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home_and_away) wrote2008-10-29 02:35 pm
home_and_away) wrote2008-10-29 02:35 pm
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Filed under "Oh, for the love of God!"
So...
I've spent the past 45 minutes or so sewing a book together. Nothing new. Trying out something with a tacket binding that doesn't leave strings waving in the breeze (because there're two things I can't stand: wavy strings and cut off ends inside a signature). It was going pretty well, too; look!
Just one problem:
...
~sighs, curses, and breaks out the embroidery scissors...~
I've spent the past 45 minutes or so sewing a book together. Nothing new. Trying out something with a tacket binding that doesn't leave strings waving in the breeze (because there're two things I can't stand: wavy strings and cut off ends inside a signature). It was going pretty well, too; look!
Just one problem:
...
~sighs, curses, and breaks out the embroidery scissors...~
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(as a sidebar, I'm considering crossposting this one to the bookbinders' group; everybody shares their successes and etsy offerings; I want to see some screwups--THOSE are where I learn things. :D D'you think they'd stone me?)