{"id":1139,"date":"2012-04-16T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2018-02-23T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T17:41:41","slug":"awesome-handmade-books-french-link-stitch-bookbinding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/awesome-handmade-books-french-link-stitch-bookbinding\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Handmade Books: French Link Stitch Bookbinding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Awesome-Handmade-Books-French-Link-Stitch-Bookbinding-Examples.jpg\" alt=\"Awesome Handmade Books - French Link Stitch Bookbinding Examples\" width=\"475\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Awesome-Handmade-Books-French-Link-Stitch-Bookbinding-Examples.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Awesome-Handmade-Books-French-Link-Stitch-Bookbinding-Examples-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Awesome-Handmade-Books-French-Link-Stitch-Bookbinding-Examples-450x663.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Awesome-Handmade-Books-French-Link-Stitch-Bookbinding-Examples-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Awesome-Handmade-Books-French-Link-Stitch-Bookbinding-Examples-400x589.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><br \/>\nSo with so many bookbinding fans out there, I thought I would do a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/category\/awesome-handmade-books\/\">weekly roundup<\/a> of some of my favorite handmade books out there on the internet, many of which I&#8217;ve conveniently rounded up on my <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/ruthbleakley\/handmade-books-journals\/\">Handmade Books + Journals Pinterest board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/angelacallanan\/4251497373\/\">French Link Stitch<\/a> Bindings! (it&#8217;s that lovely &#8220;X&#8221; stitch)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruthbleakley\/3098090721\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"French Link Stitch Binding by Ruth Bleakley\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3171\/3098090721_610443c862.jpg\" alt=\"French Link Stitch Binding by Ruth Bleakley\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruthbleakley\/3098090721\/\">French Stitch Coptic Binding by Ruth Bleakley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hilaryleckridge\/2949335663\/in\/photostream\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"French stitching on tapes by A Yen for Paper\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3236\/2949335663_af56ae0b8f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hilaryleckridge\/2949335663\/in\/photostream\">French Stitching on Tapes by A Yen for Paper\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fatoseartefatos\/6186568587\/in\/set-72157625783142376\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Coptic and French stitch - Magda Ribeiro\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6172\/6186568587_e905b4955a.jpg\" alt=\"Coptic and French stitch - Magda Ribeiro\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fatoseartefatos\/6186568587\/in\/set-72157625783142376\/\">Coptic and French stitching on tapes by Magda Ribeiro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zoopress_studio\/4276457431\/in\/set-72157623547139166\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Pequenos Sketchbooks by Zoopress Studio\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4019\/4276457431_ff8bc399a4.jpg\" alt=\"Pequenos Sketchbooks by Zoopress Studio\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zoopress_studio\/4276457431\/in\/set-72157623547139166\">Pequenos Sketchbooks<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoopress.com.br\/\">Zoopress Studio<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00c2\u00a0Here it is IN ACTION! &#8211; traditionally the french link stitch is used when sewing onto tapes in a traditional case binding, it gives the book a little more structure, but isn&#8217;t usually visible. Today book artists have integrated it into coptic stitch bindings to great effect. Make sure you use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002MKREO6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B002MKREO6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ruthblea-20\">waxed Irish linen thread<\/a> for a coptic stitch book &#8211; you can find sewing instructions for coptic stitch in this great book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307353362\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0307353362&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ruthblea-20\">How to Make Books<\/a> by Esther K. Smith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">French link stitch looks more complicated than it is &#8211; you simply sew underneath the previous section, crossing in an &#8220;X&#8221;. You need at least 8 signatures for the pattern to show up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Check out this great super-detailed tutorial by Molly Brooks:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mollybrooks.com\/wordpress\/?p=302\">The Exposed Tape Binding in 140ish Easy Steps<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mollybrooks.com\/wordpress\/?p=302\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mollybrooks.com\/blog_archive\/tutorial\/095.jpg\" alt=\"French Link tutorial by Molly Brooks\" width=\"620\" height=\"521\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/simongoode.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/17\/four-case-bindings\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"French Link Stitch by SimonGoode\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2528\/4001651776_cf171e803e.jpg\" alt=\"French Link Stitch by SimonGoode\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/simongoode.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/17\/four-case-bindings\/\">French Link stitching on tapes by Simon Goode<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form --><\/p>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"\/\/ruthbleakley.us1.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=f9f331bf2723dd3b239d9af29&amp;id=3e87933fa1\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<h2>Do you like reading posts like this? 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