real life with a b.s. degree: new portfolio

So, I finally bound my new portfolio last month. I got this book, Making Hand made Books by Alisa Golden, because I was scammed into a book club thing and had to buy something. (Overall, the book is a little too homemade-arts-and-crafts-time for me, but there were some good bindings.)

I opted for a hardcover sidebound book. Exciting!

Basically, you just wrap your book cloth around a big cover board and a side spine type board and then put end paper on the other side. I have this square/grid thing happening, so I was totally digging the paper I found.

I decided to carve out a square indentation on the front cover, which mimics the grid I used in the portfolio.

Let me tell you, sewing this thing was a bitch. First, I wasn't using hardcore enough thread and so it broke. Then, I actually broke a needle as I was passing it through the last hole for the last time. (Luckily, Steph is resourceful [and didn't storm around saying "everything is ruined" like some people would, don't want to name any names...] and we figured out a way to finish it.)