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Membership of the Victorian Bookbinders Guild runs from 1st July to 30th June each year. Membership forms can be completed online or downloaded and emailed to the Secretary. Annual membership is $60 for a single membership.

Membership Benefits:

  • Three editions of Signature per year, the Victorian Bookbinders Guild newsletter, along with updates from other bookbinding guilds and societies from around the world.
  • Priority booking and discounts for workshops and courses hosted by the Guild.
  • Access to the Guild's extensive library covering various aspects of bookbinding.
  • Access to the members' buying scheme, which aims to make materials and supplies available that may not otherwise be readily obtainable in small quantities.
  • Priority access to bookbinding equipment donated to the Guild and made available for sale.
  • An open invitation to monthly meetings, open bindery sessions, and special events. See the What's On page for further details.

Coming Up: May Meeting - Bookbinding with fabric pages

When fabric books are mentioned, children's books made using regular book structures with sections sewn at the spine come to mind. Though how do you bind fabric pages that are formed as a single sheet with slow stitching? Keeping in mind that the pages are typically thicker with things attached.
An enjoyable deep dive exploring Google and YouTube, resulted in finding a very neat solution. While fabric pages are sewn together to form a section, the actual book structure is formed without further stitching or glue. As a result of no constraints at the spine, it opens flat and additional sections can easily be added as they are made.
Is this structure known to bookbinders? Yes, that is where it originated and there is a delightful story behind its development.
Come and make your own paper version of this clever book structure.
 

📅 Tuesday 27th May 2025

⏰ 7pm to 9pm

📍Rear Hall, St. Faith's Church, 8 Charles St., Glen Iris VIC 3146