I haven't put a cover on it yet, I think it will need to be hinged front and back to allow for the swell, or perhaps just shorter than the accordion so the spine extends past the covers... I particularly like the beading along the edges of the tapes (and it also just happens to cover the sewing holes which I accidently spaced a little too wide :) )
The spine is supposed to curve around like this...
I tried a few of my own variations of this binding idea... most of them I pulled back so I could reuse the book block, the last one I did is definitely not the most sucessful! Hmmm...
Looks pretty, until...
But it's an interesting structure, and although the expanded spine is wider than the covers at first, it leaves room for all sorts of things to be stuck between the pages...
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Both are beautiful. I should get that book... Even though I know I'd just stare and look and thing and not really make much. The thin thread binding looks great when it is spread out. I'm sure there's something in it.
Sharing your experiments is a really valuable tool for the rest of us. Thank you. The thin thread is an interesting problem - if anyone can solve it , it's probably you! The thicker thread is very decorative, almost a shame to cover it up...
It's good book (even if the instructions are a bit confusing, there's some ingenious bindings in there!)
I think I need to play around with this binding some more :)
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