Sketch Book - uh oh!

Getting dark, but it was worth it - canvas cover, book block, and back board are now one! Yay!

Overnight I weighted it down under a mountain of books, which is a good idea in theory to iron out any lumps or bumps....

...But a bad idea if you accidentally turn up a corner as you are putting it away, and it comes out the next morning with a definite crease :(

Also, the binding doesn't look as well at the back, over the board - getting the awl through the 3 different layers may have skewed it slightly and put out the symmetry...I will see if I like it better later!

Sketch books

4 canvas covers, 4 small sketch book-blocks, and getting ready to cut 4 pieces of board to use as back covers.

Child's drawing book Finished :)

One kiddies drawing book, with handle!

The white bit is the secret ingredient - scraps of canvas a friend gave me to find something to do with them. So my idea had been to have canvas covers on front and back, for both the kid's and the sketch books, so people could design their own covers. But in this case the canvas I had just wasn't big enough - as a plan B I did a half 'n half job on it, on both sides...it would probably appeal more to kids this way anyway as it is more colourful, right???

Oh, for those more observant - no these are not hard-back books! It is called Japanese Stab Binding, and is quicker and less messy, as there's literally a single drop of glue involved, than the 'real deal'.

I may try a few hard-back versions...sometime...maybe!

Should I trim the little extra flap from the handle I wonder?