley fold of your pages – I do this by making a book block out of cardboard or foam core. The largest [...]

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