It was a pleasure to share this bookbinding stitch with delegates at the 2025 Festival.

A six-signature, hard cover book was made and suggestions for Bible journaling provided to use at their leisure. This book opens flat so is ideal for use to write, sketch or paint in. Whichever way you’d like to record your thoughts.

As it’s a complicated stitch to remember, I thought it would be useful to provide a few notes and photos for those who want to make further books. I’ve added my preferred suppliers at the end of these notes.

Coptic stitch bookbinding instructions