French Link Stitch

This is a bookbinding specific sewing technique, this is typically used for its looks on an exposed spine but can be used in many different ways. Follow me on Patreon for more bookbinding tutorials like this 🌷💕
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[@soloalpinist]

Thank you for the excellent video! It's the only one I've found that emphasizes the alternating pattern of the stitches. I could not figure out what I was doing wrong until watching this. Cheers!

[@unadavis5112]

Best instruction for this stitch I found in days searching! 🎉

[@beautifullybound]

Awwww thankyou 💕💕💕 my animation skills still need some brushing up but I'm glad it helped you 😊

[@MissYasshi]

I really wish you showed how it looks open because I always feel like my stitches are too loose when it's open, but too tight when closed

[@beautifullybound]

Don't worry your definitely not alone in that, I get the same result with my stitches sometimes if the book isn't pressed enough before the sewing stage. If I do another sewing tutorial I'll make sure to include the inside of my book to show this 💕🌷

[@lorenescreativecorner]

Very helpful tutorial!!! Thanks for sharing

[@Monster-wk6lh]

How far apart are your holes? Does it matter where the placement is?

[@raquelmoore4803]

So it’s okay without the binding tape?

[@adang.889]

How tight should we be pulling the thread?

[@beautifullybound]

I always air on the side of being tighter rather then looser, its vary hard to explain this in words but I'll try my best 😂 So when we open the book you should be able to pull your thread slightly, it should have a tiny bit of slack on it but if your thread is so loose that when you open to the middle of your signature and you can pull the thread quite easily to the point where it can come out more then 5mm then you have sewn it too loosely. So to summarise I would always recommend risking it being too tight then too loose. don't know how much sense that made but hopefully it was at least readable 😂