Article · Handmade Books and Journals
Secret Belgian Binding
By Kristi
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2018
About this lesson
A bookbinder's demo of marking and punching cover boards, then threading and weaving the crisscross pattern that defines secret Belgian binding, where the spine piece is held only by tensioned cord.
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