Here are the photos of the making of a laced account book bound in rawhide that was made in Gian Frontini’s class at the John C. Campbell Folk School in the fall of 2013.
- making sewing stations
- sewing stations
- Sewing stations
- Sewing textblock
- Sewing textblock
- Leather Tapes for Lacing
- Leather Tapes for Lacing
- Leather Tapes for Lacing
- Leather Tapes for Lacing
- Tapes sewn but not laced
- Endpapers
- Trimming textblock
- Trimming textblock
- Plowing fore edge
- Rawhide covers marked for laces
- Covers with marked slits for lacing
- Cutting slits
- Cover prepared for lacing
- Cover & text prepared for lacing
- Cover & text prepared for lacing
- Cover & text prepared for lacing
- Lacing
- Lacing
Unfortunately, I don’t have a picture of the finished book, but you can see it here in the final display.

Class Display at JCC
Found some!!!

Almost Finished

Susan’s books