Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Day 53-A Little Chinese Notebook

Yesterday's book, "From the Hungry i," was stitched with the single needle coptic binding. I've done this a few times, but I still don't really "own" this binding, so I decided to do it again today.

This is just a simple little notebook. Th covers are a couple of playing cards from a particularly lovely set with Chinese characters. I cut the pages from plain text paper--7 signatures of 5 sheets each--punched the holes and stitched the book with a waxed red thread. It's a handy size for dropping in a purse or pocket and feels nice in the hand.




4 comments:

  1. hello!

    i just stumbled onto your site because of the link on CRAFT and... WOW! i love you pledge to make a book a day. they are beautiful and ultimately so creative! i love this card one.

    keep on going, i'm going to follow your blog along the way!

    sincerely, liz b.
    http://grazinggoat.wordpress.com/

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  2. Thanks, Liz. I'm glad you're enjoying it and love knowing I've got another follower.

    Can you please post a link for me to the mention on CRAFT? Thanks, Donna

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  3. I'm swept away by your 365 project! Great, great stuff. Thanks for sharing so many details of your process. I've read through your archives, and am adding you to my RSS reader so I can follow each new book as it gets made.

    Like liz b., above, I came via the Craftzine blog post:

    http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/03/make_a_book_a_day.html

    Congratulations on all you've done. Now I'm inspired to put covers on this year's batch of sketchbooks, which are sewn, but uncovered... so far...

    Best wishes and many thanks for the inspiration,

    Elizabeth Perry
    drawing daily at http://www.elizabethperry.com/woolgathering

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