![]() Please bear in mind that photos may be slightly different from actual item in terms of color, due to the lighting during photo shooting or the monitor's display Your book will be A5 size (14.8x 21 cm - 5.83" x 8.27") and it will be great as a sketchbook, a journal, an art journal, a diary or even a gift to a loved one. □ If you want to bind your book with more pages, please buy this add-on: It has a slit for snapping off blunt blades and security button fro safe cutting. Note that it is □□□ □□□□□□□□ for completing the book of the kit (although helpful), but it is essential for your next books. □ If you want to have your own bookbinder's tool kit (last photo), please add it to your order. anything works, if it keeps your journal closed! A slit can be cut into the front cover and a strip from the back cover can be slipped through the slit. ![]() Buttons can be stitched into the binding and a thread attached to the cover flap. You can play with the shape of the flap, the closure style, you can decorate or embroider. Though some longstitch bound book covers are just trimmed to the edge of the book block, there are a variety of ways to fold over one side of the cover and fasten it. you are only limited by your imagination! You can design your own stitching pattern, alter the length of the stitches to form your own pattern, use multiple colored threads. There are many ways artists elaborate on the simple longstitch binding. This sewing method creates a staggered line pattern visible on the spine. It is a non-glue binding and the sections are sewn directly through holes in the cover material. Longstitch is a bookbinding technique that exists since the 13th century and was used extensively in Germany during the medieval era. ![]() Decorative large button for the closure Rat tail /faux leather ribbon for the closure. 100% waxed linen irish thread for the binding in a contrasting color ![]() Specialized man-made book leather (please choose color) 300 gsm watercolor paper (15 sheets = book of 60 pages ) or 180 gsm unlined writing paper (30 sheets = book of 120 pages), creased and ready for binding (please Choose) Written instructions of compilation for longstitch bookbinding and variations (English) I hope that you will have a great time making your first long stitch journal and learn the how-to for your next adventures in bookbinding! Although you will learn how to measure and cut every component - a knowledge necessary for your next books - I have already done it for you in this kit. With this kit, you can enjoy the process and learn the basics of bookbinding, stress-free and easily, with amazing results. I have been teaching bookbinding for many years and have seen how intimidated people feel when comes to bind their own books. This kit has everything you need to make a unique sketchbook / journal, learning a medieval bookbinding method: the Longstitch binding! The books you see at the photos were made with this kit, by my students! When you buy this kit, you will make your own sketchbook / journal in no time! The kit contains full instructions for binding your own book, for yourself or for a gift.
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