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A Bookbinding Workshop in a Box!

Are you a complete beginner in bookbinding, or an accomplished amateur looking to expand your skills? We at Learn Bookbinding have a craft kit to catch your eye!

Our mission from the very beginning was simple: to make bookbinding accessible to everyone. We wanted to remove the need for specialist tools and expensive equipment typically found in workshops.

Today, we offer a selection of 6 affordable bookbinding kits – all designed and developed entirely in-house. Each kit contains everything you need to create beautiful books right at home on your kitchen table.

We include extensive, step-by-step illustrated tuition guides with every kit. The clear instructions allow you to learn at your own pace, making each kit a true Bookbinding Workshop in a Box!

Bookbinding Kits

We would always recommend beginning your Learn Bookbinding journey with our incredibly popular Bookbinding Starter Kit. However, all of our kits have been designed with the complete beginner in mind so don’t be afraid to jump in and go for the style of bookbinding that appeals the most!

Complete Bookbinding Starter Kit

Complete Bookbinding Kit containing everything you’ll need to get you started in the absorbing & addictive craft of bookbinding.

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Leather Traveller’s Journal Kit

Containing everything you will need to make a full-size, iconic, Japanese-styled travel notebook, with 3 saddle-stitched insert booklets and accessories

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Half Leather Journal Bookbinding Kit

This intermediate kit contains all the tools and sundries you need to make one, handsome, half-leather Journal from start-to-finish.

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LongStitch Leather Journal Bookbinding Kit

This kit contains everything you will need to make this chunky, A5+ full leather bound book in the Medieval long-stitch style.

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Artist’s A4 Watercolour Sketchbook Bookbinding Kit

Complete bookbinding kit containing all the tools and sundries you will need to make one exquisite watercolour sketchbook from start to finish.

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Classic Notebook Bookbinding Kit

Everything you need to make a classic notebook with rounded corners, a ribbon bookmark, elastic closure and an optional pocket inside the back cover.

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Complete Starter Kit Refill Packs

Create your first two beautiful books with your new Bookbinding Starter Kit, and you might just catch the bookbinding bug! You’ll be eager to make more. While you can find the materials needed in craft shops and DIY stores, many customers, like you, discover that my handy Starter Kit Refill Packs are perfect.

Bookbinding Kits & Refills

Refill Pack: Brambly Hedge – Green

£8.50

Bookbinding Kits & Refills

Refill Pack: Art Deco – Cinnamon

£8.50

Bookbinding Kits & Refills

Refill Pack: Fiesta – Red

£8.50

Each refill pack provides everything you need to create another 96-page hardback notebook. Choose from my extensive range of beautiful cover papers to personalise your creation.

These are just a few examples of the refill packs available for your Starter Kit. See the full range here.

Bookbinding Tools & Sundries

Direct links to some of the most popular bookbinding tools and sundries available in my shop.

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What people say

Don’t take our word for how great our products are, read what our customers have to say about them in the reviews below!

Simply superb! I was slightly hesitant at first as there are cheaper bookbinding kits available but this one looked like it ticked all the boxes. It arrived beautifully packaged and the contents look & feel extremely high quality as promised. The instruction guide is BRILLIANT, each step is so well explained and the photographs make it all so easy to follow. Highly recommended!

Victoria

I received this kit for Christmas and made my first book yesterday. It is absolutely great! The quality of the equipment you get is very good (e.g the scissors are all metal and packaged nicely) The instructions for making the books is very, very simple and written in a way which is easy to understand. Which made making the book a very nice process. Honestly so pleased I received this as a gift and I will make many more!

Ruth

I have found a new obsession! I had been looking for a good way to get into bookbinding, but all the kits I found were either unclear or incomplete. Until I found this golden grail: detailed and clear instructions, and *everything* in the box (minus some cans to weigh down your project). I’m hooked, and I’ve talked a bunch of other people into ordering theirs to join in the fun!

Liesbeth

I received this kit as a gift from my husband for Christmas, and after a busy month I finally got around to getting stuck in! Just to pre-warn everyone, this is an ADDICTIVE hobby and very relaxing! Such a quality kit, from the instructions to the equipment included. The photographs along with the easy to understand instructions made this whole process so enjoyable and fun. Thank you so much, will definitely recommend and return in the future!

Charlotte

I was gifted this kit for Christmas and absolutely loved it. The instructions are super detailed with clear photos and the contents of the box were high quality, even down to the little metal tin of PVA glue. My sister and I spent the best part of a day putting our books together and it almost felt like a crafting workshop as we never felt stuck on how the next step worked. This kit allows you to try book binding without the need for a teacher so I’d say it’s worth the cost. A lovely surprise gift, particularly as I love trying out new crafting activities. I’m really pleased with the result and it’s given me a new found appreciation for all the work that goes into creating a notebook!

Chloe

Opening my new bookbinding kit felt like Christmas morning! Jon-Paul was incredibly quick to message back about the beautiful paper included in the kit and I’m super excited to give bookbinding a try. All the tools look like they’re great quality and instructions seem easy enough to follow. Thank you, Jon-Paul!

Hannah