Bind Your Legacy
The Art of Bookbinding
Learn traditional techniques, simplified for today’s creative, so you can craft various styles of books that are personal, soulful, and enduring; all while you discover a practice that deepens your creativity, slows your days, and leaves you with heirloom-worthy books.
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5th November, midnight GMT
More than craft. An artful, enduring practice.
In an age where our memories and stories are in the ether; scattered across social feeds and vanishing platforms, bookbinding offers something timeless and radical: permanence you can hold in your hands.
This course is about uncovering yourself through the tactile rhythm of making.
Each handmade book becomes a vessel for memory, ancestry, creativity, or simply the beauty of your daily life.
LET ME GUESS…
YOU'RE SOMEONE WITH
CREATIVE HANDS & A CURIOUS HEART
You're drawn to timeless crafts, you want to create traditional hand bound books for your various creative needs, you've always wanted to learn bookbinding with support and without getting lost in complicated techniques or investing in a load of specialty tools and bulky equipment. You want a bookbinding practice that feels as beautiful as the journals you’ll make.
Well, you’re in the right place, my dear bibliophile & beauty seeker!
Traditional bookbinding is often considered a meticulous craft and intimidating when beginning to learn: the tools, the perfectionism, the faff of all the measuring!
The Art of Bookbinding changes that.
With 20+ years of experience as a self-taught bookbinder, I’ve learnt how to simplify traditional methods and infuse them with ease and emotional resonance, so you can focus on creating beautiful books that feel meaningful, personal, and alive.
At the core of this course is the principle of adaptation, beauty and fun… customising traditional bookbinding techniques to suit your life, your creativity, your pace, and your budget.
A practice that is open to improvisation, bends the rules, values play and imperfection, makes space for curiosity and experimentation, all while honouring traditional aspects of bookbinding.
ARE YOU READY TO GO A BOOKBINDING ADVENTURE WITH ME?
By the end of the course, you won’t just know a few stitches, you’ll hold a complete toolbox of techniques…
Enough to craft sketchbooks, notebooks, full cloth and leather softbacks, various styles of hardbacks and case-bound volumes. In all, about a dozen distinct forms that bridge centuries of tradition and today’s creativity. Layer on various ways of creating beautiful decorative fore-edges, your own book cloth as well as hand sewn endbands and you’ve got a plethora of one-of-a-kind variations to explore!
No other course gives you this balance of tradition and freedom, precision, play and community… in fact there is no other course out there like it, that’s why I created it!
TAoB is a beautiful resource and a body of knowledge you can keep returning to at your own pace.
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The Art of Bookbinding course
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A CREATIVE JOURNEY IN…
The Art of Bookbinding
A self-paced video course with community support, to help creatives craft soulful, durable books, without expensive tools and fancy bindery equipment.
As one FOUNDING student shared,
“It’s not just a bookbinding course,
it’s full of beauty and attention to detail.
It’s informative, calming and fills me with hope!”
~Grace Maria
She’s not alone in that. Again and again, students share how bookbinding becomes a rhythm they return to.
You’ll have a practice that slows you down while giving you something tangible to show for it: journals that open with ease without compromising their structural integrity, sketchbooks that invite daily use, and bespoke books that feel deeply personal.
Which means:
Your ideas and studies live in vessels worthy of them.
Your making time becomes meditative and meaningful.
Your creativity has a beautiful home you’ll actually use.
From Foundations to Flourishes: A Repertoire of Skills You Can Adapt to Your Creative Needs.
By the end of your journey through The Art of Bookbinding, you’ll learn how to:
Craft simple notebooks and sketchbooks using accessible single-section bindings, perfect for capturing quick ideas, sketches, or daily journalling.
Experiment with decorative traditions like Japanese stab bindings, swatchbooks — transforming even scraps and experiments into works of beauty.
Master multiple-section bindings including coptic chain stitch, French link stitch, sewing on linen tapes and raised cords, so you can create durable journals and artist books that lie flat and invite daily use
Explore fine-art finishes such as decorative book edges and endpapers. hand sewn endbands and turning fabrics you love into bookcloth for covering full cloth and quarter-leather journals— the kinds of touches that turn a handmade book into an cherished object.
Design bespoke creations that serve your own practice: a painter’s sketchbook, a writer’s companion, a photographer’s archive, or a vessel for pressed botanicals and collage.
What’s Included:
5 Self-Paced Chapters (Modules) —detailed lessons on foundations to fine finishes, including a Preface and Postscript chapter.
50+ Video Lessons — clearly filmed demonstrations.
Downloadable Guides & Glossary — tools, materials, terminology, techniques.
The Bibliophiles Community — lifetime access to a private space to share, get feedback and showcase work + quarterly live video meet ups.
Studio Playlists — curated music for your making sessions (the main lessons themselves have just my voice + natural sounds of materials to guide you).
Lifetime Course Access — return whenever you like.
My 14-Day Promise — risk-free guarantee. Join today, have a look around and if you find it’s not for you, I’ll refund you in full.
Altogether, this isn’t just a course — it’s a practice, a community, and a lifelong companion for your creative work.
Join Here
Keepsake Book Students Get 15% off
The Art of Bookbinding course
until 5th November, midnight GMT
[DISCOUNT APPLIED AT CHECKOUT]
Click on your preferred payment plan to make it official
All payment options are secured under my 14-Day Money-back Promise!
A peek inside the course portal and Bibliophiles community.
What The Art of Bookbinding Founders Say:
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I've dreamed of learning traditional bookbinding, when I found your course, I signed up without hesitation. Thank you for giving me the tools and courage to begin.
Maggie Jane
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I couldn't ask for a better teacher, it feels so relaxing to learn from you. Thank you for helping me to level up my skills!
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It's like stepping into a vibrant world of craft and visual atmosphere. Expertly structured lessons with clear demonstrations, precision and clarity, leaving me with beautiful, handcrafted journals and a deep sense of accomplishment. This course feels like a gift!
Tanya Panitzki
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When I finished my first book, it was pure magic! I was so delighted and shocked that I could create a book! Since then, I have not turned back and love bookbinding so much. Looking forward to continuing to learn new techniques.
Jen TY
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It's like bookbinding heaven and it feels like we are with you in your lovely bindery, picking up nice papers and threads, touching beautiful fabrics and textures, watching out the window.
Valerie A
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I'm absolutely loving this course, I just adore your teaching style and the new techniques I'm learning. Joining TAoB was the best decision!
Lizzie Dewey
Student Showcase
Here are just a few examples of the stunning creations the students have created and shared in our Bibliophiles community:
A Look Inside the
Chapters & Lessons
You’ll be able to go at your own pace, pick and choose different lessons from each chapter depending on the style of book you want to make.
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Introduction
A brief history of bookbinding
The anatomy of a book
Understanding the four stages in bookbinding
Bookbinding terminology
Lotus Blu playlists
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Bindery tools
Equiment and how to improvise
All about materials- paper, thread, leather, fabric
Types of adhesives & miscellanea
Grain direction in all materials
Preparing & collating pages for sewing
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Paperback single section sketchbooks
Hardback single section notebooks
Japanese stab binding
Swatchbooks
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Chainstitch/variation on coptic stitch
Binding on linen tapes
French herringbone/link stitch on tapes
Binding on raised cords
Bonus: Traditional photo album with guards and interleaving sheets
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Trimming & fore-edge decorating
Spines: Gluing, rounding, primary & secondary linings
Endbands: Faux & hand sewn
Endpapers: single and reinforced with fly-leaves
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Making book cloth & paring leather
Paperback & softback covers
Case bound covers, two styles: Quarter leather with faux raised bands & full cloth hardback
Covering a raised cord binding
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Finding your unique style
Developing a collection
Quarterly live video calls with the Bibliophiles community
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You’ll also get free lifetime access to our community, The Bibliophiles, where we share our learning, bookbinding projects, creative journaling, artist dates, and so much more!
My 14-Day Risk-Free Promise
When you step into The Art of Bookbinding, I want you to feel both excited and at ease.
If, within 14 days, you find the course isn’t the right fit,
simply let me know and I’ll return your full investment.
Your creativity deserves to feel supported, never pressured.
Join Here
Keepsake Book Students Get 15% off
The Art of Bookbinding course
until 5th November, midnight GMT
[DISCOUNT APPLIED AT CHECKOUT]
Click on your preferred payment plan to make it official
All payment options are secured under my 14-Day Money-back Promise!
This course is perfect for you if…
You’ve been romanticising bookbinding but don’t know where to begin. TAOB is perfect for beginners, it starts with the simplest stitches and gradually builds your skills so you’re never lost.
You’ve already dabbled, made a few books with exposed spines, but want to deepen your skills and understand the “why” behind traditional structures. You’ll learn not only how, but also the design principles that make books durable and beautiful.
You’d love to feel confident selling the books you make as part of your creative business. By the end, you’ll have a repertoire of professional-level bindings and finishes worthy of collectors and buyers.
You don’t want to invest in endless, expensive tools and equipment—you’d rather keep it simple. The lessons use affordable, easy-to-find tools and materials as well as improvised equipment, so you can start right away.
You’re looking for calming, bite-sized lessons that teach in depth but never overwhelm. The videos are kept short, clear, and designed to fit easily into your day without adding pressure.
You want a practice that slows you down, grounds you, and gives you something beautiful and useful to show for your time. Bookbinding becomes a meditative ritual, leaving you with journals and sketchbooks you’ll actually use and cherish.
You long for journals and sketchbooks that carry the same meaning as the art, words, or memories you place inside them. Every binding you’ll learn is designed to hold not just pages, but the spirit of what you put inside.
You want your creative work to live in a beautiful home—a handbound book that feels deeply personal, enduring, and worthy of your ideas, sketches, or collections of pressed botanicals. From softbacks to fine-art hardbacks, the course equips you to make books that rise to the level of your work!
You’re a painter who wants to archive your studies, a writer seeking a special place to draft your memoir, write a novella or poetry, a mixed-media artist collecting textures and fabric scraps, or simply a beauty-seeker wanting to enrich your practice with a complementary art form.
The Art of Bookbinding curriculum adapts to your medium, giving you binding forms you can tailor to whatever you create.
Kind Words from Founding Students
Hello, I’m Moneeza,
I’m a bookbinder, vintage textile collector, block printer, photographer, storyteller and everyday beauty seeker. Some call it being a multifaceted artist —I simply call it being curiously creative.
For over twenty years, I’ve been romancing the art of bookbinding, captivated by how it lets me weave together all my loves: painting, photography, embroidery, collage, block printing, and vintage textiles. To me, bookbinding has always been more than craft. It’s a conceptual art form and an evolving narration of my own life.
My bookbinding practice helped me heal from a life-threatening diagnosis and continues to help me live with a chronic illness by moving at a slower, more mindful pace. It’s meditative, grounding, and has given me an abundantly beautiful business I can run from home, something I’m deeply grateful for.
Whether you’re a beginner or have made a few books and need to level up your skills, I’m here to guide you to take your next step. To find your own rhythm in this beautiful, timeless art form. To create books that carry your voice, your creativity, and your legacy.
You have been carrying the spark for this for a while.
Maybe it looks like stacks of untouched sketchbooks, half-watched tutorials, or a quiet longing to create something with your hands that feels both timeless and personal.
You could keep circling free tutorials, wrestling with mismatched instructions, or waiting for “someday.” But that path leads to more overwhelm and more unfinished projects.
Instead, you can choose to step into a clear, supportive progression that was designed to meet you where you are. Inside The Art of Bookbinding, you will learn not just stitches, but structures. You will walk away with books that are strong enough to last and beautiful enough to treasure. You will have a practice that calms your mind, grounds your days, and leaves you with heirloom-worthy creations.
The choice is simple: keep waiting, or begin now with step-by-step lessons that build upon each other, with me as your guide and a community of fellow bibliophiles, beauty seekers and makers by your side.
The 15% discount for Keepsake Book Students ends on 5th November, midnight GMT.
If The Art of Bookbinding has been calling you, this is your moment.
I can confidently say there is no other course out there like, that’s why I built!
Frequently Asked Questions
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Not at all. Bookbinding is less about talent and more about rhythm and process. If you can fold paper, follow a thread, and enjoy learning with your hands, you’ll thrive here. The artistry comes through your choices of paper, fabric, and purpose. The course helps you uncover your style as you learn.
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This course was designed with beginners in mind. We start with simple notebooks and gradually layer in new skills so you never feel out of your depth. You may be surprised by how quickly you can create something beautiful and functional, even if you have never picked up a needle and thread before.
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Most tutorials show you what to do but not why it matters. That is why you often end up with books that fall apart or feel unfinished. In this course, you will learn the structures that make books strong, durable, and professional. That kind of knowledge is rarely covered in free tutorials.
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The lessons are short and calming, and they are designed to fit into your life. You do not need to carve out hours every day. You can spend an afternoon on a binding or fifteen minutes on a single step and still move forward. Every bit of time you put in leaves you with something worthwhile.
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No. You do not need a studio’s worth of equipment to get started. I show you how to begin with simple supplies you probably already have at home. When you are ready to expand, you will know precisely what is worth investing in and what is not.
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This course is also for you. If you have dabbled, you will learn the reasons behind the structures and gain confidence moving into advanced bindings, decorative finishes, and fine-arts techniques. You will walk away with a complete framework you can return to whenever you want to try a new form.
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Bookbinding supports your practice instead of distracting from it. Painters use handmade sketchbooks for their studies. Writers bind journals for their words. Photographers create handmade archives. Mixed-media artists turn scraps into books. The course helps you integrate bookbinding in a way that strengthens what you already do.
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Yes. The repertoire you will learn gives you professional-quality results. You will be able to create sturdy structures, refined finishes, and distinctive handmade work that people value. Many students go on to sell their bindings at fairs, online, or as commissioned pieces.
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You are covered by a 14-day promise. You can try the lessons and see how they feel. If you realize the course is not right for you, I will return your investment. No guilt and no fuss.
Some love from a Founding Student…
‘‘I have loved every single lesson and module that Moneeza has created. She explains the techniques really well, the videos are so easy to follow, and the instructions and materials and tools needed are clear and comprehensive. But it's more than just a well put together course. It's gentle and it's personal, and as well as new skills, I am also learning about the history of bookbinding. I am gaining an insight into the things that inspire Moneeza's own work. I love the books I have been creating!
~ Lizzie Dewey
Join Here
Keepsake Book Students Get 15% off
The Art of Bookbinding course
until 5th November, midnight GMT
[DISCOUNT APPLIED AT CHECKOUT]
Click on your preferred payment plan to make it official
All payment options are secured under my 14-Day Money-back Promise!
‘‘Bookbinding is not just a craft, it’s a conceptual art form where your artistry meets your imagination, unlocking a boundless realm of creativity within you.’’
~Moneeza Khan