Coptic binding

You know me, pretty determined about finding and using the best practices for all sorts of things... This week I'm writing about a little detail regarding attaching covers to a Coptic bound book - the hidden diagonal stitch (for the lack of a better term). Have you noticed how the sewing thread in

Coptic Book Binding: How to begin your coptic binding on a mini-book.

During this 3.5-hour workshop, participants will get to learn basic bookbinding skills and how to handcraft an exposed spine book using 3 different stitches - french link stitch, link stitch and kettle stitch. 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.

This past semester I had the privilege of teaching bookbinding at the University of Utah in their beautiful Book Arts studio. I had a lot of fun, and the students were terrific. Here is some of th…

I'm in the middle of reading and writing currently, but I took a little break to make a little book for a friend's birthday. The pai...

Ok, so the title might be a little misleading… we’ve actually crammed in 18 of the best Coptic Stitch (also known as the Chain Stitch or Coptic Sewing) book binding instructions and tutorials we could find on the web, along with a collection of video tutorials and many coptic-stitch related resources (PDF’s, Stitching Patterns, Photo Galleries etc) for you to get stuck in to – it took us a while to put this together but we hope it serves as a good resource for some of you out there. If…

In the first few weeks of school, we started with non-adhesive structures. As one of the oldest known forms of the codex, it is fitting that we started with Coptic style bindings. These bindings h…

The Dos-á-dos binding , more often called the " Do-si-do " book here in America (yes— like the square dance !), is basically a way to create one book from two. The "two books" share a back cover so when you look at it from the top, the covers form the letter &

Top 10 Coptic Stitch Binding Tutorials on the Internet - iBookBinding - Bookbinding Tutorials & Resources

OTHER WORKSHOPS BOOK A DAY Participants learn to make five different book structures over the course of this workshop. The emphasis of the class will be low-tech: Participants will need few tools other than the basic bookbinding kit. Starting with an overview on various papers, participants will learn to tear text blocks and various folded […]

In the first few weeks of school, we started with non-adhesive structures. As one of the oldest known forms of the codex, it is fitting that we started with Coptic style bindings. These bindings h…

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Elysa Voshell The Inner Lives of Fleeting Shadows- 2004 Vegetable parchment, acrylic, coptic binding single-sheet, inkjet printed

This easy-to-follow guide illustrates how to make an A5-sized Coptic stitch journal with paired needles. The journal measures 5.9 x 8.4″ / 15 x 21.3cm; however, the size of the journal can be easily adapted to create large photo albums, or smaller pocket-size notebooks. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to identify the parts of a book, prepare the various book parts for binding, as well the sewing technique to create a Coptic Weave Stitch journal. #bookbinding #bookbindingtutorial…