There is also a right and wrong side to fold the paper. The paper will sort of tear if it’s the wrong direction and it will be a nice clean fold if you have done it the right way. So you might want to use a practice piece to determine the correct orientation of the paper. The next thing you want to be aware of is there is also a different texture on either side of a piece of paper. You want them all facing the same way. You can tell when looking at paper with light facing overtop a piece of paper. One side will have more texture than the other.

I watched this yesterday and I already made one, it looks cool ty, It takes a lot of time but its worth it

Such a great tutorial! I love coptic binding and it is my favorite way of making mixed paper sketchbooks. I can’t choose one, I usually put 2-3 different kinds of watercolor paper :)) and it’s a great way to explore- it’s way cheaper to buy big sheets and then cut/bind them, than to buy several sketchbooks.

I SO appreciate you showing the tear at the end and how you repaired it! Thank you.

Well presented and explained as usual. I am inspired to finally make my own watercolour sketchbook. This stitching always intimidated me.

Thank you for your very instructive tutorial. I'll try this to make a watercolor travel journal with 100% cotton paper. I plan to use a leather book cover over the outer cover to better protect the book.

this was a great tutorial and led me through my first bookbinding project and now i'm hooked. making your own sketchbook is so satisfying. using a curved needle was clutch. thank you!!!

Hi! I just finished my first ever sketchbook following this tutorial and I'm so so happy with the result :) I'm going to give it as an anniversary gift I'm really excited

I have watched several Coptic binding tutorials and I found this to be the most helpful by far. Showing the repair was particularly helpful. Thank you

What a great tutorial! Thank you so much, you've explained how to do this so well, you are a star!.

This is such a great video, thank you. I have tried this with maybe 2 signatures, but I would call what I did survival binding. I will refer to this again and try a sketchbook with more signatures. Thanks again!

Super helpful. One of the best and clearest instructions I can find. Love this!

ive made like 6 books and never EVER have i thought to make all the marks at once how you did dragging the pencil down the side... i feel like i could have saved so much time LOOOL ive always done them all individually omg .. im watching this AFTER just making a watercolor book haha. i definitely agree about only using two folded sheets as a signature! three is too many.

Super easy to learn, already made three, thank you. Easy Christmas presentz to make during lockdown here I come

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I have been looking to do that for so long, big fan from Egypt❤️

Man- that book you made is ambitious! That book is fat! I usually only do 12 signatures of two watercolor pages at once. I love making these but its hard on my hands.

Thank you! You are a great teacher. You seem to know exactly when I’m getting lost, then you slow down til I catch up! Unbelievable. I never was no fancy book learner... but I be a fancy book maker now😂

Finally I managed to make my own 300GSM 100% cotton watercolor sketchbook just because of your straightforward video. Thank you so much. Such a great video.

thank you, this is the best binding tutorial available!

Wow, this is fantastic. I think I'll give this a try, in the near future.

Thank you for this! So helpful

this is the best tutorial i've seen on book binding. I had no confusion, thank you so much :)

I love your videos. You've helped me get my start in several new mediums!

amazing! I've done my own set before but the papers were bad. now I'm moving forward with cotton watercolor papers, and I want to make a small sketchbook for my favorite colors. thank you!

Wonderful demonstration. I’ve made a Coptic binding before but struggled with the instructions in the book I used. Your procedure is so clear and the steps unmistakable. Thank you!

This is great! Thank you for this great tutorial

Thanks..have just made my first Coptic stitch watercolour sketchbook.....but wish had seen your tutorial before..as I found it really tricky attaching the top cover and last signature..your video made it all look much easier.

Thank you! I’m so excited to create my own sketchbook.

Thanks for the tutorial. Very clear and useful!! Just finished my first little sketchbook!🙏🙏

Excellent teaching thank you

Best video on KZfaq 👍

So helpful....and thanks for leaving in the mistake...it is good to know a possible fix :) Thank you for a great tutorial :)

Great tutorial.

Loving this tutorial! Thanks so much! So happy that I finally made one!❤

Really cool! Lots of work, i bet you would have had to censor whatever you might have said when you tore the last stitch OMG! Lol

Thanks for the tutorial! I’m new to watercolor painting but wanted to make my own sketchbook. I fish everyday to I think I’m gonna sue a fishing Uni knot to attach additional thread when I need it so it looks continuous lol combing my love of art and fishing

This is such a great tutorial. Thank you so much! Tomorrow I have 2 girlfriends coming over and we are each going to attempt to make one 🤗

You explained and demonstrated this beautifully. Personally I always hated sewing and now nerve damage prevents me.(doesn't break my heart lol). So I just make blocks using hot glue as the binding medium and pop my finished pictures in a archival inexpensive portfolio. Great tutorial though.😁👍💜

I use a curved needle when stitching most of my books. it helps with the looping around in tight areas!

I've made small little watercolor books...more like booklets, for myselfand some friendsand familyto go with the little watercolor tins I made for them, so I can't weight to make this large one for myself. I do wonder though what to buy for the hard board if I don't have the back cover available? Not sure what it would be called nor what thickness to even find out what to order. You give such awesome directions! I've watched a lot of tutorials but there's inevitably one of the most complicated loops or stitches that is shown fast and not explained...you've done such an amazing job!! Thank you SO much!!

Hello. I just happened upon your channel and am now subbed. I have been interested in book binding almost my entire life. But it is just now that I am finally setting myself up to actually do it! I have been through several videos and channels all over KZfaq. Realizing now how many options of binding there is. So I will keep studying and looking around for all the amazing ways to book bind.I feel this is definitely a great way to bind for sketch books and will keep this in my playlist. I am looking for the best way, for me, to bind notebook/ journals that can lay as flat as possible when writing in them. I think I have found my way on Four Keys Book Arts YT channel. He does some seriously amazing stuff. Like Medieval book binding that is very intensive to say the least. But I am trying to make my own design for mid- soft cover notebook binding and cover materials that will be soft enough to bend when I place them in a leather notebook cover. But also stiff enough to hold its own when finished. You know how they have pockets you have to slide both ends of the book cover into the leather notebook cover? So they have to be able to do that, but I want them to look dignified and look good when each journal is filled and I put them up on my bookshelf as well. I like my things to look old world, old school, whatever it would be called. Like an old English library feel,if I can pull it off. So trying to figure that out is proving slightly difficult since I have yet to find all the possible ways. One, I seem to be having a difficult time finding material online for the mid- soft covered. Two, they also have to be acid free and Archival quality. They don’t make it easy. I have found linen material so that’s great but I what soft, yet a bit thicker, soft cover material? And it needs to be wide enough as well. I’m trying to figure out a way that I can make the front, back and spine out of the same piece of material without cutting it. But simply wrapping it, form it, and glue it into place. If you have any tips or tricks, or info on where to get that type of material in any length and width, acid free and Archival, I sure would appreciate it. I’m looking to make A5 size notebooks because I can make that size out for A4 paper and because I have some loose leaf sheets of Tomoe River paper A5 size, that I want to be able to bind as well as A4 Tomoe River paper. The OG stuff,I think. Or at least not the Sanzen new Tomoe River paper that is. If you’ve read all of this, I thank you and appreciate your attention in this matter. Best Regards!

So helpful thank you so much!

This is wonderful! I love the patience in requires to get all the signatures bound together. I've also seen some folks apply a thin coat of glue along the spine for some extra durability, though I'm not sure if that was with the coptic binding method or not. Do you think it would make much of a difference, better or worse, with a coating of E6000 adhesive? (Or something equivalent)

GREAT Video! I've wanted to create a new book for the spring! Is there any reason I should not use DMC Floss instead of the waxed thread????

I mississ doing it I will reastart

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If I wanted to put single painted sheets into a bound cover how might I go about that?

So my thought is, when doing this would it be wise to wear gloves to avoid getting finger oils all throughout the sketch book? Because I can wash my hands super thoroughly and they'll STILL get oil marks on watercolor paper which makes it impossible to paint over.

AND I WANT THE ORANGE THE ONE

hi, newbie here, literally. I have a question, what difference does the waxed thread makes? can't I use some other type of thread? I want to get done with a watercolor sketchbook asap. That's why I'm asking, cuz maybe I might have a good enough thread, idk!!

can we use random board paper to substitute the pad cover ? or do we have to use acid free paper for safety?

Why are my signatures never tight together when I pull sight while sewing

Can you do that with more than four pages though?

Does this channel have anything to do with the otters Aty and Ui?

Never learned to do a coptic stitch that way! And the corners on the cover didn't match up.

Great video; music is still distracting.

What if I don’t have waxed thread

can you get your books you make and sell it in England

What is the name of this paper ? Please answer me ❤️

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capisco il cavetto doppio al primo blocco, devi legare il cartoncino com,e copertina, ma gli altri secondo me vanno rilegati in maniera tradizionale

What/why is that a signature?

I’m surprised that you place your knots INSIDE the signatures. Why not on the spine?

Would of loved this tutorial would of helped me. First did not get the length of the thread right so I could have enough to finish the second page. Second you skipped forward at one point working on the cover and first page and lost the flow of the work from pausing your video and press play again because your instruction were to fast. Rewind your video but now I am at the third hole to the second page and I am out of thread. My work looks like there is mistakes. So started over .😣

Why are the folded papers called signatures?

stitches too fast

This is Aty's music! You shouldn't steal Aty's music......