August Bookbinding Club - make a postcard album

Throughout 2026, Bookbinding Club will continue to be on the 2nd Friday of the month, from 10am until 12noon, casual drop-in. All are welcome!

August's Bookbinding Club will be held on Friday 14 August 2026.

TOPIC: make a postcard album, with a cleverly engineered concertina system and a traditionally crafted hardcover casing (cover).
All the required materials/templates have been selected, designed, measured, pre-tested, and lasercut ready for you to learn/craft the assembly of the album.
You will need to bring 7 x postcards (or A6 pieces of cardstock) and your usual tools/equipment.

Cost $40
All materials provided.

Please bring your usual papercrafting tool kit.

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For regular Bookbinding Club participants:

If you could all please bring along a Show & Tell item (or several!) of something you've been working on, or something of interest to share with the group, that'd be swell :)

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One final note:

These meetups are a nice opportunity to BYO a bookbinding project to work on (or ask questions about), and maybe even share some of your ideas and plans for projects you'd like to work on this year. Got a particular project or bookbinding technique you'd like to get help with? - just let me know! I'm keen to hear what members would like to see covered in Bookbinding Club :)

We meet in the front workshop space at Michelle's Bindery studio - The Nest Creative Spaces warehouse building at 31 Ferry Rd, West End.

Hope to see you there,

Michelle

P.S.

NEED BOOKBINDING SUPPLIES?

Please direct message me (or email michelle@shelbyville.com.au) so that I know exactly what to bring along on the day :)

I offer:

• Awls for $5 each
• Bone folders (genuine bone) for $15 each
• Coloured waxed linen bookbinding thread (choice of 35 colours! - let me know what colour you're after) for $1 per metre (ie $5 for 5m is a standard measure)
• Leather pieces (individually priced, approx $15-$20 per piece)
• Bookbinding kits
  and
• Gift Vouchers to attend any of my bookbinding workshops in 2026 for $250 each.