Took me about five to ten minutes to stitch. I didn’t need grommets as I used a fairly fine cording. I just punched holes with the tip of my littlest scissors and went on from there.

Definitely a great way to stitch a binding. Just pay attention to the tension as you work. In retrospect, I would probably use hard covers for another of these. The front of my book had fabric-heavy stabiliser-fabric and the back had twice that, but both bent a good bit.

I used the Pellon super-heavy stabiliser for the cover (I really like this stuff) and medium weight for the pages. The pages have two layers of stabiliser sandwiched between two layers of fabric.

When planning one of these, pay attention to the fact that half of the pages will be full spreads and half will be effective separated due to final assembly and arrangement.

I’m addicted. On to another one…

I had a fit of inspiration when I finished that last book, though. I was looking for a container to put it in (finally decided that I have to make one) for storage purposes and was hit across the head by idea idea of making books that fit into receptacles I’ve accumulated over the years (my great-grandmother’s sewing basket, a puzzle-box that came with a treadle sewing machine, ornate boxes of various sorts, a small army case of my grandfathers, my grandmother’s watercolour paint case, etc.). It would even be intriguing to make some that fit into CD or DVD cases, possibly integrating the idea of a book with digital medium visually. Great potential there.

Will let you know how it evolves!