{"id":1415,"date":"2013-03-12T08:40:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T12:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2013-02-16T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T15:51:07","slug":"bookbinding-tutorial-secret-belgian-binding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/bookbinding-tutorial-secret-belgian-binding\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookbinding Tutorial Secret Belgian Binding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s tutorial Tuesday! I am sharing great bookbinding tutorials I&#8217;ve found around the web on Tuesdays &#8211; today&#8217;s tutorial is about a mysterious sounding bookbinding style called &#8220;Secret Belgian Binding&#8221; &#8211; This binding was invented in the mid 1980s by Anne Goy, a Belgian bookbinder. She was looking for a Western version of the traditional Japanese stab binding techniques. She wanted a book that would open flat but with the appearance of the stab sewing. Anne Goy calls this binding the &#8220;criss cross binding&#8221;. I can&#8217;t find the author of this great tutorial, so if anyone knows, leave a comment!\u00c2\u00a0click on the link \u00c2\u00a0or any of the photos to see the full directions: <a href=\"http:\/\/users.stargate.net\/%7Edearsam\/bookarts\/\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Secret Belgian Binding<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/users.stargate.net\/%7Edearsam\/bookarts\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1419\" alt=\"Secret Belgian Binding\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding1.png\" width=\"475\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding1.png 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding1-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding1-450x346.png 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding1-150x115.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding1-400x308.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/users.stargate.net\/%7Edearsam\/bookarts\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1421\" alt=\"Secret Belgian Binding Tutorial\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Tutorial1.png\" width=\"475\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Tutorial1.png 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Tutorial1-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Tutorial1-450x242.png 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Tutorial1-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Tutorial1-400x215.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1420\" alt=\"Secret Belgian Binding Sewing Instructions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Sewing-Instructions1.png\" width=\"475\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Sewing-Instructions1.png 475w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Sewing-Instructions1-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Sewing-Instructions1-450x119.png 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Sewing-Instructions1-150x39.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Secret-Belgian-Binding-Sewing-Instructions1-400x106.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s tutorial Tuesday! I am sharing great bookbinding tutorials I&#8217;ve found around the web on Tuesdays &#8211; today&#8217;s tutorial is about a mysterious sounding bookbinding style called &#8220;Secret Belgian Binding&#8221; &#8211; This binding was invented in the mid 1980s by Anne Goy, a Belgian bookbinder. 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