I made a journal yesterday that totally indulged and satisfied my obsessive compulsive idiosyncrasies…using a blackwork pattern drawn onto grid paper to prick holes into the leather journal cover before sewing. It’s a simple limp binding, but preparing and working the cover took up most of the day.
I think this is the reason I also work blackwork embroidery on paper, on wood, on painted canvas, and on Moleskine cahiers—anything but on the grid-marked fabric that it is traditionally worked on: I like the insane, time-consuming, meditative job of making my own grid by hand. 
120 leaves (240 pages) of heavy (120gsm.) white Tintoretto paper, with a slight felt texture. Acid- and ECF-free. Journal measures 5 1/4″ x 7 1/2″ x 1 3/4″ (135mm x 190mm x 45mm), and the adhesive-free limp binding is designed to accommodate a slight adding-on to the pages such as photos, collaged papers, glued-in ephemera.
This journal, Caramel (no. 906), is in my Madeit and ETSY shops today.
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fabulous, love the pattern…. always good to take an idea , give it a twist and make it your way…..that is art
thanks for the preview
That’s really gorgeous! And so much work. I’m just learning bookbinding and it is relaxing.
Thank you, JT. And best of luck with the bookbinding…it’s a pretty special craft.
Looks like you gave it your awl….
Sorry, couldn’t resist. BEAUTIFUL work. I know what you mean about breaking rules and doing it YOUR way!
*groannnnn* LOL…thank you! Hurrah for radical orneriness!
Oooh! I want!
Btw, I ran into Kara the other night at National Katips. Wala lang, natuwa lang ako na nagkita kami.
Saya naman! Kakainggit…