Long stitch bookbinding

I took the opportunity to go with new friend Susie to purchase leather sides from a local Tandy store during their once-a-year sale. Based ...

During this 3-hour workshop, participants will learn basic bookbinding skills and how to handcraft a book using the long stitch binding technique. Participants will be able to customise their books by choosing from blank and/or dotted grid pages and a variety of colours for the cover and thread.

Hi everyone! Due to popular demand, I am offering my long and link handout for sale online. Fork over five buckaroos (UK friends, that is almost £0!) and I will email you your very own PDF. Include…

Bookbinding Club’s Instagram post: “These #longstitch variations are insane! Wow! 💥 I think it’s safe to say that @marujitobooks is a long stitch master.. just look at all the…”

Following on from our most popular posts ‘Top 10 Secret Belgian Binding Tutorials‘ and our infamous ‘Top 15 Japanese Stab Binding Tutorials on the Internet‘ I decided to put together a collection of the best long-stitch bookbinding tutorials on the internet. Below you will find a hand-picked, reviewed and summarized list of the best tutorials on the long-stitch technique. We’ve included blog posts, PDF’s, video playlists and photo galleries – we hope you’ll find it a good resource 🙂 Please…

The biggest benefit of being a bookbinder is always getting exactly the right kind of notebook for your own needs. I'm definitely not an early adopter when it comes to bullet journals , though I've made to-do lists in one form or another for as long as I can remember. Maybe this list making experie

This easy-to-follow guide illustrates how to make an A6-sized journal with a cross stitch pattern (measurements: 10.5 x 14.8cm/ 4.1 x 5.8″ approximately). In this tutorial, we illustrate how to make the cross stitches overlap each other. You will learn how to stitch signatures 1 and 4, then signatures 2 and 5 followed by signatures 3 and 6 together. #leatherjournal #bookbinding #bookbindingtutorial #diyjournal #arts #fashion #handmade

This morning I finished sewing the book from Saturday's Long Stitch Binding class taught by Mitzi Lindgren. Of course I can never leav...

The most common type of sewn bookbinding that I often default to, falls into the category of longstitch binding. It’s really a general categorization for many different methods of sewn binding. People have invented their own patterns and techniques and have probably called it something else as well. Suffice to say, it’s a general way […]

To make this book you will need: A cover sturdy enough to sew through, ideally, thick leather. Decorative thread, sturdier is better. Text block, prepared to Longstitch method: four sewing stations, evenly spaced for an even pattern, or different if you're feeling adventurous. Pierce the leather with the same sewing stations. Embellishments could be added where the stitches cross, or anywhere you like, really. Instructions:

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This step-by-step tutorial shows you exactly how to bind your own journal and create a leather wrap-around cover. You can achieve a professional finish with this project, even as a complete beginner!

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Hi, don't mind me, just showing you how I make my journals with wrap covers and exposed binding!In this video I teach you how to use a french link stitch to ...

Long Stitch Binding is characterised by book with a leather cover and long stitches along the book spine. Learn how to make a book using long stitch binding in this tutorial.

Another large one. The straps are Finnish reindeer vellum, the cover is handmade paper. The sewing on the inside cover reminds me how I often forget how tally marks work. It's too hard to remember to make only four lines before diagonal one.

Stitches and Sewings for Bookbinding Structures: http://www.guildofbookworkers.org/resources/documents/sewings.pdf