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The day I stopped fighting my thread and started measuring twice
Used to just cut binding thread by eye and then wonder why my coptic stitch books wobbled every time. Last month in Portland I finally timed myself, spent 20 minutes measuring and marking each section before sewing, and the spine came out dead flat. It felt slow and boring at first, but the finished book sat square on the shelf without any lean. Has anyone else switched from guessing to actual measurement and seen a huge jump in quality?
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sammoore21d agoOG Member
Measuring helps for sure, but some of my best coptic spines came from books where I just trusted the fold and let the thread find its own rhythm. The wobble usually comes from uneven sewing tension, not guessing at the marks, at least in my shop. All that measuring can give you false confidence if your punching stations are slightly off, so your mileage may vary.
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paige42720d ago
Stopped dead at "trusted the fold" and nearly choked on my coffee. You're out here freehanding coptic stitches like it's 1850 and measuring is some kind of newfangled nonsense?
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