Beginner's Bookbinding Kit

These kits include all the materials, pre-cut to size, to make a casebound book, along with the essential tools needed to assemble it. There are 7 different designs to choose from, all made using different combinations of the materials available from our shop, and each design can be ordered individually, letting you collect the whole series. These kits are a fun activity to do with family or friends, and are the perfect gift for those crafty people in your life!

We offer an add on 'essential tools' pack with the kit - not everyone has a bone folder or an awl lying around, so this pack includes all the necessary tools to enable you to make your book.

The kit does not contain a written instruction guide, but instead we offer an add on video tutorial filmed by Gillian Stewart from JuJu Books, a Scottish-based prize-winning bookbinder. Gillian helped design the kits, and her step-by-step video tutorial will guide you through the process until you have your very own handmade book!

In order to access Gillian's tutorial (if purchased) you'll need to be connected to the internet. Unless specified, we will use the email provided when granting access.

Are you buying this as a gift? If so then we can put in a message from you - just let us know what you want to say in your order comment box at checkout. We'll also need a note of their email address so we can give them access to Gillian's tutorial, if you have purchased this too.

The materials included are:

• 6 x Sheets of Paper
• 2 x Coloured Endpapers
• 2 x Marbled Cover Papers
• 1 x Coloured Cloth Strip
• 1 x Spine Lining Material
• 1 x Length of Headband
• 1 x Length of Thread
• 2 x Cover Boards
• 1 x Spine Board
• 1 x Board Spacer
• 1 x Bottle of PVA
• 1 x Paper Hole Guide

The 'essential tools' add on (if purchased) contains:

• 1 x Clip Point Knife
• 1 x Glue Brush
• 1 x Needle
• 1 x Bone Folder
• 1 x Pricker

The 'video' add on (if purchased) contains:

• 1 x access to Gillians Tutorial video

The essential tools can only be sold to customers that are 18 years of age or older. By adding this item to your basket you confirm you are 18 years or over. Further information can be found here