Poor Man’s Plough
Finished the year with a pair of small notebooks. I backed the cover fabric with rice paper and was careful to keep the non-stretchy dimension of the fabric running in the same direction as the paper grain. The backing turned…
Again with the Books
Here’s a pair of notebooks I made for some friends. They are about 90 pages and have soft spines, but no headbands. The covering Japanese paper and bookcloth are from Au Papier Japonais. This store is gorgeous and deserves a…
A Noble Spirit Embiggens the Smallest Man
I wanted to try making my own 8.5×11 notebook for work and finished with a slightly flawed outcome. It may not be perfect, but it has heart. The big lesson here is you can get away with things on a…
Another Book
A small case-bound notebook, around 120 pages, covered with bookcloth I made over the holidays. Getting the pattern to align properly on the spine was a headache, but worth it. It gives a very crisp result. Unfortunatley, much of the…
Holiday Books
I had been expecting to do some development work on my Android project over the holidays, but I ended up taking a break from programming altogether. I made some little notebooks at my kitchen table instead. I needed a break,…
Homemade Bookcloth
Bookcloth is lovely but hard to find exactly what you want. Making your own is easy, and opens up a whole world of textiles for use your bookbinding projects. Here is the procedure I have been using. Materials: Fabric Rice…
Handmade Notebooks
Here are two notebooks I made last year. They turned out to be surprisingly durable. The discoloration on the blue one is from living several months at the bottom of a bag. They are coveted with paper backed silk, which a…