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| Tools. |
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| Leather, this is an old coat, bought from a charity shop. I was going to use the satchel, but it was too stiff, even after paring it down....., I didn't like it. |
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| Practice punch, to see how the leather copes with the hole punch. |
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| Mark out a piece . |
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| Cotton fabric. |
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| Liquitex Gell Medium. in this context, glue. |
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| Bernina sport 801, 1985 model. One of my favorite sewing machines. |
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| Just adding a line of stitch around the edge. Mainly for decoration. |
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| Trim off excess leather with a SHARP scalpel. |
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| Black the edges of the leather with ink, picky, picky, picky, I know! |
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| It gets worse, black the holes with a cotton bud and ink. |
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| Thread |
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| To attach the spine to the covers I am using saddle stitch. |
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| Burn edges of thread. |
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| I did all this with the red thread, and I didn't like it, so I took it out and started again with black. |
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| Paper for the signatures, 300 gsm |
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| A stitch cradle, enables you to get the stitches in the same place in each signature. To add the five signature to this book I will be using Pamphlet stitch. |
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| Very useful, but remember NOT to stitch it into your signature!!! |
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| Not easy, but keep going! |
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| I always use a bull dog clip to hold onto the loose thread. |
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| Keeping the threads long until I have decided what I wish to do with them. |
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| Hand tiring the edges of the pages, because I like the difference between the smooth edges of the wood and the rough edges of the paper. ( and I refuse to use the word juxtaposition ) |
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| I have not made up my mind what to do with the threads yet. |
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| Got lots of these strips of paper left, and I do not want to waste them. |
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| Cat litter tray, not used by a cat. ( The bottle tops/ ring pulls are for another project ) |
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| And tea. |
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| If you wish to see what I am going to do with these, head on over to Jobloggs, as this isn't degree stuff. |
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