In diesem Bild seht ihr den Lederband von letzter Woche, mein erster Versuch mit Leder und mein 3. Versuch mit der Langstich-Technik (ich hoffe, sie heißt so auf deutsch). Im Vordergrund liegt eine Streichholzschachtel...Probably you saw this coming: In the picture above you see the book from last week and in the front a matchbox...
Das war jetzt übrigens erstmal die letzte Streichholzschachtel. Bis die nächste leer ist, wird wohl einige Zeit ins Land gehen.
3 comments:
Wow this book is amazing, I tried small A6 book with chain stitch and longstitch and couldn't do them together. Well done.
How does the closure work.
Very neat work and professional finish.
Billie :)
The first, big book is about A7 sized. For this matchbox the spine is 2,9cm high and 1 cm wide. The pages are even smaller. That made it hard to get all the stitches and holes in place without tearing the material.
I am surprised that you had difficulties with smaller formats: Your small pamphlets look so neatly and well done it shouldn't be so much harder to add a few more signatures.
@the closure: I punched a hole in the wrap-around back cover and attached a bead to the front cover that is slightly bigger so that it can be squeezed through the hole but doesn't slip back though.
The bead sits on a piece of thread that pierces the leather at two points and is knotted on the inside. - Very simple but I think it only works for such small dimensions: There isn't much tension on the closure with so little material to hold inside the book.
Excellent idea for the closure, I must have a try with this.
I have no problems with longstitch books of any size, it is the addition of the chain stitches that I have trouble with. I understand the idea, I just don't have space to do the chains. Maybe my spines are too narrow.
Well done on yours though
Billie :)
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