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