Third sewn-on-the-spine book

Book 3 done! This is a project A binding with a project B cover style. Finished book size is 6.75" square. Signature paper is a 90 lb drawing paper but I can't remember what. I have one fold-up and 4 fold-outs in the book (that's what the r photo is). 

Bookcloth is Duo color Grape from Talas and I've also put it on the inside hinge and spine section. Using cloth on the inside is so much easier for me --no worry about ripping endpaper and no worrying about gluing and mis-aligning one huge piece of endpaper. Cover paper is a leftover piece from the sheet I used for book 2. 

The stitching pattern is the same pattern as in our class instructions but 9 rows instead of 13 because my book is smaller than our instructions and is what I did for book 2. I varied the distances between rows. I don't like the stitching thread color I used; it's a bit subtle for my taste. I will get a few spools of brighter colors. 

Now what? I still have paper and board and thread and bookcloth so I'll experiment with stitching patterns, gelli printed endsheets, making cover paper with the flour sacks. . . (and of course make myself USE a book). 

(this one I gave to Marie, coworker who I went to Alaska with in August/September 2019)

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I was looking for some other stitching patterns and other ideas and what I found I'm putting here so I can find them again if I can remember I put them here

A limp binding (whatever that means). 
How to make your own bookcloth
Packed long stitch
Make your own punching trough

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