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Continue reading →: Japanese stab binding tutorial: tiara
By popular request, the tiara pattern. Sorry this has taken so long, I’ve had a lot of personal stuff going on and I thought I had lost the pattern instructions and was going to have to recreate them from memory, but I found the paper today, yay! So here it…
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Continue reading →: Japanese stab binding #49: giraffe
I’ve started a series of animal stab binds, just to see how many I can create and how recognizable they are. Next up, elephants and a lion! This giraffe bind has 55 holes and is only complicated in the middle, as the holes look random when unsewn and knowing which…
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Continue reading →: Japanese stab binding #48: centerpiece
I named this bind ‘centerpiece’ because it reminds me of a watch, especially since there are 12 holes that make up the circle. But it could be fun to have a monogram or single letter placed in the center of the circle! This is probably an intermediate bind. 38 holes.
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Continue reading →: Japanese stab bind #47: lunaria
I took a poll to name this design, and ‘lunaria‘ was decided on, because it (sort of) looks like the seed pods from that particular plant. This bind is probably an advanced intermediate, not because the sewing itself is difficult but because it requires drilling 80 holes! I was proud…
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Continue reading →: Japanese stab binding #45 & 46:memories and souvenirs
JSB memories: 57 holes, JSB souvenirs: 51 holes, both straightforward. Hello all! It’s been quite a while since my last bookbinding post, but a lot has happened in the past year. I both completed a masters degree and got married, moved between two continents and three countries, and am still…
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Continue reading →: the Glowforge!
So this came to my attention rather late in the game, but if you haven’t seen this new laser cutting machine called the Glowforge, check it out! If you have ever looked at some of my laser projects (like these coasters and earrings or this Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy…
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Continue reading →: Barcelona letters #1
Barcelona, Spain. Somewhere along Carrer del Torrent de l’Olla
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