Following this class you will make a couple of journals or exercise books which you will make from your own materials, customizing it to get a really unique result. It could have a hard or soft cover made from different materials - including leather if you want to.

In the second lesson, I talk about different necessary and optional tools and materials.To make life easier for you, I compiled a shopping list for you to download and print, and a recipe for making your own starch paste. This might be a bit dry to start off with. So please do also check out the third lecture:

In the third lesson we finally get going and make our very first jotter just from very basic materials. - Just use for example office paper and any thread and needle you can find in the house.

In the fourth lesson I show you how to add more interesting soft covers. Soft covers can be made from any material that you can bend double and stitch through the fold. Obvious materials are heavy paper, leather, or fabric. Which all can be embellished in their own way. But you can also get really creative and use more unusual materials. I hope you'll share what you'll make and am looking forward to see what you can come up with.

In the fifth lession (which is comparably long, sorry!) we'll do some serious bookbinding and will make finally our hardcover book. I show you how to make two different ones, one with a fabric, and one with a leather spine.

And then it is already time to say goodbye in the final video. - Don't miss my final tip at the very end!

Claire Brennan

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