Steps for Doing French/Thread sewing

Aim:-  French/thread sewing on the sections for account book binding.

Materials Required:- Thread, Needle, Sections, Scissor.

Procedure:-  In French sewing, the positions of kettle stitches are marked from 1 to 6 at the spine of the gathered sections. The last section of the book is taken first and kept on the bed of the sewing frame. The threaded needle is pierced into the section through the point 1, taken out from the point 2 and after that the needle is inserted into the section through point 3. Now it comes out of the section through the point 4 and again inserted into the section through point 5. The needle finally cones out of the section form point 6 completing the sewing of the first section.

                The next section (second last section of the account book) is kept on the sewn section precisely aligning at the head and back edge of the first section. The needle is inserted into the section through point 6 and the sewing is done from head to tail i.e. from point 6 to 1. The kettle stitches of the sewing is done from head to tail as in French sewing.

                When the needle comes out from point 1 then a knot is made with the remaining thread of first section’s point 1 to join the edges of the section. In third section, the needle is passed between the last two sewn sections at point 6 and in the fourth section, a knot is made via thread inserted between previous two sections.

                By repeating these steps, we can sew all the rest 10 sections of the account book and at the last a knot is made at the tail at point 1.