Anne Davnes Calligraphy

Three cheers for the biggest bestest book cover!

Fun times last night in Voice of Flight! Wooo, this bird was fun!

Class begins this Wednesday night! This is a variation of the Coptic stitch and with it, a new cover technique with inset windows on the cover and a beautiful ridge at every edge.

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📚 Live Coptic Stitch w/ Inset Window Covers Wed PM
A Bookbinding Online Course via Google Meet

4 Sessions | All Levels | $120.00 | Wed PM | 6-8.30 | May 6-27

💻 Classes are recorded and available for download during the course and for two weeks after class ends. 

Stitch a coptic-bound journal using a live-binding variation using multiple threads and make sturdy covers with an inset window.

Week 1 - Wed. May 06, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern
Week 2 - Wed. May 13, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern
Week 3 - Wed. May 20, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern
Week 4 - Wed. May 27, 2026 6-8.30pm Eastern

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Bask in this 4-session online course, paced for a relaxing bookbinding journey.

Enjoy this variant of the ancient Coptic bookbinding technique - Live Coptic Stitching, where you use multiple color threads to stitch up your spine. Rainbow threads, anyone?!

We’ll also beef up our covers using two layers of substrate - book board and poster board, sized slightly differently, to achieve a subtle lip near the edges of our covers. We’ll also learn to measure for centering a perfect inset window on the front cover. Small details with a big impact.

SUPPLY LIST
Bookbinder’s Board (Davy Board)
Poster board or cereal box (anything with that thickness)
ColorWay Arts 2-in-1 Trim & Miter Tool
Decorative papers for bookbinding
Paper for book pages - at least 40 pages, sized 8.5 x 11
Bone folder
Glue brush
Acrylic gel medium (as a brushable glue) or Jade PVA glue
beeswax
curved bookbinding needles (one for each thread color you’ll be using)
bookbinding thread
medium-duty or heavy-duty bookbinder’s awl
wax paper
piercing cradle
Eraser
Paper ephemera (images of maps, receipts, sheet music, text, illustrations, postcards…anything you find that has text/imagery that catches your eye)
Metal-edged ruler for measuring and cutting your board
Mechanical pencil
Triangle

Tub with a view. 🛁 🪟🖼️