Headbands: How to Work Them [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Jane Greenfield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1986

A topic often overlooked in many bookbinding manuals is how to create headbands -- those decorative bands of silk or cotton which can be found fastened inside the top, and sometimes the bottom, of a book's spine. Greenfield and Hille, experienced hand bookbinders, have written this easy to use, step-by-step guide, showing how to create fourteen different styles of headbands.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Oak Knoll Pr; 2 Reprint edition (June 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0938768182
• ISBN-13: 978-0938768180
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,667,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is how it's done, September 12, 2009

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usagibrian (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Headbands : How to Work Them (Paperback)

There's a reason it's considered the standard text for endbands. Clearly written and well organized, it's not a book for someone without a little bookbinding background. If you've got a grasp of the basics though, working a headband from scratch is a great way to set your work apart or add a personal touch to a pre-made text block.

The strengths: Scope. All the major (and a few minor) styles are covered in depth and detail. Step by step instructions are clear and well illustrated. The drawings are reasonably clear most of the time (there are a few that could be improved).

The weaknesses: The inclusion of photos, even a black and white gallery at the end, would be a welcome addition. The brief description of the materials it the front could be expanded (I'm sure there's another whole volume that could be written on thread, but a little more detail about the types of silk thread and how to select it would be a great help).

Those are minor quibbles. The book delivers what the title promises, and the work is both fun and challenging (be prepared to cut off a few failures and start over a couple of times).