Coptic Bookbinding Journal Workshop

Learn how to make a beautifully bound journal or sketchbook in this hand-stitched workshop.



6 hours Class size 1 to 10 guests       £70 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

Learn how to make a beautifully bound journal or sketchbook in this hand-stitched Coptic Stitch Bookbinding Workshop.
This workshop is great for anyone who has an interest in bookbinding or just wants to make themselves or someone else a beautiful handmade gift. A lovely workshop for beginners.
Coptic is one of the oldest bookbinding stitches that allows a book to open out completely flat, which is great for writing and drawing. You will make a decoratively bound A5 or A6 journal or sketchbook using a technique that dates back over 2000 years.
In this workshop, you will:
  • Learn about paper grain
  • Use traditional bookbinding tools
  • Learn how to cut and fold paper into signatures (inner pages)
  • Cover the hardback cover with decorative papers
  • Use waxed thread to personalise your book and create a beautiful book using the Coptic stitch technique
At the end of this workshop, you will have a beautifully bound book as well as the skills and knowledge to create more at home.
What you'll get
Includes tea & coffee, biscuits, tuition, and use of tools.
Materials: There is an extra cost on the day for materials, payable to the tutor of £8-£20. There will be a choice of papers available for the outside and inside of the outer cover, but if you have something yourself that you would like to use, please bring it along. Nothing too shiny, please, as this type of paper tends not to work so well.
Knowledge required
This is a beginner-friendly workshop and is ideal for those with some experience looking to learn a new bookbinding technique.
What to bring
Lunch
Location

Lechlade Craft Barn, Orchard House South, Downington, Lechlade GL7 3DL

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Launched in 2014, Lechlade Craft Barn was created by Karen Holland and is based in an old stone barn at Karen’s Cotswold home in the beautiful market town of Lechlade-on-Thames. Lechlade is on the borders of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and Oxfordshire not far from Cirencester, Burford and Swindon. The barn is full of character and inspiration, a perfect environment to get crafty!
Karen wanted to share her passion for crafting with others and starting with just 3 or 4 different workshops the demand for more crafting soon increased. Led by Karen and her team of talented tutors there is a wide range of affordable craft workshops to choose from such as crochet, mosaics, lampshade making, block printing, silversmithing, bookbinding, lino cutting, stained glass, pyrography, silver clay, and much more.
All workshops are aimed at beginners and upwards – whether you’re exploring a craft for the first time or topping up existing skills, each workshop is fun and relaxed. Craft your way to happiness with a craft barn workshop or one of the kits available to make at home.
Crafty Parties are a great way to spend fun time with friends or family celebrating a birthday or hen party. Spend a couple of hours or a whole day, even those non-crafty friends enjoy themselves!
Karen has been making things since a small child. At primary school she made a needle case for the Christmas Bazaar, bought it herself and is still using it 50 years later! Having learned how to knit, crochet, and sew at a young age, Karen was making her own clothes by the age of 11.
We all have busy lives, families and work commitments that all take priority. During the Pandemic we found crafting the perfect boost needed for everyone's wellbeing and we should be giving ourselves a little 'me' time to unwind. What better way to do it than crafting!
You're never too old to learn a new skill. Karen has just taught her mother to crochet at the age of 84!

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