Bind All Six of Jane Austen’s Novels an Online Bookbinding Course with Kits

Create your own hand-bound Jane Austen library with our Virtual Jane Austen Bookbinding Course.

This complete at-home bookbinding experience includes recorded step-by-step video instruction and a carefully prepared kit containing the materials you’ll need to bind all six of Jane Austen’s completed novels.

You’ll create hardcover editions of:

• Pride and Prejudice
• Sense and Sensibility
• Emma
• Mansfield Park
• Northanger Abbey
• Persuasion

Rather than completing the project during a scheduled workshop, the virtual format allows you to work through the course at your own pace. Follow along with the instructional videos, pause when you need more time, replay demonstrations, and complete each stage of the binding process when it works for you.

Whether you are a Jane Austen enthusiast, a book collector, or someone who simply loves making beautiful books by hand, this course gives you the opportunity to create an heirloom-quality collection that you have sewn, shaped, covered, and assembled yourself.

What You’ll Learn

At the center of this project is the French Link Stitch, a beautiful sewing structure recognized for its decorative chain-like pattern and strength.

Through the recorded instruction, you’ll learn the process we use to turn printed and prepared materials into finished hardcover books, including how to:

• Prepare and organize your book components
• Sew signatures using the French Link Stitch
• Reinforce and shape the spine
• Prepare boards and covering materials
• Construct a strong case binding
• Work with decorative fabrics and endpapers
• Case the text block into its cover
• Complete the finishing steps that bring the entire binding together

Because you’ll be creating six books, you’ll have the opportunity to repeat the process several times. With each volume, you can build greater confidence and consistency in your bookbinding skills.

Your Complete Jane Austen Kit

One of the challenges of learning bookbinding at home is finding and preparing all the right materials. We’ve done that part for you.

Your course kit includes the primary materials needed to create all six books, including:

• Pre-printed text blocks for all six Jane Austen novels
• A curated selection of Riley Blake Jane Austen fabrics
• Decorative endpapers
• Binding boards
• Sewing and binding materials
• Adhesives and other project-specific supplies
• Additional prepared components needed for the six bindings

Materials are measured, selected, and prepared specifically for this project so you can spend less time sourcing supplies and more time learning the craft.

Recorded Video Instruction

Your course includes detailed recorded instructional video, allowing you to work through the project from wherever you are.

Unlike a live class, you are not required to keep pace with the rest of a group. You can pause during complicated steps, replay a demonstration, or return to the course later before beginning your next book.

The goal is to give you the benefit of Paper Leaf Bindery instruction while allowing you to complete this substantial project on your own schedule.

Who This Course Is For

This course is designed for:

• Newer bookbinders ready to complete a substantial guided project
• Experienced binders interested in the French Link Stitch and case binding process
• Jane Austen enthusiasts who want to create something far more personal than a commercially produced collection
• Book and paper artists looking for a project that combines repetition, craftsmanship, and beautiful materials
• Makers and collectors who want to create a library that can be read, displayed, gifted, and passed down

You do not need to complete all six books at once. Bind them consecutively, work on them over several weekends, or complete the collection gradually as your schedule allows.

Six Books. One Handmade Collection.

By the end of the course, you’ll have created a complete set of Jane Austen’s six novels by hand.

Each volume represents not only Austen’s enduring literary legacy, but the hours of careful work involved in transforming paper, thread, board, and cloth into a finished book.

Displayed together, the six volumes become something more than a class project: a handmade Jane Austen library that is uniquely yours.

Join us in celebrating the works of Jane Austen through the enduring art of bookbinding—from wherever you call home.