Coptic Stitch binding with hard cover method 1

This is one method of sewing hard covers on a book using the coptic binding method.

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[Elvis Gjino]

Hello i saw the video. it is nice but you had only 3 signitures how about you have 10 signitures is the book going to be thicker becouse of the thred?

[Jim Escalante]

I used fewer signatures to keep the video short. You can sew as many as you like. Unless your thread is real thick, the width or thickness of the spine should not become too thick. Thanks for asking.

[tutsimapu]

When will you make the video with how to make a hard cover book with one line of thread in the final signature?

[Jim Escalante]

I made a video titled "Coptic Binding on Boards" which should illustrate the steps.I don't know how to include a link in the comments. If you click on my name, it should take you to a list of my other videos. I only have a few on line. Hope this helps.-Jim

[kiwi73703]

I sure wish I looked at this before I completed my coptic binding. This tutorial was much easier. I use 2 threads with needles on the end of each thread. It got confusing. I finished it though - so thanks for this tutorial..

[Jim Escalante]

Soon after I posted this video I learned more about the two needle method. A few students have made small size book with lots of signatures. The book's spine only have the two stitch chains. Using two needles is different but It has some interesting applications when you want to make a smaller format book. Thanks for the post. -Jim

[animegrl335]

Is it possible to do this using single pages? And if so would you gave to do what you did for each signature to each page?

[BusterKeatonsGirl]

Thanks so much for this tutorial! Best one I've seen so far in my quest to master the coptic stitch. I also love the fact that you're using plain cardboard for the covers! I use it a lot for my books. It's so "anti-precious", and the more battered it gets, the better it looks! :)

[svitjot1]

Is it normal that the binding at the top & bottom look differently than the ones in the middle (= little "arrows")? You do not get the same effect because you don't return into the same signature, but right onto the next one. Still, I've found pictures on coptic stitching where all bindings are the same (arrows)?

[anna luiza vianna serrao]

This is the best coptic tutorial I"ve have seen...It helped me a lot!Thanks!!!!

[kexetish]

thankyou!!!! i've just spent two hours trying to understand a written tutorial with some sort of coptic stitching, and it didn't turn out to well.. this is so much easier to understand! very relaxed learning :) i've just discoverd the world of bookbinding, it's amazing! thanks again!

[1Aurora2]

I'm gonna try it *-*