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Hello, I'm Fran and we'll learn how to make a Coptic Sketchbook

The materials we'll need are:

Cardboard

Needle and wool (or waxed thread)

Glue* (This is optional, read below why)

Watecolor paper, or any paper of your choice

So, let's begin!

First, we're going to mark and cut the covers of our sketchbook

I'm going to make a long one, of 16x8cm covers (2 covers!)

let's cut our covers, be careful!

Then, let's take out the paper from the pad and make some signatures

They must be the same size of our covers

Make the sheets double size from the longest part of the cover (32 cm) and cut

Fold your sheet in the middle, and let's make 5 or 6 signatures*

To make one signature you need at least 2 sheets

Grab one sheet and write some marks of half-inches apart to make the holes for our thread

Following this marks, write onto the spine of all stacked signatures using a ruler

Write on the cover, 1cm apart from the spine side, the same marks as our signatures

and make the holes with a big needle or wood needle

Make the holes of each signature too!

Now, take the wool and measure at least 6x times of the width of the cover

Knot it and let's stitch it up!

First: pass the needle through the first hole of the signature n°1

Then, pass the needle through the first hole of the cover, from outside!

Take the needle from inside the cover

Stitch around the thread

and back into the first hole of the signature

Get into the second hole of the signature

Stitch around the cover from outside to inside

Loop around the previous thread

and get back into the signature

Repeat this process with all the remaining holes of the signature

Let's stitch the next signature n°2

Stitch into the second signature from outside

Stitch into the next hole of the same signature from inside

Loop around the previous stitch from the first signature

and back into the second hole of signature n°2

Repeat this with the third hole of the signature n°2

Loop around ~

and back into the signature

And repeat the same steps for each following signature!

For the LAST signature we need to stitch both signature and cover

First, stitch from the outside of the cover

loop around the previous seam of the signature

Enter into the signature in the first hole

stitch into the next hole

and back outside again to the cover

Enter into the second hole of the cover

Loop around the previous seam

and back into the signature

and repeat the same steps until the last hole of the cover

To close our stitches, get back into the last hole of the signature

let's make a knot

and cut the remaining thread

and we have our sketchbook ready!

But to make it special, we can draw, paint and customize our covers

I painted turquoise because I love that color

and drew little dots over the cover with gold paint

For each sheet, I cut the edges with a round corner punch from Kadomaru PRO

and that's our first handmade sketchbook

this bookbinding allows you to open flat each page and it's super comfy for drawing ♥

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see you in the next video, bye byeee ~