Spanish Ledger Binding
I just finished making this replica of a Spanish 17th Century limp vellum ledger. I used an old parchment document for the cover, folded with turn-ins so that the original writing is hidden on the inside. I constructed the traditional toggle and loop closure elements from strips of vellum.
8 comments:
Very nice!
That is just gorgeous!!
That book is amazing :o
Thanks Larry, Melanie Ann, and taichara :D
i like it
Thanks, Giorgia!
Hi
I love your blog! I come back to it again and again.
I'm trying to understand how you sewed this binding....where did you start the sewing? At which station? Did you use the same thread to do the sewing on the front cover, or did you tie off and start again?
Thanks so much, Cassienne
Hi Cassienne. I don't have this book anymore so I can't examine it right now, and, it has been so long since I made it that I can't tell you exactly where I started the sewing! But I can tell you that the sewing on the covers is completely separate from the binding. -Rhonda
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