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Published: 2011-10-11 13:30:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 3589; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 11
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Description This is a diary I made for myself. It took me an unholy amount of time, not least because I moved this year and am working on a billion other projects. But I'm really glad with the results.

I tried a ton of new things with this, from binding on chords to the cover relief to the headbands to having an exposed back. I learned a lot, and all in all I'm proud of how it turned out. Yay experimentation! (:

I'm working on a commission right now, and after that I won't be able to take on new ones until the new year.

I'd sell something as complex and elegant as this for about 150 Euros. I took the best materials and put all my care and devotion in this, so it's worth every penny of that.
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Comments: 21

snazzie-designz [2013-03-24 01:31:22 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful. I've never seen anything quite like it before. I love the idea of sewing around the chords, and the headbands are very unusual. Really cool

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crocodiledreams [2012-07-29 14:58:40 +0000 UTC]

That's nice! I haven't ever tried a cord binding. Is it any stiffer than coptic, or still sort of wiggly? Haven't tried headbands yet, either, but I've been looking at some methods. I'll probably give that a shot next time I bind something.

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svenmarie In reply to crocodiledreams [2012-08-09 11:25:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
I have never done a coptic bind, so I can't compare it. But it doesn't lie flat when you open it, it always tries to shut again.

I want to learn how to sew headbands on. It just looks soo elegant, but I bet it takes a lot of patience and practice.

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hazel-eyez-raine [2012-01-19 06:11:32 +0000 UTC]

It looks so small! I like!

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svenmarie In reply to hazel-eyez-raine [2012-01-22 09:38:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! (:

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hazel-eyez-raine In reply to svenmarie [2012-01-26 03:11:42 +0000 UTC]

np

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Lawenta [2012-01-17 17:41:39 +0000 UTC]

This is really beautiful, and clearly shows the care that went into the project. It seems to me it would be impossible to hide any mistakes or sloppy places in a book where everything is exposed like this. Great work!

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svenmarie In reply to Lawenta [2012-01-22 09:44:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I definitely put all my care and skills into this, and I'm proud of the result. (:

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space-wolf [2011-10-14 19:22:49 +0000 UTC]

This piece was featured in my weekly art post on my personal writing/art blog Wolfish Written: [link]
I hope you don't mind!

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svenmarie In reply to space-wolf [2011-10-16 04:36:26 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, thank you so much! I'm so happy right now, this is awesome! I've had a crappy week, but this cheers me up right away!
I looked at the other art you featured, and it's great. I'm honoured to be included.

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space-wolf [2011-10-13 12:11:52 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is beautiful. What sort of binding have you done to have the cords bare like that?

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svenmarie In reply to space-wolf [2011-10-13 15:00:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! (:
I used the kettle stitch (here's a tutorial: [link] ), but instead of having two holes on either side like you would with flat tape, I had only one per cord, so the thread goes out of the hole, loops around the cord and goes back into the same hole. Other than that the binding is the same. Then, instead of glueing the cords down on the endpapers/flyleaves, I left them loose and attached them to the cover boards.

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Folksaga [2011-10-12 22:03:03 +0000 UTC]

Thick visible cords are lovely, nice work I like to make those too but it takes such a long time !

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svenmarie In reply to Folksaga [2011-10-13 16:38:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! (:

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Gwenthyr [2011-10-12 18:49:56 +0000 UTC]

Very nice I like the shape of the cover and the way it's bound.

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svenmarie In reply to Gwenthyr [2011-10-12 23:29:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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BCcreativity [2011-10-11 16:33:58 +0000 UTC]

Ok, so this is cool. I love the simplicity and the exposure of the cord and Headbands
Great Job!
Cheers

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svenmarie In reply to BCcreativity [2011-10-11 16:48:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I admire your work, so this means a lot to me. (:

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ThePressGang-ink [2011-10-11 13:50:22 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful

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svenmarie In reply to ThePressGang-ink [2011-10-11 16:18:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! (:

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ThePressGang-ink In reply to svenmarie [2011-10-11 16:57:34 +0000 UTC]

No problem I love exposed cord sewing

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