Crafty Venture: Handstitched Books

I was always attracted to hand sewn books. The colours, the textures and the stitching. After trying out coptic stitching on my own (youtube is a great help), I wanted to attend a formal book binding class so that my foundation are right.

So on one of the Fridays, I went all the way to Siglap Centre and attended my first bookbinding class from Justina. I was the only student there. Justina was really nice and taught me the basic of bookbinding. The 3 hours class flew by.

At the end of the session, I was hooked. I bought papers, waxed thread and awl (I didn't know what was that prior to bookbinding) and are all ready to sew more books.

And after several nights of sewing and pasting, I am seriously addicted to this new crafty hobby. Well, I am learning new stitches on the internet now and trying to practise my stitching.