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More Boxes

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 04:33:27 GMT

Two more Books by Hand Box kits. The one on top is, obviously, a different style with a tray insert. The one underneath is the paper and bookcloth from a box-with-lid kit and bookboard I cut myself. So it’s a little wonky because I’m not good at bookboard cutting yet.

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2025 Box Kits

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 01:41:14 GMT

I finished two boxes-with-lids. The pink floral paper came from a kit with lilac bookcloth, which looked so drab and boring that I had to change it. I had a piece of linen bookcloth that I think works much better. The night sky paper and black bookcloth on the other are from my hoard. The bookboard was all precut from a couple of Books By Hand kits, but next time I’m cutting my own. I have a box cutter and a cutter ruler and I’m not afraid to use them - much.

Oh, the thing the black box rests on is a sand-filled weight made from Japanese fabric. It was in the Aged Parents’ house; my dad used it to hold open the pages of books he wanted on display.

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2025 Japanese Journals

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:28:07 GMT

They’re done. Top three are noble binding, bottom three are hemp leaf binding. I made the blue journal top left for me, the paper is tigers and spirals. The top right one was claimed by Kitty. The rest are for gifts because I wanted a little something to add to this year’s gift cards, and, yes, I needed an excuse to play with bookbinding. The leftover ones I’ll stash for next time I need a little gift or next time Kitty needs another small sketchbook. I think I’ll just spend the rest of November working through my hoard of bookbinding and fancy box kits. I’ve chosen the next one, but I’m going to need more black bookcloth. Woe is me, I have to visit an art supply shop soon.

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Progress: Japanese Journals Project 2025 Post the 2nd

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 03:02:34 GMT

I got a lot done over the last few days. All I have to do now is choose the stitch patterns for each journal, drill all the holes, and stitch them all.

Bookcloth corners glued onto tied page blocks. First pass at binding thread selections.

Covers glued on. I made one mistake, swapped page blocks for two journals. So the one with black bookcloth got the cover meant for the navy blue and vice versa. No one but me knows, and the colors are close, so it doesn’t really matter. Also I revised my thread choices a bit.

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Progress: Japanese Journals Project 2025

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:50:24 GMT

I had enough of one type of paper for six journals, with some extra. Which I needed after I miscut a stack of pages. I cut out all 6x34 4x6” pages, drilled and tied the page blocks, chose and cut out the various cover papers and bookcloth for all the journals, and cleaned up those supplies.

I have errands to run tomorrow morning, but after that it’s time to set up for glueing.

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Journals

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:29:14 GMT

I finished this year's crop of Japanese journals. ( Photos follow )

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Finished a Small Project

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 23:24:55 GMT

I modified my pocket-sized* Oberon Design leather notebook cover to work as a Midori-type traveller's notebook (or TN for short) and hold multiple inserts. Aka a sort of Fauxdori. ( Photos below the cut. )

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Finished Little Golden Book notebook

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:09:15 GMT

It's done. Paul's getting it for Christmas with a new green pen. ( Photos follow. Many photos. You have been warned. )

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Gift Journals

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:59:11 GMT

This year's crop of gift journals are finshed. Done, done, cleaned up after, done! ( photos follow )

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Finished!

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 00:25:13 GMT

This year's crop of Japanese-style stab-bound journals. ( photo follows )

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Three Books in a Box Class - Completed

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 01:35:35 GMT

I finally got to and finished this class. As usual, my taste and Sondra's are not always exactly in accord, but that's part of the fun. So here are the results. ( Lots of photos )

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Japanese journals - finished

Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:39:07 GMT

I finished the last bits of gluing yesterday. Yay. Kitty fell in love with one of them, so I handed them out around the family last night. That still leaves seven, which I photographed this morning. ( Behold )

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Another UFO Completed

Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:40:47 GMT

Over the weekend, I finished another online class project, Textured Freeform Embroidery. It's only been, um, a year or so... But it's done and I've been putting things away, so go me.

Anyway, ( here it is. )

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Watercolor Zen Class

Tue, 18 Nov 2014 03:25:00 GMT

I stayed home today and worked and worked... ( And we're done )

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