Pocket Accordion Book

Perhaps this series of posts (yes, there will be more) should be titled Further Adventures in Book Making with Esther K Smith as it's all one big informative experiment following her instructions in How to Make Books.

You see, I love books. Everything about them - from perusing the shelves of book stores to reading them; admiring and appreciating the fonts used, the paper, the feel and whisper of the pages as they are turned. And then there are the stories contained within... Just heavenly.

Yesterday while the house was quiet, I decided to attempt making a pocket accordion book

 following the diagrams only.

After selecting several pieces of Crate & Barrel bags, I set about cutting and folding the paper, ending with six long pages

that I decided to stitch together before folding them into an accordion.

 I also stitched along the folds to add texture

as well as support and separation to the pockets.

The finished pages measure 5" x 7" - the perfect size to hold a 4" x 6" postcard. There's a little flap that overlaps on the front to help hold the book closed. Using an extra piece of the paper bag, I quickly made a wrap that fits over the whole book. This little beauty is going to Pittsburgh with me at the end of the month when I venture out to see Fiberart International 2016.