Swatch books are still being made in spite of explosive growth on the internet. We produce them by the tens of thousands. The swatch sheets are held together by wire-stitches, in a style called “stitch and flip.” The separate piles of samples are wire “flat stitched”, and the piece is “flipped over”, to hide the wire stitches. The process (with some exceptions) is a fraction of the cost of mechanical binding such as wire-o, spiral wire etc.…… “stitch and flip”……cost effective!
