Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Book 167 - Pamplet Stitch Hand-Made Book with Hand-Made Paper

For today's hand-made "book-a-day" we have something... dead simple. The basic pamphlet stitch book is surely the quickest, simplest stitched book structure you can make. But done with nice materials, it can still be very pretty and functional.

For this pamphlet stich book I used a lovely piece of hand-made paper for the cover. (Note: I didn't make the paper. I actually bought it at an Office Depot in central Mexico.) The book has a single signature of 10 sheets folded into 20 pages (40 counting both sides), stitched with burgundy colored raffia and tied at the spine. I added a narrow strip of Tyvek to the spine area of the cover for strength, and the knot/bow has a drop of glue on it for stability.

The end paper is a piece of hand sponge-painted paper I did years ago. It's been sitting around the studio ever since asking for a function.



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2 comments:

  1. RitaJuly 12, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Gorgeous! Love your hand sponged paper inside, too!

    I make (assembly-line) little pamphlet style what I call "bookcards" that I write letters in. I only use five sheets (20 pages both sides). I started out with my own handmade paper for covers, but write too many letters to keep up with the paper making so I switched over to printed scrapbook papers for covers--which take less postage, anyways.

    I'm a sucker for handmade paper. That is some pretty paper you got in Mexico! :)

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  2. RachelJuly 12, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    Wow, Rita, those letters sound amazing. And Donna, that is such a sweet and simple book. I do love me a pamphlet stitch.

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