This was EXCELLENT!!! Thank you so much for your clear and concise video on Stab Binding. I had not heard of stab binding until now and I am intrigued. You are an excellent teacher and your video shows each step perfectly. Love the templates too! I will be watching more of your work - again, thank you!
Thank you thank you for clearly showing the book corner fold-down treatment so well! The pause and close-up of the little excess that insures complete coverage--now I get it!!
Excellent demonstration, I only came for the hinge but stayed to the end. I'll only be hinging on the front as I want to keep the back board stiff. Thank you for making it so very clear.
Thank you so much for your videos. Like someone has previously said, your videos are like taking a workshop. I appreciate your time, effort and expertise. I have learned so much from your instructions and can’t say enough about how well you teach. Thank you again
I've been looking for a stab binding tutorial for a while now, and your video was highly recommended to me by someone in the bookbinding sub-reddit. I have to say, their suggestion to watch you was well received! This tutorial is concise and easy to follow. Thank you very much for sharing your work!
I just made a landscape version as a photo album for some photos my husband took. It turned out wonderfully. Thank you so much for the instruction and the inspiration!
Wow! Your video is so incredibly well done and has so much more information. I tried JSB for the first time this morning by following another video and by the time I was done, I said NEVER AGAIN! You have given me the courage to give it another go and I'm glad for that because I really and truly love the look of this style book. Also deeply appreciate your variation on the cover fold. That just makes so much more sense than using paper. I checked out your website because I saw the punch you were using for the holes (naturally I was doing it the hard way this morning) and I was thrilled to see that you had it in your list of tools along with the link. Many, many thank you's from this girl!
Just in time. I wanted to do this for my next project. You are so clear and concise. No extra chit chat😀. I love the knitting technique at the end. I have never seen it done that way. Can you score the pages so they open better? Also, how do you add pages to the spacers? Thanks, again. Another winner.
I am having difficulty getting this to download at the actual size... Do you think you could give the dimensions on the spacing of the holes so I could make the template instead of printing it??? I would also be interested in directions for how you made the 45deg jig for edge cutting... 2:42
Hi Jim - Sorry for the slow reply. (I've been off the grid for a few days so no internet.) In both columns the holes are spaced 1/2 inch apart running down the length of the spine. The second column is offset to hit the center of the spacing of the first column. Create the spacing of the holes and then just center them top to bottom on whatever size your bookboard is. Hope that makes sense - it's not as complex as it might look. If you need more info than that (with pictures), email me at kristi@handmadebooksandjournals.com. As for the creation of the corner jig, that's a more complex explanation and might be worthy of a new video. I've also 3-D printed a jig for my own use that I keep thinking of selling, so I might do both of those things in the next couple of weeks - a video of the cardboard jig, and some shameless self-promotion! hahaha
Great tutorial . Would it be a Good idea to make a watercolour sketchbook with this kind of binding ? Have you tried it ? Also a bookbinding workshop I attended taught that we begin the binding in between the pages and end it back at the same place so that the knot is not seen outside anywhere . I hope that makes sense 😁 You are an excellent teacher. Thank you
Thanks for the kind words, Darshana. :) You could use this sort of book as a sketchbook, but I think for watercolor you want a book whose pages lie flat when the book is open, like a Coptic Stitch book - ruclips.net/video/DX7kTLAXfZw/видео.html - or one bound with the Secret Belgian Binding - ruclips.net/video/swOZ5Xxt0Aw/видео.html. If the book doesn't lie flat (and stab bound books don't) you'll run into problems as you try to let your watercolors dry. Yes, you can start your binding in between pages to hide the knot. I like the method I show in the video of popping the knot inside the hole, but the end result is the same with either technique - a knot that is not visible from the outside. :)
That glue dish is actually a soap dish that I got at IKEA. They came as a pair - I actually use the small one as intended, as a soap dish :) but I found the larger one to be the perfect size for glue!
Too funny. Going to ask my daughter to pick one up for me. Unfortunately we don’t have one in NH. Thanks for the info on the spacers. I have been working on suminagashi and combining it with quotes so adding pages is great. I will play around with it. I really do appreciate how quickly you reply and how your videos are like workshops. They have the downloads and are so clear without all the jibber jabber. You are one great teacher and I thank you for being so generous with your knowledge. Your artistry is amazing, as well. 🙏
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You are incredibly instructor. Great job teaching and laying out the details. Excellent.
This was EXCELLENT!!! Thank you so much for your clear and concise video on Stab Binding. I had not heard of stab binding until now and I am intrigued. You are an excellent teacher and your video shows each step perfectly. Love the templates too! I will be watching more of your work - again, thank you!
Beautiful, excellent teaching tutorial. I love your instructions on the hinges. Just what I was after.
Thank you! 💛
Thank you thank you for clearly showing the book corner fold-down treatment so well! The pause and close-up of the little excess that insures complete coverage--now I get it!!
Awesome! 😊🥰
Just starting this journey. So good to find such a thorough tutorial to help me. Thank you!
Awsome Kristi, thank you so much! 😍
Excellent demonstration, I only came for the hinge but stayed to the end. I'll only be hinging on the front as I want to keep the back board stiff.
Thank you for making it so very clear.
Thank you! 😘 (Keeping the back board stiff is a great idea!)
Wow this is an amazing tutorial. I can't wait to try this out.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for your videos. Like someone has previously said, your videos are like taking a workshop. I appreciate your time, effort and expertise. I have learned so much from your instructions and can’t say enough about how well you teach. Thank you again
Thank you so much!
I've been looking for a stab binding tutorial for a while now, and your video was highly recommended to me by someone in the bookbinding sub-reddit. I have to say, their suggestion to watch you was well received! This tutorial is concise and easy to follow. Thank you very much for sharing your work!
Thank you!
I just made a landscape version as a photo album for some photos my husband took. It turned out wonderfully. Thank you so much for the instruction and the inspiration!
That is so awesome! I hope he loved it! :)
Excellent tutorial as always. Thank you.
Wow! Your video is so incredibly well done and has so much more information. I tried JSB for the first time this morning by following another video and by the time I was done, I said NEVER AGAIN! You have given me the courage to give it another go and I'm glad for that because I really and truly love the look of this style book. Also deeply appreciate your variation on the cover fold. That just makes so much more sense than using paper. I checked out your website because I saw the punch you were using for the holes (naturally I was doing it the hard way this morning) and I was thrilled to see that you had it in your list of tools along with the link. Many, many thank you's from this girl!
Thank you so very much! Those are the kind of comments that keep me doing this!
Just in time. I wanted to do this for my next project. You are so clear and concise. No extra chit chat😀. I love the knitting technique at the end. I have never seen it done that way. Can you score the pages so they open better? Also, how do you add pages to the spacers? Thanks, again. Another winner.
Thank you!
Knotting not knitting. Need to read before posting.🤪
@@Tadi3a Lol! I knew what you meant :)
Good one! 👍🏻😁
I am having difficulty getting this to download at the actual size... Do you think you could give the dimensions on the spacing of the holes so I could make the template instead of printing it???
I would also be interested in directions for how you made the 45deg jig for edge cutting... 2:42
Hi Jim - Sorry for the slow reply. (I've been off the grid for a few days so no internet.) In both columns the holes are spaced 1/2 inch apart running down the length of the spine. The second column is offset to hit the center of the spacing of the first column. Create the spacing of the holes and then just center them top to bottom on whatever size your bookboard is. Hope that makes sense - it's not as complex as it might look. If you need more info than that (with pictures), email me at
kristi@handmadebooksandjournals.com.
As for the creation of the corner jig, that's a more complex explanation and might be worthy of a new video. I've also 3-D printed a jig for my own use that I keep thinking of selling, so I might do both of those things in the next couple of weeks - a video of the cardboard jig, and some shameless self-promotion! hahaha
Great tutorial . Would it be a Good idea to make a watercolour sketchbook with this kind of binding ? Have you tried it ? Also a bookbinding workshop I attended taught that we begin the binding in between the pages and end it back at the same place so that the knot is not seen outside anywhere . I hope that makes sense 😁 You are an excellent teacher. Thank you
Thanks for the kind words, Darshana. :) You could use this sort of book as a sketchbook, but I think for watercolor you want a book whose pages lie flat when the book is open, like a Coptic Stitch book - ruclips.net/video/DX7kTLAXfZw/видео.html - or one bound with the Secret Belgian Binding - ruclips.net/video/swOZ5Xxt0Aw/видео.html. If the book doesn't lie flat (and stab bound books don't) you'll run into problems as you try to let your watercolors dry.
Yes, you can start your binding in between pages to hide the knot. I like the method I show in the video of popping the knot inside the hole, but the end result is the same with either technique - a knot that is not visible from the outside. :)
Oops, forgot to ask where you found your glue dish. My glue brush usually rolls off the desk. 😜
That glue dish is actually a soap dish that I got at IKEA. They came as a pair - I actually use the small one as intended, as a soap dish :) but I found the larger one to be the perfect size for glue!
Too funny. Going to ask my daughter to pick one up for me. Unfortunately we don’t have one in NH. Thanks for the info on the spacers. I have been working on suminagashi and combining it with quotes so adding pages is great. I will play around with it. I really do appreciate how quickly you reply and how your videos are like workshops. They have the downloads and are so clear without all the jibber jabber. You are one great teacher and I thank you for being so generous with your knowledge. Your artistry is amazing, as well. 🙏
Bye, next Girdle bookbinding tutorial?
Yeah, maybe... :)
wait ... :-)