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After a long time off, I made two copies of this book, and was lucky enough to be able to gift them to their recipients in person - it's been the most amazing weekend at my first ever convention. I shouldn't be trusted with adult money...

The typeset for these took weeks, as I transcribed episodes by hand. There are plenty of mistakes, and I had the same printer or document issue as with the previous one, making the gutters and margins wrong; so lots to learn.

I used a thicker Japanese silk for these covers, which wasn't as nice to work with, but which looks good on these chunkier books. I used varying colours of HTV to try and match elements of the end papers, which are decorative papers from Shepherds which just seemed to fit the Hawai'i theme somehow.

Again, these hand-sewn end bands are silk, and I don't think I'll ever go back. It's just so much smoother and the finish is much nicer.

After a long time off, I made this, and was lucky enough to be able to gift it to its recipient in person at my first ever convention - which was an absolute blast!

This is quite a thin book containing lyrics and album covers. The cover is paper-backed Japanese silk, which was absolutely beautiful to work with, and simple silver HTV. I also used gutermann silk for the hand-sewn end bands - my first time using silk and I'm never going back! Plus, I treated myself to some real mull and some linen tapes - again, never going back. 🤩

I didn't set my printer (or possibly my typeset) up correctly for this one, so the gutters are off; troubleshooting that is on my to-do list.

Still, it all came flooding back more easily than I expected despite a few holes in my hands - I've never been much use with a needle and thread...