It’s been a while since I’ve shared photos of my studio, so here are a few for you today. My studio is at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell, Massachusetts, a huge converted mill over 5 floors that houses 300 artists creating and showing their work. When I look around my work space I realize that […]
Back in April I offered an all-white Paper Club and it was so popular, I figured I’d offer it again. As well as using the white paper to make signatures in my non-adhesive stitched books, I love it for stab bindings, like this Account Book Binding or Triangle Stab Binding. And it holds up really […]
Last month I taught another set of Little Leather Journal classes in my studio. These little books are so much fun to make, I thought I’d share some of the books we made this time around. If you’d like some ideas for making leather journals like this, please read my blog post called Tips For […]
Summer is in full swing in my garden, so that means I’m eco printing on paper all the leaves and flowers I can lay my hands on. I’m stock piling printed papers and fabric to make books during the barren winter months. Over the weekend I posted a video on Instagram showing me unwrapping my […]
I’m thrilled to introduce to you handmade book artist Lana Stuart and her beautiful work. Lana, a retired IT professional, lives just north of Atlanta in Buford, Georgia with her husband Bill. In addition to being an amazing book artist, Lana is a watercolor painter and food blogger. She’s also mom to daughter, Laura, and grandma […]
I’m excited to share July’s handmade paper selection with you – it’s a sunny yellow and cream collection for your summer book and paper crafting projects. BUY NOW Here’s a very quick video I made showing July’s papers: The regular Paper Club pack includes six 19″ x 25″ sheets of handmade paper and the mini […]
I’m excited to share a beautiful wedding album created by Canadian book artist Sharon Meeker for a friend’s son and daughter-in-law. The book is bound using a traditional Japanese stab binding called an Account Book and Sharon’s jumping off point was this tutorial: Account Book Binding Tutorial. Cover To reflect the country chic vibe of […]
One of my favorite types of long stitch binding is this long stitch with packing. It’s a good beginner binding because each signature is sewn in individually. I wrote a tutorial for this binding with a leather cover but it can also be made with a thick handmade paper cover. Here I used the pink […]
This is a coptic stitch book I made recently using one of the handmade rose papers from June’s Paper Club. I used a single needle to sew the coptic stitch through 9 sewing stations, and I added a wrapper to each signature from using June’s dill paper. Head to the end of the post for […]
The selection for June Paper Club is a summery mixture of rose petals and pinks. ItĀ features the last few sheets of the rose paper, which is no longer being made and so when this month’s Paper Club sells out, it’ll be gone forever š BUY NOW The regular Paper Club pack includes six 19″ x […]