Leather A5 Notebook Cover

[Broch]

This is my second attempt at a notebook cover, this time A5.

My wife's a Yorkshire lass (I know, fraternising with the enemy ) so I thought I'd do her a Yorkshire rose theme. Still making mistakes and still learning every time I make something but that's part of the journey

 

[John Fenna]

I like it!

 

[Coldfeet]

That looks really nice, well done.

 

[DocG]

Nice job!

Can you post some more pictures of the internal arrangements and stitching, please?

 

[Dogoak]

That's lovely, well done, a few brownie points I'm guessing

 

[Broch]

Nice job!

Can you post some more pictures of the internal arrangements and stitching, please?

Of course, just don't look too closely - stitching is still a problem area; it takes me ages

The cover is as simple as I could make it. It's made up of five pieces of 1.5-2mm veg tanned leather - the main cover, two 'pockets' for the notebook to slip into and two loops to act as the closure and hold a pen/pencil.

 

[DocG]

Thanks for the extra info. I too struggle with stitching - but yours is far better than I can manage! (Mine's usually ok on one side but wobbly - on a good day - on the other.)

 

[Broch]

Thanks for the extra info. I too struggle with stitching - but yours is far better than I can manage! (Mine's usually ok on one side but wobbly - on a good day - on the other.)

I cheat, I use diamond stitching chisels instead of an awl for the long runs.

 

[DocG]

Ok, I'll have to look into that technique .

 

[Muddypaws]

That looks excellent! The stitching is lovely and neat, and the tooling looks more complicated than anything I have done or would be likely to do.