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Two more books from Tedorigawa Bookmakers‘ famous Cereal Series. These are blank notebooks with coptic binding and about 100 pages each.

Actually, one is 100 pages and the other is 120 pages but I don’t remember which is which. I suppose I could look it up….

The covers are from two cereal boxes. The book on the left says, “Genmai” (brown rice) “Flakes.” Like corn flakes except made out of genmai. The book on the right has, in small letters at the top, “Salad Cereal.” And then a series of pictures to show you how to make a salad on top of your cereal in three easy steps: put the cereal in a bowl, put salad fixings on the cereal, add dressing. Viola! Salad in a bowl!

On this pair of Cereal Series Blank Notebooks, I tried a different way to sewing the coptic binding: more precise and complex on the tail and head pieces (bottom and top). I liked the head and tail sewings but not the middle three. Usually I like the middle three sewings but not the end ones.

Things we learned on this project? Measuring and cutting straight are important. Also, just because I have black waxed thread, doesn’t mean I have to use it. i.e. Another color thread might have been better. Finally we learned that measuring, folding, and sewing is best done while not simultaneously watching a movie on cable.

Here you can see the basic size of the Cereal Series Blank Notebook. It fits quite nicely into an overcoat pocket and opens out flat for full use of the entire page. (200 grams of this cereal will get you 50% of your daily requirements of seven essential vitamins, iron, and calcium, according to the front.)

By the way, this cereal is made by Kellogg’s.

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