When I began reading this book, I expected it just to be a simple ghost story, where the characters discover each other and find love. Boy was I wrong!! It is way more than that!! Samantha Durante has written a fascinating story where all is not what it seems and it will keep you wanting more! Then, you can insert your needle through the second hole on the signature and repeat the same steps to secure the first signature to the cover. When you reach the end of the book, bring the thread to the inside of the last signature and secure the end by knotting it around the last stitch. You should have a beautiful and secure Coptic binding for your book. All the patterns from the cover can be found in the book (and yes, this is not always the case with crochet books)

Here’s the method I’ve devised to make the Take it Further Fiber Book and the two volumes of Take a Stitch Tuesday stitch sampler.Samantha Durante's debut novel STITCH, manages to take four of the major turn offs for avid readers and smoke them off the bookshelf. Alessa has recently started at a new and unfamiliar college. Depressed and withdrawn after the accidental death of her parents, she starts seeing a ghost of a young man in her house. Drawn to the ghost by a strange attraction, she tries to discover who he might have been. Her world is turned upside down once more when she discovers what is really going on at her college, and that nothing in her world is as it seems. This beginner’s book is a good resource for anyone just starting with the craft. Jane Crowfoot learned to knit on her own after being inspired by her grandmother’s blanket project. She then went on to study textile design at Winchester School of Art before becoming a design consultant for Rowan Yarns. There are several variations of the kettle stitch, but the easiest way to understand it would be if you use the saddle stitch to create several signatures using the same thread and needle.

As you probably have guessed, the pamphlet stitch allows you to create a single bind for a single signature (several sheets of paper folded in half and bound by a single bind is called a signature). The pamphlet stitch is also referred to as the saddle stitch. Add the second signature by inserting your thread (still attached to the first signature) from the outside of the second signature through the corresponding hole. Then, use the saddle stitch to bind the second signature. Attention Future Stitching Cosmos Students…One of your Stitching Cosmos homework assignments is to sew a Stitch Book. Get a jump on your homework and have it completely stitched out BEFORE class starts. Trust me! You will be thankful you did! An avid reader long before becoming an author herself, Samantha Durante has always felt a debt of gratitude to all of the writers who came before her; the Stitch Trilogy, her debut series, is her humble attempt to return the favor. Samantha’s dream is to bring the same delight to readers that other authors have brought to her life, so if you find yourself staying up just a little too late to finish another chapter, she will know she’s done her job!The world in Stitch kind of blew my mind. I just kept sitting there thinking about the logistics of it for so long. It was so flippin' cool in a terrifying way! But I did love going over the details of it all and I can't wait to find out even more about it in the next book. This book was an odd one to read – here I was, settling into a slightly bland college ghost story, getting the feeling that the tension was gradually building to some unspecified event when half-way through the book, BAM. Complete plot twist and non-stop action until the end. I’m not sure what else to say without give anything away, but I will say that I completely did not see that coming, despite the clues. That's one thing I liked about Stitch and why I found it to be so unique. It can't be pegged to one genre. While it may have started off as a paranormal romance, it drastically transformed into a dystopian sci-fi later on. Having elements of various genres really amplified the mystery and suspense. I didn't see lots of things that were revealed coming, and I have to commend the author for managing to keep the story balanced even after adding another major genre into the mix. Start with the thread outside of the signature and on the top hole, insert it through the corresponding hole on the cover from the outside to the inside, then bring the thread out to the spine and loop it around the link between the second-to-last signature and the cover.

Another small problem. Although the plot itself was not confusing, but constantly changing POVs AND settings without warning was very, very disorienting. One minute, I'm reading about Alessa talking to her best friend, Janie, and the next, it's Isaac and Joe talking about rebellion and stealing food. It takes me a minute to figure it out. If you're reading this, Samantha, I suggest you put some kind of date, place, and POV person at the beginning of each chapter in later editions so it's easier to orient onseself. Just an idea :-) Great Reference Tool– Use the sewn Stitch Book as a reference when looking for a perfect stitch for your next project. I felt that the writing and editing were well done for both books. I've read several self-published (indie) books that needed so many corrections that I just couldn't even get into or finish the book. This definitely isn't the case here. I also liked the covers. My, oh, my. First of all, I would like to thank Samantha for providing a copy of this book in exchange for a review. The initial blurb drew me in, although by the time I read it I had completely forgotten everything except that there was a ghost angle going on. Where it ends up took me by complete surprise and makes me want to beg Samantha for book 2.In this article, let us walk you through these common and effective varieties of stitches used in bookbinding and how to create these stitches. 1. Pamphlet Stitch All the info about how the projects works is in this post. And there is a link to the full instructions for making the book. There is nothing you need to sign up for but there is a an option to join the stitch club community to share your progress. The more the story progresses, the more the characters develop and you begin to sense that there's something, more sinister lurking about the University. And what's amazing about this book is that the writing captivates you and transports you into the story. The world building, as with any dystopian novel, is necessary, but the story flows beautifully that you hardly notice it, making for a very easy, light and fun read. Then, you can insert your needle from the outside to the inside of your last signature and sew. For the next hole, you can sew the last signature using the saddle stitch, then make a loop around the link between the last and second-to-last signatures, then bring the thread around to attach the cover, and so on.