January 28, 2015

Handmade Book with Lokta Paper

We’ve had some crazy weather here in New England – 30″ of snow fell yesterday, and we’ve been forced to stay home for 2 days. So while my lovely husband shoveled the driveway, I had some time to make another one of the Link Stitch/Chain Stitch books that I made last week.

black and white long stitch with chain 5

I used 3 pieces of Tim Holtz Grunge Paper – 2 cover pieces and a narrow 3/4″ strip for the spine. I used a 3″ strip of black book cloth to attach the spine to the cover pieces and wrapped some pretty Nepalese silk screened Lokta paper around the covers. The grunge paper made a great cover and is fairly easy to sew through, as long as the holes are pre-punched. It’s strong and flexible, and I’d definitely work with it again.

I chose to weave in between the long stitches as I did in the previous book, but I snapped a photo of the stitching beforehand (above). I actually prefer it without the weaving – I think I’ll skip that step next time.