A Bookbinding Online Course via Google Meet

4 Sessions | All Levels | $120.00 | Wed PM | 6-8.30 | May 6-27 

💻 Classes are recorded and available for download during the course and for two weeks after class ends. 

Stitch a coptic-bound journal using a live-binding variation using multiple threads and make sturdy covers with an inset window.

Week 1 - Wed. May 06, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern

Week 2 - Wed. May 13, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern

Week 3 - Wed. May 20, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern

Week 4 - Wed. May 27, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern

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Bask in this 4-session online course, paced for a relaxing bookbinding journey. 

Enjoy this variant of the ancient Coptic bookbinding technique - Live Coptic Stitching, where you use multiple color threads to stitch up your spine. Rainbow threads, anyone?!

We’ll also beef up our covers using two layers of substrate - book board and poster board, sized slightly differently, to achieve a subtle lip near the edges of our covers. We’ll also learn to measure for centering a perfect inset window on the front cover. Small details with a big impact. 

SUPPLY LIST 

Bookbinder’s Board (Davy Board)

Poster board or cereal box (anything with that thickness)

ColorWay Arts 2-in-1 Trim & Miter Tool

Decorative papers for bookbinding

Paper for book pages - at least 40 pages, sized 8.5 x 11  

Bone folder

Glue brush

Acrylic gel medium (as a brushable glue) or Jade PVA glue

beeswax

curved bookbinding needles (one for each thread color you’ll be using)

bookbinding thread

medium-duty or heavy-duty bookbinder’s awl

wax paper

piercing cradle

Eraser

Paper ephemera (images of maps, receipts, sheet music, text, illustrations, postcards…anything you find that has text/imagery that catches your eye)

Metal-edged ruler for measuring and cutting your board

Mechanical pencil

Triangle