Japanese stitch binding

Book Binding – A fun way to make something NEW, the old fashioned way! How to make a book – two great book binding ideas – saddle stitch and Japanese Stab bookbinding – There are lots of different ways to make books – with or without a needle and thread, but this week the kids …

Over the years, different cultures have influenced the art of bookbinding. This post provides a summary of the bookbinding techniques available.

In this blog post I share my top tips for learning to make Japanese Stab Stitch books, talk you through the best materials (and where to find them) and give you an idea of what it's like to come to my bookbinding courses.

During this 3.5-hour workshop, participants will get to learn basic bookbinding skills and 4 variations of Japanese Stab Binding - 4-Hole, Hemp Leaf, Noble and Tortoise Shell. Participants will get to choose from a variety of colours for the cover and thread. All materials and tools provided. No experience needed.

I would call this tutorial more intermediate than arrows. Mainly because it isn't simple in how the bind crosses the spine and requires more finger-coordination. As I was drawing my diagram and thinking about my method of sewing this bind, I realized that there might be a second, somewhat easier way. However, since many of…

Further experimentation with Japanese Stab Binding patterns. Each binding in this set is progressively complex. At the same time, the color of each binding moves through the spectrum from red to violet.

Before I began binding the final books for my Good Morning books project, I did a couple of test binds. I thought the decorative bind (red binding) would work as the threading could recall the Union Jack on the English books (red binding), rays of sunshine (yellow binding) on the Spanish books, and a shamrock (green binding) on the Irish books. However, as the tests showed, the books are too small in size to facilitate anything other than a straight bind, so I went with a simple straight…

Following one of our most popular posts Top 10 Coptic Stitch Binding Tutorials on the Internet we have decided to do a post on the top 15 of the best Japanese Stab Binding instructions and tutorials we could find on the web (also known as the Traditional Chinese Binding Method though there are noticeable differences between the two). On this page you’ll also find a collection of video tutorials and many Japanese stab binding related resources. We hope it serves as a good resource for some of…

Tests with different types of book binding techniques using previous project work.