Much of a muchness

Spent the weekend, along with most of the world it seems, racing to read the latest Harry Potter epic, so to deal with that quickly – loved it, sad there are to be no more. Now back to the real world and back to making books.

Decided to try a different binding method using Coptic sewing which looked very complicated but actually wasn’t. I also wanted to use up some scraps of paper I had lying around so used two colours of Wookey Hole Paper Mill handmade paper for the text block and a scrap of Indian paper with silk fibres for the covers.

The stitching was very similar to chain stitch and looked very neat. I found it was easier using a curved needle to get underneath the stitching.

Overall, I was quite pleased with the finished book but the colours were a bit too subtle for me – I like a bit of colour and drama. I have bought some new paper today which is very dramatic and sophisticated so I think I am going to go back to the ribbon mounted binding for the next few books. I’ll keep you posted…