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You'll find top tips for making these Stab Stitch books, details about the best materials and tools to use, and get an overview of traditional Japanese papers and decorative designs. You'll also get an idea of what it's like to come to my courses, in case you were thinking of making bookbinding your next creative adventure! Updated July 2023: get 1-1 online mentoring support to make stab stitch books Geometric shapes are also found in traditional Japanese decorative designs. They provide more complex patterns, suggesting movement - perhaps the waves of a choppy ocean, reminiscent of Hokusai's paintings. And for a bit of fun, I've chosen a sheet of Katazome-Shi paper for its cheerful bird-song design. I bought all these papers from Shepherds in London. Is it worth using traditional Japanese papers?

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On Sunday afternoons a few years ago you would have found me sharing the joys of making Japanese Stab Stitch books with a small group of craft lovers at Artisan Community Art Studio in Dorset. Written during the last of my bookbinding courses that year, this blog post hopes to inspire and help people interested in making these types of books, even if they can't come to my bookbinding courses.In our next session, I'll b e introducing my group to the Tortoiseshell Japanese Stab Stitch pattern. I'll also be demonstrating how to make and attach decorative spine corners and traditional folded covers for the Stab Stitch books using very special Japanese papers. So whether you have 10 built-in stitches or 1,000 built-in stitches, it is worth stitching them out! We guarantee you will be pleasantly surprised and you will fall in love with your sewing machine all over again. Stitching Cosmos Online Course A lot of bookbinding activities involve maths, such as figuring out the placement of sewing stations (the holes through which you sew). If maths isn't your strong suit, don't be put off trying your hand at making books. I'm not brilliant with numbers, yet with practice I've become proficient at making the calculations required to make all sorts of books. Selecting the right fabric, thread and stabilizer can make a Stitch Book pop! If you are taking all the time to stitch out every stitch, you might want to make it look good too.

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Congratulations, you've been featured in a high profile magazine! Now what? There's plenty of actionable advice out there already for securing press, but next to nothing about what you do afterwards...Stupendous Stitchingis an excellent Bluprint class to take if you want to know more about making your own stitch book and other uses for your sewing machine’s decorative stitches. After that you're ready to try the Hemp Leaf. This looks complicated, but you start off simply by making the Noble binding, and then adding extra stitches, which evoke the leaves of the Hemp plant.

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Great Reference Tool– Use the sewn Stitch Book as a reference when looking for a perfect stitch for your next project. And then there's the Tortoiseshell. It looks like a one-of-a-kind style, but is in fact the 4-Hole binding with the addition of some extra stitches either side of the original four sewing stations.

I am in the process of making a stitch book for my sewing machine. I remember the article you wrote about the importance of a stitch book and I can see why. The stitches really do look amazing when they are stitched up.Thanks again for your help. Marcia