Valentine Book small update

There's a reason that the first book I make in a series is called the Prototype. That's the first book I make my "mistakes" on, figure out how the seperate components go together, and if the textures and materials don't clash, etc. And, since I don't make hard-covered books everyday, especially not unconventional hard-covered books (it's been years)...well...shit happens.

Nothing huge. I'm making some small changes -- I went to the craft/cloth store and discovered they now had plenty of red ribbon with dangly beads on them, so I snapped up three. These new ribbons should have less bulk, so I'll be able to sew the signatures closer together. But these books are way more work intensive than I expected: but now that I know what I'm doing, yay! The next three should be done more quickly. But I guess I'm keeping this one, unless the first person who ordered one of these books would prefer to have it for sure in her hands before she goes to her convention.

Later:

Got the cover on, and the book looks great! I can see the roses woven into the pattern much better with it stretched and glued onto the boards, and then attached to the text. This book is more solid and yes, my technique is stronger with this one than last years, when I used an utterly new sewing method.

Valentine Book Photos!

But they're frelling HUGE, so I'm just going to post the URLs to the photographs themselves instead of hiding them behind an LJ cut.

The book as it looks open

Detail showing the beading

The cover, with a glimpse of the copper paper lining.

Handsewn glass beads at the head of the book.

I'm not sure if the other books are going to have that beading detail up at the top, but, they might.




Thanks for all who helped me figure this pesky Tag problem!