
So, one of my new year’s goals was to learn a new bookbinding technique. This new journal is made using the Secret Belgian Binding method, which looks like Japanese stab binding but opens flat. The stitching was a bit tricky but I got there in the end. I’m not sure making such a large journal with this technique was a good idea but it’s all a learning curve. I love the fact that this journal opens completely flat, but the spine feels a bit loose compared with hardback binding. Of course, that could just be my first go at this type of stitching being a bit looser than it could be. I think I’ll give it another go but in a smaller format.
(This method is in Alisa Golden’s book Making Handmade Books. published by Lark Crafts)