The 50 Book Project: #2 Tacket Bound Leather Book with Packing

Updated January 2018: I wrote a tutorial on this binding here.

Welcome to week 2 of The 50 Book Project. This book is a variation on tacket stitching that I explored last week with the large and small tacketed leather journals. It’s also called a Long Stitch with Packing.

It’s also detailed on Dennis Yuen blog, CaiLun, complete with photos and instructions (note: this link it no longer working. Here’s my tutorial).

What I like about this binding is the way the thread wraps around the stitching on the spine i.e. the packing.

To hold the book closed, I cut a slit on the cover and fed through a piece of braided waxed linen thread, the same one I used to stitch the book, and wrapped it around the book.

Details

Size: 4″H x 4″W x 0.75″D
Materials: Leather, 32lb copier paper, waxed linen thread
Binding: Tacket Binding/Long Stitch with Packing
References: Volume I Non-Adhesive Binding: Books Without Paste or Glue by Keith Smith