Lady Elgiva's birthday was recently and to celebrate her day, I made this girdle book just for her. The book is a standard sew signature type binding. I had wanted to do the cover in leather, but I didn't have any thin enough nor do I own the kind of knife used to thin leather out for book covers. Instead, I opted for a brown suede fabric that from a distance looks reasonably like leather. Hopefully Lady Elgiva will like it well enough to forgive me the anachronism.
Once the book was done, I thought I'd decorate the front pages with her arms and a bit of colorful vinework. I Googled the German for "This book belongs to Lady Elgiva Wilhelm, creator of beautiful things" and put that in a ribbon across the pages.
Here's hoping she can make use of it for many notes about clever things.
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