Finished Journal

Here is the journal I have been working on. I have used a sample from my exploration of  Dr. Bateman's  Park Weave. It's the same warp that is on the Weaving For Fun banner of this blog. I have used some handspun yarn I did years ago to tie it closed.

I had a little trouble with the spacing of the holes on the signatures and the spine. I think I just need more practice. Anyway, this was a fun project, and I have a journal to record weaving tips in.

Working On Journal

For this part of my journal, I am adding a slip of paper in the spine area where I will punch my holes. I will use these holes to thread my linen yarn through.

More Handmade Stuff

While looking for some supplies I ran across this Easy Peasy Hat. It's to small for me, but some little girl might like it. I am pretty sure I used left-over yarns to make it a couple of years ago.

Back to bookmaking..... I have made the holes in my signatures.  My twinning placemat has come in handy for this exercise. I have an old magazine under it so I don't punch a hole in my kitchen table.

Book Binding Trials

I have cut and folded my signatures for a small journal. This will be a small, 5 signature journal. I am using sheets of computer paper, cut in half and folded in half.



Sizing the fabric.



little Books

I thought I should try to make one of the small books I learned about last weekend before I forgot what I learned. I looked around the house and had most of the supplies I needed. A small awl is on my wish list.

I had a small piece of cotton handwoven fabric and used white school glue on it. It made a nice stiff front and back cover for these booklets. More practice is needed ;-)

Handmade Books

I attended a great workshop on my road trip yesterday, where I learned how to make small books. Some of the items I used were a book binder awl, bee's wax, a tapestry needle, cloths pins, metal ruler, embroidery floss, paper cutter, and paper to create six different small books. We learned about different glues and different ways to stitch or glue books together. It was a very fun day with Leandra Spangler as our teacher http://www.bearcreekpaperworks.com/ .

Leandra explaines a technique.

Learning how to do the corners.

Learning how to fold the paper correctly.

Six samples of different techniques were learned.

Leandra and I compare our small books.