Books!

From left to right: Coptic stitch, Coptic stitch (soft cover), Japanese stab stitch, Coptic stitch

From left to right: Perfect bind and Japanese stab stitch with perforated pages, 

Japanese stab stitch, Perfect bind

Spring back

This project was one of my favorites for sure! I learned many different book binding techniques including the Coptic stitch, Japanese stab stitch, Perfect bind, a combination of Perfect and Japanese, and Spring back.
The Coptic stitch was the only one that had signatures that had to be sewn together.
The Japanese stab stitch involved cutting the paper down to size, then sewing through the entire book.
The Perfect bind also used paper cut down to size, but the bind is different. It uses glue and thread instead of just thread. The Perfect bind book is similar to the bind of a paperback book or a thicker magazine.
The combination of the Perfect and Japanese binds is basically taking a perfect bound book and using the Japanese stab stitch to re-enforce it. This book also has perforated pages to make it easier to take out a page of notes if need be.
The Spring back book was by far my favorite book to make! There was some trial and error that when into the creation, but I'm very pleased with the way the final product turned out. The spring back involves sewing signatures, creating the spine, then wrapping the whole thing in leather and paper.