Book press

ANTIQUE CAST IRON BOOKBINDING BOOK PRESS 4B NIPPER 1898

These past days I’ve worked hard fulfilling some orders and adding new things to our shop. Several of my students asked me to make 2-in-1 book presses (with sewing frames included). I wanted to add this tool to the shop for quite a long time and here was an opportunity to finally make them and take some photos

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Looking for an easy to make book press? We take a look at 3 common designs and talk about the best features we’ll be building into our own.

Here’s a fun project that combines two of our favorite craft materials— walnut shells and wool roving! These walnut shell pincushions are so fun to make and you can create different variations of them for different seasons. They are made by needle felting wool roving into a walnut shell, then attaching a needle felted item