I haven’t made any books since November. I have a few photo albums that are waiting to be finished but I just haven’t felt like it. When I do so much of something under a deadline, it starts to feel like work and I burn out. Also, I’ve noticed that in winter I’m more inclined to sew or knit than make books. And it’s definitely winter in San Francisco—it’s been raining all week. Bleah.

So I haven’t made any books lately, but I do have books I haven’t posted pictures of yet, and since the rain let up yesterday just long enough to give me some good lighting, I now have photos. So I now declare this week Case Bound Book Week, and I’ll be posting books all week long. Just in case you thought this was going to turn into a sewing blog or knitting blog or something!

But before I get started, I want to talk about endbands. You may recall that back in October I posted a series small books with hand-sewn endbands. I’m still so jazzed about this that I’m going to show off some more.

These simple headbands from Headbands : How to Work Them by Jane Greenfield and Jenny Hille were really easy to make. The illustrations are clear and I only had to back things out a couple of times, and I made about 20 books. I like this look better than the bands I bought from Talas—the Talas ones are nice and they’re convenient, but limited in colors. By purchasing an assortment of silk thread I matched most of the books with complementary colors.

A couple of close-ups:

OK, enough of being pleased with myself. (They really were starting to get better by this point though. I’m happier with this set than the smaller books.) Stay tuned for the book parade, coming this week!