These are finished now and ready for me to decide what sort of book I want to turn them into.
This is the inside of one cover – a scrap of wonderfully textured fabric which I folded over at the edges and ladder stitched into place.
And this is the patterned fabric I chose for the other.
And together…
I’ve been looking at options for the binding. I originally thought about a coptic binding but I don’t really want to put holes in the fabric covered boards, so I had a good look through some of my bookbinding books and am wondering about something more like a french link stitch where I could stitch through the fabric on the covers instead.
Something to mull over and experiment with.
Under A Topaz Sky 
Beautiful!! Do you find ‘finish’ work to be the most laborious? I certainly do. I’ll work on a stitchery or punchneedle or even a doll and get to the very last of it only to bog down in ‘how will I finish this’! I’m not sure whether its a lack of confidence, worry that I’ll somehow ruin everything I’ve already done or I subconciously I don’t want the project to be finished.
Looking lovely – good luck with the experimentation!
lovely cloth you are using…..good luck with the decision making. I can’t help i’m afraid. I don’t know much about book binding….