Hand Bound Books with Button Closures
Hand Bound Books with Button Closures with Lesley Patterson-Marx
Are there buttons in your collection that you've been saving for a special occasion? This may be the perfect opportunity to highlight these treasures as design features in a lovely trio of books that you bind by hand. All skill levels are invited to explore the possibilities of buttons as closures for Linked Longstitch, Buttonhole Stitch, and Buttonhole Stitch with Slotted Wrapper book structures. This class would pair well with the button making classes offered through The Folk School online!
This small group class is presented in collaboration with John C. Campbell Folk School and Lessonface. Participants should enroll at least two weeks before start to ensure materials kits arrive in time. If registering after this point, your kit may arrive after the first session. Students are invited to attend an optional Orientation and Closing Ceremony to connect with various online Folk School classes.
Class Materials
Your class registration fee includes a materials kit with a value of $25 shipped to your door. Residents outside the USA will pay the difference in shipping.
The kit includes:
Supply kit provided by the instructor:
-Felt in a few different colors
-St. Armand Paper in a few different colors
-Book binding and hand sewing needles (2)
-a small chunk of bees wax
($20, $5 shipping)
Students will also want to provide:
-Two 9”x12” Strathmore 400 series drawing pads
-Bone folder
-Light duty awl
-Two pieces of 8.5”x11” cardstock
-a few colors of #10 perle cotton or assorted colors of waxed linen book binding thread.
-a sewing needle with a large eye
-scissors
-12” ruler. Clear gridded rulers are great, but any ruler will work
-a sharp pencil
-an assortment of buttons to choose from. You will end up using about 3-6 buttons. Buttons about the size of a quarter work well, but smaller buttons can be fun too.
Age Range
16 and up
Skill Level
All levels
Contact the Teacher
Send a direct message from the teacher's profile page with any questions you might have about the class.
About the John C. Campbell Folk School & Lessonface
Since 1925, the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina has transformed lives, and brought people together in a nurturing environment for experiences in learning and community life that spark self-discovery. Since 2012, Lessonface has connected more than 30,000 students with over 2,500 great teachers for live music, language, and arts lessons online, delivering on our mission to help students achieve their goals while treating teachers equitably.
When
The class will meet for four weekly 2-hour live online sessions.
Enrolled students receive 60-day access to the video recordings of the classes.
How It Works
Enroll above to save your spot in the class. Lessonface will send you a confirmation right away, and a Zoom link 24 hours before the class start time. You can log into your Lessonface dashboard to access class materials, communicate with your instructor, join the live Zoom session, and access the class recordings and chat transcript afterward.
Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date. Materials kit fees are non-refundable.
Book 1:1 online lessons with Lesley Patterson-Marx on their Lessonface profile.
Lesley Patterson-Marx
Lesley Patterson-Marx is a lifelong visual artist, and a native of Louisville, Ky. who has lived in Nashville, Tn. since 2001. She has exhibited her artist’s books, prints, mixed-media, and textile works in galleries, art centers, colleges and universities across the United States, Great Britain and The Netherlands.
About Lessonface, PBC
Lessonface's mission is to help students achieve their goals while treating teachers equitably. Since 2012, we've hosted more than 30,000 students and 2,000 teachers for over 500,000 music, language, and arts lessons and classes online.