Your class project is to Bind a Sketchbook using the Long Stitch Binding Technique

Through the lessons you will learn how to:

Fold paper into signatures
Cut the materials for the cover
Prepare leather for the spine
Cover the boards with cloth
Make a templates
Pierce holes for sewing
Sew the signatures, step by step
Connect an Elastic Closure
Make a Pocket & Connect the Endpapers
Complete the process of the Long Stitch binding technique

This course will take you step by step with clear explanations and detailed shots to help you in the binding process to create your own unique Sketchbook

To assist you, I’ve attached PDF files in the Class Resources with a list of Tools & Materials, Templates for piercing and templates for dotted and lined paper.

After finishing your Sketchbook, upload photos of your binding to the Class Projects Gallery. I am eager to see your Binding and design choices.

If you wish, you can add your Instagram username to your class project. From time to time I might be featuring st

udent’s projects in my story on instagram.

Thank you for sharing your project

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Paola Maluceli Lins

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