{"id":980,"date":"2011-10-15T09:29:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T13:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2012-04-05T12:24:43","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T16:24:43","slug":"delynnes-coptic-stitch-yuzen-wave-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/delynnes-coptic-stitch-yuzen-wave-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Delynne&#8217;s Coptic Stitch Yuzen Wave Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-981\" title=\"coptic stitch album handbound book\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-450x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-450x758.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-400x674.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was contacted by someone on Etsy who was a fan of my Yuzen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/80751299\/waves-mini-journal-small-handbound-book\">Waves Mini Journal<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0but wanted something bigger, that could be used as an album for collecting her mosaic inspirations. I set out to create a custom coptic stitch hand bound book for her, and here are the photos of the process!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-982\" title=\"making book covers with grommets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-2-450x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-2-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>above: holes punched in the cover, gold eyelets set in the holes, pages folded and the foredge of the book being trimmed.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-983\" title=\"sewing coptic stitch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-3.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-3-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-3-122x150.jpg 122w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/delynnes-book-3-400x488.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here I am sewing with a curved needle, handy for getting underneath a previous stitch to form the chain stitch needed to create \u00c2\u00a0a coptic style binding. I think I need to get a little bit of a thinner needles though! I&#8217;m sewing with waxed Irish linen thread.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-984\" title=\"finished coptic stitch album\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4201-450x404.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4201-450x404.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4201-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4201-150x134.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4201-400x359.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4201.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>Voila! The finished album! 6&#215;9&#8243;, with spacers for the additional material that will fit in there when the book is full. The paper is Japanese and handmade, silkscreened with many layers of vibrant ink to produce a rich, tactile surface. You can&#8217;t really tell in the photos but the gold is slightly reflective.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was contacted by someone on Etsy who was a fan of my Yuzen Waves Mini Journal\u00c2\u00a0but wanted something bigger, that could be used as an album for collecting her mosaic inspirations. 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