First text block attempt!

Most of my book binding materials came today! I was so excited to get back from my run this morning and see a big package from Hollander's waiting for me. In it were four nice sheets of binding board, three yards of linen tape, as well as PVA glue.

Until today I had been biding my time folding signatures of random paper laying around the house, getting ready to test out my first text block. I went at it tonight, sewing together five signatures of four pages, and it actually went pretty well! I won't be using it for a book, that's for sure (definitely don't need to bother with the fussy end sheets with hinge cloth or whatever), but it was good practice, and I think I'll use it to take notes on the process.

Here's a snapshot of a bit of the binding:

(I had no idea my nails matched my walls so well! XD)

So next step I suppose would be to use some better quality paper, do a much neater job of sewing the text block, and then going to the fabric warehouse to find some fun fabrics for the cover!

I love starting new projects. Hopefully this turns out a success!