Leather Bookbinding Workshop - Saturday 18th January 2025

10am - 4pm, January 18, 2025

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

Join us for a fun day in the barn with guest tutor Kelly and make your own beautiful leather bound journal or sketchbook.

In this workshop you will:
- Learn how to understand paper grain
- Correctly fold and cut paper using traditional tools.
- Pick prepare and measure a piece of leather choosing different colours and thicknesses.
- Learn how to sew the book together (No glue here!) using the traditional medieval long-stitch technique, with stitches showing on the spine to add that extra bit of contrast and detail!
- Finish the book with a choice of different methods using straps, buttons, studs or something a bit more adventurous!

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: £65 to include tea & coffee and some materials. The cost of the leather and clasps is £8-£20 payable to the tutor on the day depending on what you use. If you have something yourself that you would like to use, please bring it along and we can check its suitability.

Please bring: lunch and glasses if you wear them.

Customer cancellation deadline: 3rd January

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

Click here to see cancellation information.