12.2 Inch Length Endbands 25 Colors 50pcs Headbands for DIY Bookbinding Good Selection for Bookbinder for Handmade Book

One criticism: I can’t think of a good reason why the company would give you two lengths of each color instead of giving you one of each color at double the length. It would be the same amount of material, and there’d be less opportunity for waste if you had each one at double the length. Maybe they wanted the number “50” to appear in the description to make it seem like you’re getting a lot? Don’t get me wrong, there is a quite a bit of material here, especially if you’re a hobbyist and the journals you make are not huge.As a bookbinder, sewing one’s own endbands is a satisfying process. It’s not difficult, and it makes the end product look that much nicer. Though, for a production bookbinder, that process can be time-consuming (and the recipient might not even be able to tell that it was hand-sewn–though, sometimes the creator knowing matters just as much). It really depends on whether it matters if the book you’re making needs to be wholly your creation, or if you’re not married to the idea. Some of us make our own paper, make our own book cloth, use various techniques to even construct our own book boards! This is very time-consuming, so you need to decide what truly matters to you and your project. I absolutely see the benefits of using ready-made endbands, book cloth, paper, book boards, etc. and use these things myself, depending on the project.It’s convenient to have these ready-made endbands. They can be used for bookbinding demonstrations. If you produce a lot of journals, either for personal use, for gifts, or for sale, they’re a quick way to jazz up the book you’ve made. You just need to select a thread of a color and gauge that can hide among the threads used in the endband so that when you sew it onto the ends of the textblock, it looks like the whole thing was sewn directly onto it. The white part can also be adhered using an acid-free PVA.