Just a small thing today!
I am trying my hand at different types of binding (like the screw post binds) and this week I did my first long stitch binding!
It’s for my sister, who has to have period-appropriate accessories on the weekends because she’s a stage hand type person at the local renaissance festival (her spouse is a character actor!) so I wanted her to have a notebook she could carry around!
It’s bound in leather because honestly I’m trying to get rid of the leather, leather is the devil with a beautiful dragon lining paper I got from Hollander’s. The paper is the same Neenah royal sundance I used for photo backing in the screw post albums - I’m told it’s good for sketching and watercolors though cannot confirm. I attached a cord of thin leather to tie it shut, and sewed it with gold waxed linen thread from Oregon Art Supply! I stitched it with French links because that’s the sewing I’m most familiar with, but I’d like to try something different next time - although it does look pretty!
I’m planning to make a matching one for her spouse sometime soon - turns out handmade books make great Christmas gifts!
