November 13

Colonial Bookbinders

Today when I’m doing what I always do making bookbinders I was sewing the parts of a book together and attaching the cover.My job takes skill and patience for this craft.The groups of the folded pages formed a book,The bookbinders apprentice folds with a bone blade.The pages had to be in right order.They all had to be right side up.The pages get put on a sewing  frame.I beat the pages  with a hammer so that they lay  flat and closed.Using waxed linen thread,I sew through the folds and around the strings of the frame.Then I trimmed the pages.This work took a lot of time!