While learning how to do the slot-and-tab bookmaking technique for this year’s 100 Day Stitch Book, I’ve decided to revisit my 100 Day Project from 2023, 100 Days of Fabric and Stitch Collage, and make those compositions into a soft book as well. In the 2023 100 Day Project, I completed 18 textile collage compositions and now I have a good way to assemble them into a book.
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| Folding dummy and textile compositions for a new soft stitch book. |
Preparing the signatures
I have 18 completed textile collage compositions (book pages) from the 2023 project. After my experience with a 20-page (plus cover) slot-and-tab book for my 2025 Stitch Book, I’ve decided to make two books out of these compositions.
Figuring out the page spreads and the signatures was quite challenging. In order to work with 4-page signatures—and not have too many blank pages—I finished this additional composition (below) that was started back in 2023 but not completed.
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| This composition, finished this year, is an additional page for one of the books. |
I’m also designing and stitching covers for both of these books… an additional time commitment.
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| Layout and collage prep for one of the book covers. |
I’m excited to start sewing the signatures and see the collage compositions take shape into a book form, but I’ll have to finish stitching the covers before assembly can begin. I hope to make significant progress over this Memorial Day holiday weekend.
