I'm learning things as I sail along down the amateur bookbinding stream. The hefty Los Angeles phone book can double as a hole-punching cradle. It's also useful as a sewing station. I scotchtaped the cords to the phonebook to hold in place while I sewed. I feel like an idiot savant!
Late September in Los Angeles. A warm, late summer day was the perfect backdrop to make another tall skinny practice book. This time I tried sewing cords over the signatures. I used Cover to Cover for the instructions, but only because I happened to have it on my bookshelf.
With the air conditioning buzzing pleasantly in the background and Charles Osgood keeping me company, I folded, pierced, and stitched. I was dizzy with excitement as it began to come together. The sewing wasn't hard at all, but the needle I'm using is slightly tearing and expanding the holes because the eye is much larger than the point.
I'm aware that using a fuscia sharpie isn't the best instrument to use for marking the holes. Let's face it, my ratio of idiot to savant is unequal.
Nevertheless.
I paddle onward. Up the stream. What I lack in skill I make up for in enthusiasm.
I'll try not to be too pleased with my efforts, but quite frankly it will be difficult.
Here are the directions I used should you decide to join me in your next visual journal construction. Tonight while I watch Joan Allen & Jeremy Irons (sigh) in Georgia O'Keefe I think I'll sew up another practice book with sewn-on paper tapes.
I love looking at the yummy journals you make!!!!!
You are amazing Ms. Moss. I love your quote, “what I lack in skill I make up for in enthusiasm”! That should be on a t-shirt. 🙂 Thanks, as always, for sharing the journey.
I saw that very movie and now I want to know more about Georgia O’Keeffe. Might even want to hightail it to Taos one of these days. You can actually tour one of her houses by prearrangement and with a little dinero thrown in. I feel another tangent coming on. Why do I have a sudden urge to paint gigantic flowers?
Get OUT !
This is stunning. Where are last night’s photos?
I’m not good with suspense. I wait until the TV season is over and rent the DVDs in order, so I don’t have to wait a week between episodes.
So cool to see the steps along the way. Thanks for all the photographs!
Yes, Jeremy (sigh-that was a good sigh, right?) . . . Georgia O’Keefe inspiration (double good sigh)!
Wow. I’m always so impressed with people who can do this. I can’t sew to save my life and taking on a project like this seems far too daunting to even try. Beautiful pictures, thank you for showing us your step-by-step progress.
Wow… love the addition of the cord (havent seen that before). Something I would like to try. I will follow your progress first and maybe I too should start with a trial piece???
Thanks for sharing all of this with us…lots of fun!
Jacky xox
The book looks fantastic! I like the phone book idea since I seldom ever use it for anything.
I’m recording the movie so I can watch it when hubby is at work….that way I can concentrate completely.
The movie is delicious, but may require one large hankie–the colour of sand.
And the book is looking delicious, too.