Hit 200 hand-sewn bindings this weekend and it caught me off guard

I've been binding books as a side hobby for about three years now and last Saturday I finished my 200th one, a small poetry collection with a coptic stitch. I honestly didn't think I'd get that far since I mostly do one or two a month for gifts or personal projects. Has anyone else hit an unexpected milestone like that and realized you've been doing this longer than you thought?

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stone.thomas28d ago

Haha wow 200, thats like a whole library of just your own stuff! I bet you started out thinking youd do like three or four and then donate them to a library or something and now youre basically running a tiny book factory out of your living room. I hit 50 once on some dumb leather journals I was making and thought I was a big deal but 200 is just ridiculous in the best way. Congrats on the milestone seriously, but now you gotta figure out where to stash em all right?

hugo_gonzalez6827d ago

Are you really making that big of a deal out of 200 books, or is it just a hobby that got out of hand?