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I'm anywhere near perfect, yet, but after sewing 23 signatures plus covers, I think I've got a good grip on the stitch. I understand why these books tend to be made with heavier paper, too. Unless it's doubled up, and even then, text weight paper tends to rip in the stitching, at least when I do it. I'm pretty heavy-handed, so I have to be really careful when I'm sewing. But I managed to only rip a couple of holes, so I feel fairly proud of myself. The stitching isn't the neatest, but it's pretty tight and uniform throughout. All in all, it's a cute little book. Not sure if I'll give it away or what. I'm going to try a little hardcover next. Reports on that later. In the meanwhile, here's the second Coptic stitch book I've managed to make.
So it's been a pretty productive couple of days. Yesterday I finished the last of the flag book series. I actually made three in one day last week, and one in several hours yesterday, which included covering the flags. It's the planning for these that takes so long, not the actual putting-together bit. Here's a pic of the last one:
The beauty of this frenzy of bookmaking is that I'm using up a lot of scraps and paper I've had sitting around for ages. You might have noticed that the ornament book and the new Coptic stitch book have similar papers. The Coptic stitch book used up some leftover paper I had from Jen & Sean's wedding invitations and some orange vellum I had lying around. The spines of the flag books have used up some of the paper I had left from the Highfield's anniversary album. This, of course, means that I get to go buy more paper. Oh, alas. What a hardship. And I just got a bunch of new, cheap paper to make covers with, too. Darn.
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