The Book Roadie

I'm out. Find me at thebookroadie.com, as on BlueSky, Tumblr, and YouTube (where I'm doing my Saturday livestream).

Busted out my sewing frame for the first time in at least a year during today's livestream! I'm still improving my technique, so it's slow going. I'll get there though! Sewing frame by AffordableBindingEquipment.com
~°~
Image description: the sewing frame consists of a piece of wood with two posts in the corners closest to the edge of my workbench, with a wooden cross piece across the top of the posts. The wood cross piece has long metal bolts with hook ends on the down side, held by butterfly nuts. The hooks have cord tied to them. The cord goes down through a slot in the wood base and is attached to big butterfly paper clips so it's held taut. The pages for the book are positioned with the spine against the cords, there are three pairs of cord spaced along the pages, positioned to go with holes I punched in the paper for sewing.

It's Saturday and y'all know what that means! Bookbinding livestream today, 10am-11am Pacific. Come see what I'm working on and say hi!
~°~
Image description: a gray-brown tabby with white lower face and chest is getting skritches on the side of her face from me, a pale person with a tattoo of water and a Koi fish visible on part of my forearm.

It's Saturday, and y'all know what that means! Bookbinding livestream today, 10am-11am Pacific! Come see what I'm working on and say hi!
~°~
Image description: a gray-brown tabby with white lower face and paws is lying on the couch. One paw and her chin rest on my leg, and she's half covered by a black blanket with gray, white, and orange designs.

It's Saturday, and y'all know what that means! Bookbinding livestream today, 10am-11am Pacific! Come see what I'm working on and say hi!
~°~
Image description:

No livestream today, I borked my schedule! Hopefully next weekend.
~°~
Image description: an orange tabby is sitting next to his person, with front paws up on his person's leg.

I'm at today with ! 1pm-6pm today only. There are more venders over at too.
~°~
Image description: my booth, set up small in front of a wall of wine barrels.

No livestream today, my dayjob had a crazy week and I'm spending today recovering. If you're in Portland, OR I'm vending 1pm-6pm tomorrow Dec 8 at Boedecker Cellars 2621 NW 30th Ave as part of NW Makers Market and Bar Hop! Come do some holiday shopping and say hi!
~°~
Image description: an orange tabby cat is asleep with his head down and his paws draped over my partner's arm.

Did some color matching during today's livestream. I'm repairing an ancient paperback, and needed to color some Japanese paper to match the color of the cover. I use a palette knife to mix heavy body acrylic paint into a blob of methyl cellulose and fiddle around til it's close enough. I can't match perfectly because the spine part has a lot of UV damage lightening the cover. But I got a decent medium.
~°~
Image description: a glass cutting board is sitting on my green cutting mat. On it are small globs of various colored paints and a smear of a middling tan. To the left is a white lidded box with the front cover, back cover, and spine of an old paperback. They're tan, plus there's a painting of a young woman on the front cover.

It's Saturday, and y'all know what that means! Bookbinding livestream today, 10am-11am Pacific! Come see what I'm working on and say hi!
~°~
Image description: A gray-brown tabby with white lower face is under a black blanket that has gray, white, and orange bits. Only her nose is peeking out.

It's Saturday, and y'all know what that means! Bookbinding livestream today, 10am-11am Pacific! Come see what I'm working on and say hi!
~°~
Image description: closeup on a gray-brown tabby with white lower face, who is asleep with her face resting on my ankles.

It's Saturday, and y'all know what that means! Bookbinding livestream today, 10am-11am Pacific! Come see what I'm working on and say hi!
~°~
Image description: a gray-brown tabby with white lower face is all wrapped up in a dark blanket with just her head sticking out.