Create 4 mini leather or pleather covered books, each featuring a different decorative exposed stitch and fastening technique.
These joyful mini books make great gifts and are a brilliant way to use up off cuts and smaller pieces remnant material.
My comprehensive video tutorials take you through the making process step-by-step and cover, how to prepare your pages, make a hole punch template, punch holes and bind 4 books, each with a different exposed stitch. I then share 4 nifty ways to fasten your books using buttons, elastic and a leather/pleather wrap around.
The kit comes with everything you need to make 4 A8 sized books and includes a bag of quality bookbinding tools that will last you many years to come. There is the option to select 'leather book covers' or 'pleather book covers' - a leather-look vegan alternative to animal leather made from textiles.
What's in the kit?
This kit contains:
- 4 leather or pleather book covers in different colours
- Plain paper cut to size
- Roll of decorative & vintage paper
- Waxed bookbinding thread in a range of colours
- Buttons, elastic, leather/pleather and twine for fastenings
- Toolbag
- Awl
- Cork punch board
- Bookbinding needle
- Bonefolder
- Clips
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Tea & biscuits
How this course is taught?
This course is taught via a series of ste-by-step video tutorials which are accompanied by a downloadable document with links to recommended suppliers, advice on sourcing & prepping materials and info on how to make books of different sizes with the same binding - bookbinding is an addictive craft, you’ve been warned!
You will have continued access to my video tutorials via a password protected page on my website, which means you can re-watch and revisit this bookbinding project as and when you like for a reminder of the process - I only ask that you please don't share log in detilas with friends or third parties, doing so will result in you loosing access.
What else do I need?
- Scissors
- Cutting mat or chopping board
Delivery info
Kits will be delivered by the course instructure via Royal Mail. Information on how to access the accompanying video tutorials are included in the kit.