Here's a pair of fun ones. My little cousin has taken up sketching, so one of these will be for her. I'm putting both up for sale, so whichever one doesn't sell first!
I used lovely drawing paper for the signatures of these coptic-stitched books (the silver one 4"x5", and the gold one some smaller proportion -- forgot to measure. Possibly 2.5"x4"...), and burgundy #10 crochet thread for the sewing.
The lighting's terrible in these shots (the black background really absorbs light -- must go back to my shiny wood floor), but it's a slightly textured silver metallic paper on the left, and a smooth and very shiny gold paper on the right.
The insides were fun to choose (I love matching things, especially since it often entails seeing which of my small pieces of scrap will fit!)...
The silver book has a lovely swirly-textured ever-so-slightly-lilac silver feathery-looking paper, and the gold book has a faux-leather black cardstock that just seemed to suit it.
I'll be at the Book Fair at the Museum of Printing History on November 8, and both of these should be available then.
These are pretty! I make my own sketchbooks using the coptic stitch, its the best ! I love how they open flat and I can use whatever paper I want! I'll have to post...
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