Hi Catherine,

What a great idea for using the coptic stitch journals! We currently offer the Handstitched and Smyth Sewn options, so for the purposes of printing sheets and adding them back into the journal, the coptic is probably your best option. However, all Paperblanks have a memento pouch at the back, so if you are inspired to print any papers and don’t want them to fall out, that’s a great place to store them!

Thanks, as well, for sharing Misterart.com. It does look like they have a great selection!

As for your question about the blog being updated – we are indeed still here! Though this particular article is a few years old now, we are posting new content four days a week! Check out our homepage http://www.blog.paperblanks.com for all the lasted updates.

All the best,
The Paperblanks^® Team

I have a collection of many years of beautifully printed quotes I design on the computer, with beautiful calligraphic fonts and marvelous images from Aridi.com. I am hoping that the Linda Gospel journal with coptic binding will allow me to insert the quotes into the book. The Linda Gospel journal is probably the only one that can do justice to the beauty and power of the well-written word. I can’t wait to get started!

If the coptic binding isn’t the best one to use, do you have another journal that would accept printed papers inserted into it?

Someone said they are getting hard to find online… I found a whole range of my favorite Lindau Gospels, including the coptic binding, at http://www.misterart.com/ with very good prices, too. Heading there now!

Thanks for this great blog with conversations and more. One more reason I love Paperblanks, keeping the world of beautiful bookbinding alive, in a world of electronic “etherness.”

Bless you in all your endeavors, bringing the Divine to life!

“The winds of grace blow all the time; all we need do is set our sails.”
Dear God please show us The Way.

I started journaling using unlined, handstiched, “midi” format. I bought a number of them when I saw that they were getting hard to find, but I am now long out of them. Lately I haven’t even been able to find midi handstiched at all. Like the others I LOVE the flat lay of the handstitched, and vastly prefer unlined.

Hi Jackie. Thanks for writing us! Unfortunately we have no plans to sell directly to consumers. You say you’ve tried local stores but have you tried our online store list? (http://www.paperblanks.com/stores) Where are you located?

Why can’t I order what I want directly from you? I can’t be the only person who wants your product, but is unable to find it, or unwilling to fork over $300+ US for it on Amazon or Ebay.

I agree! Although I love Paperblanks, I’m very sad that there are very few unlined options. I’m a concept artist in the film and game industry – so I go through a lot of journals during just a month. When I’m forced to draw on lined ones (because I refuse to give up a pretty cover!) I have to scan the sketch and redo it on the computer before I can show it successfully to anybody. T_T

I’m sure more people would buy unlined designs, but that also means that the retailers actually have to order them! (Which they don’t as there is ONE person in charge who decides which styles to get and if he or she doesn’t like unlined paper… especially when it comes to the ultra format and hand-stitched journals… *sigh*)

Hi Amy,

Thanks for the kind thoughts! Glad we could inspire you.

As for your question, we asked Wade, one of our book-binders. Here’s what he had to say: “Pre-poking the sewing holes before binding will insure the signatures line up. And the tension needs to be constantly adjusted as you stitch. The Coptic(knotted stitch) helps hold the tension as you progress from signature to signature.”