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Little Red Book
November 14, 2008
I recently finished up a new blank book using this scrumptious piece of red leather for the cover. I had purchased a lot of leather pieces on ebay a while back and gave myself the assignment to use one of the pieces in my next journal. I decided to make a little book to bring out east as a gift for a friend so had the perfect opportunity to meet this challenge.
The finished size of the book is approximately 4.25″ x 6.5″. The text block consists of 4 signatures, each containing 10 folios of textured ivory heavy drawing paper with torn foredges. Each signature is wrapped with a cover weight sheet of decorative paper featuring an Asian design in a coordinating color. The longstitch binding, stitched through the leather wrapper, is ivory waxed linen thread. The closure consists of a length of waxed linen thread wrapped around a decorative button and embellished with decorative beads. I’ve never done a leather cover before and am really happy with the way this turned out.
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Posted by Deb
Topics: books, bookbinding, artwork