Following on from our popular Headband Gallery post we’ve had many requests for a couple of video tutorials on how to create and sew headbands (also known as endbands). We’ve crawled the darkest corners of the internet and have a found a couple of video ‘gems’. Note that videos shown above and below are works of other bookbinders and not the work of iBookBinding (these will come later…)

We would love to know what you think of the videos, please share your thoughts in the comments section below.

** Note that the first few videos have no sound, whilst the rest of the tutorials do. I would recommend watching them all as they each demonstrate different techniques and offer helpful tips and advice throughout ***

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Head Bands Bone Folder Waxed Nylon Silk Thread

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A summary of what you can expect to find in the video tutorials above:

Video Tutorial 1

Video Tutorial 2 Video Tutorial 1 Bookbinding 101 Sewing Headbands Session 1

Created by M.H.R. Headband Sewing and Threading Steps Session 1: ONE CORE WITH BEADS IN TWO COLOURS BASIC TOOLS A Rounded/Backed Sewn Book with Endsheets Needles Two Different Colored Threads Core Material (A Leather Strip) Bookbinding Cord linen/cotton/hemp A strip of flexible material, ie. bamboo Glue and brush A pair of scissors A note on Thread Selection Pure Silk & Cotton A note on core material Rolled Paper

SECURING THE BOOK Using a vice or Lying Press Using a Large BookBinders Clip & Magnet

PREPARING THE THREAD Tying the threads together

SEWING THE SIGNATURES The first stitch Alternating the thread

ATTACHING THE CORE Threading the core through the loop Affixing the core, repeating the process

TAGGING Traditional vs modern (exposed sewing designs) Marking the signatures to tag Sewing the headband onto the spine

TYING THE END The unconventional method of tying the end

TRIMMING THE EXCESS CORE

GLUING THE END AND KNOT

SECURING THE ENDBANDS Using a flattened tube or piece of card

Video Tutorial 2 [wysija_form id=”1″] Bookbinding 101 Sewing Headbands Session 2

Created by M.H.R. Headband Sewing and Threading Steps Session 2 – TWO CORES WITH BEADS IN THREE COLOURS (FRENCH DOUBLE) NOTICE: THREAD LENGTH

MARKING WHERE TO CHANGE COLORS

PLANNING – COUNTING THE WRAPS

TAGGING MARKERS Marking with Pen Tagging Template

SEWING HEADBANDS Starting off Core information Threading the Core Material Wrapping Instruction

TAGGIN HEADBAND TO SIGNATURES

THE LAST TIE

TRIMMING THE EXCESS CORDS

GLUING THE ENDS OF THE HEADBANDS AND LAST KNOT

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