Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 2025

Addendum

More Fall Workshops!

NBG Activity

SEPTEMBER PROGRAM MEETING

Fall Preview

Sunday September 14

1-3pm on ZOOM

Zoom Link will be sent Friday September 12

Join us in this NBG Fall Preview of upcoming workshops, events and activities:

• 4th Annual Tiny Book Party including plans for a printmaking activity.
• Silent Auction of bookmaking tools and materials by NBG Advisory Council
• Annual Meeting to include welcoming new Board Members, electing Board Officers and the Annual Report

And a Preview of Upcoming Workshops:

• Loopy Stitch with Rebecca Morse
• Four-Flap Wrappers with Susan Campbell
• Longstitch Book with Connie Stricks
• Buttonhole Stitch Softcover Book with Rebecca Morse---ADDED WORKSHOP
• Hedi Kyle's Storage Book with Margo Klass
• Rember & Invent: Handmade Books with Chris Greenfield-Pastro & Vanessa DeWolf ---UAF-OLLI WORKSHOP
• UAF WINTERmester workshop with Margo Klass

With the plethora of offerings this fall you won't want to miss this smorgasbord of what's coming up.

NBG Workshop

Buttonhole Stitch Softcover Book with Rebecca Morse

Saturday, October 25, 2025, 10am - 3pm

In-person at NBG Studio

Members $100. Guests $125

MATERIALS FEE: $25

All Skill Levels Welcome!

In this 5-hour class participants will learn to construct and stitch a softcover buttonhole stitch book.  This is a wonderful structure for beginners as well as advanced book binders as it provides a short project completion time.  We’ll use decorative paper for our covers backed with Canson Mi-teintes.  Our textblock is Strathmore 400 Drawing Paper.  Once comfortable with the buttonhole stitch, the sky is the limit with the structure--try book cloth or heavier paper for the cover and include a heavier text block for watercolor or other wet/dry media.  Construct a window.  If you’ve shied away from Coptic or other complex book structures because of the practice and preciseness involved, this is your chance to shine!



NORTHWOODS BOOK ARTS GUILD

CALENDAR

NBG Open Studio

& Boreal Book Arts Showcase Hours

Every Wednesday, 12-2pm

Second and Fourth, Sundays, 12-2pm

September 7 & 28, October 12 & 26

NBG Program Meeting

Fall Preview

Sunday, September 14, 1-3pm on ZOOM

NBG Workshops --In-Person--at NBG Studio

Loopy Stitch Class

Saturday September 20, 10am - 3pm

Four-Flap Wrappers

Saturday September 27, 1 - 5pm

Longstitch Book

Saturday October 4, 9:30am - 4:30pm

Buttonhole Stitch Softcover Book

Saturday October 25, 10am - 3pm

Hedi Kyle's Storage Book

Saturday November 15, 10am - 4pm

NBG Activity

Coptic Binders Meet Up

Fridays 1-3pm in NBG Studio

September 12, October 3

NBG Activity

Art-O-Mat Worksession

Tuesday, September 16, 10am - noon in NBG Studio

NBG Letterpress Studio

Letterpress Sessions

By Appointment with Bruce Campbell

NBG SIG

Beginners Cohort

Two Fridays 6-8pm in NBG Studio

September 19 & 26, October 10 & 17

All Members Welcome. Drop-in & free.

NBG Outreach

Remember & Invent: Handmade Books

at UAF Osher Lifelong Learning, UPark Building

Tuesday, November 11, 9:30am - noon

Thursday, November 13, 9:30am - noon

Art-O-Mat Location

September

at the Bear Gallery Gift Shop

Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts

3rd floor, Pioneer Park

2300 Airport Way



Learn about and support Northwoods Book Arts Guild!

 www.nwbookarts.org