Due to lockdown there are no physical courses running so I thought I would run my own for myself!! I wanted to make some small books so with the aid of excellent ‘how to’ books by Sue M. Doggett and Alisa Golden and various Internet sites, I made a range of notebooks using different methods. I used fabric that I had printed previously to cover the boards to make covers, and cartridge paper together with some wrapping paper to make pages. Waxed thread was used for the stitching, – I stitched signatures together and then stitched them to each other and in some cases to the covers using long stitch, coptic binding stitch and stitching over tape.
Coptic binding
Paper tape sewn binding 
Plain and patterned papers 
Paper tape sewn binding 
Plain and patterned papers
Soft cover wrap around book – single signature 
Tape bindings and coptic binding 
Long stitch binding 
Organza ribbon tape sewn binding
Simple wrap around book with glued covers – single signature 
I had a lovely weekend and learnt some new techniques. I hope to use these techniques to bind samples, sketchbook pages and to make more books as pieces of art in their own right.
Paper and stitch 