Coptic Stitch Bookbinding Workshop - Friday 24th July 2026

10am - 4pm, July 24, 2026

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

Learn how to make a beautifully bound, hand stitched journal or sketchbook in this Coptic Bookbinding Workshop.

This is a lovely workshop for beginners or for those looking for a new project and to improve their skills.

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.

Cost: £70 to include tea & coffee, biscuits, tuition 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.

Please bring: lunch and glasses if you wear them.

Customer cancellation deadline: 9th July

NOTE: the Craft Barn is accessed via external stone steps with handrails and may not be suitable for anyone with mobility issues.

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