Coptic Stitch Journal
Top 4 Coptic stitch, bottom 2 Japanese stab stitch
Combination of Coptic (bottom), Perfect Bind (right), and Perfect Bind reinforced by Japanese stab stitch, and perforated pages (back)
Combination of Coptic and Japanese stab stitch
Coptic Family
Spring-Bound!
Spring-Bound Guest Book
Spring-Bound books opened up
These are some of the books that I got to make in my Foundations Design II class! It was my favorite project by far this semester. I made right around 20 total books, and then helped with making 50 books for the art show! The first book that we learned how to make was the Coptic stitch, which is made up of several signatures, or groups of pages that are folded together. Each signature is then sewn together. The thickest Coptic stitch book that I made is also my favorite, and it is my journal, which is the top two images. There were 24 signatures in that book, and i stained each individual page with tea and hot chocolate, because I still haven't acquired the taste for coffee. The Japanese stab stitch was much easier to make, because all of the pages were cut together, and then sewn together all the way through. I also learned how to make is the perfect bind book, which is next in these images. It consists of gluing all of the pages together on the spine with some string, and then gluing the cover on. For a few of the perfect bind books that I made, I reinforced the spine by using the Japanese stab stitch as well, to make it stronger, and I perforated the pages, so that they could be ripped out for other uses. The last images are of my spring-bound books, which I really enjoyed making. These books are made by sewing, hammering, and a whole lot of gluing! The longer book is a guest book that I made for my sister's wedding, which is this summer, which I am soo excited for!!! :-)
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