Book binding!

Rook · 2015-02-02T19:27:52Z

Hello! Recently in art class, we learned how to bind books! I was like, "heck yeah! books!" I figured people on a writing site might want to know how to do it too! So I'm here to teach you all the not-so-secret art of book binding. First, some vocabulary: -Text block: This is the guts of your book. It's the paper that's all sewn together that gets stuck in your cover. -Signature: this is one piece of your text block. It has 10 pieces of paper. A standard text block has 4 signatures, but it can have more. You'll need: -At least 40 sheets of paper. Standard computer paper works. All the papers need to be the same size. -An awl (or something to poke holes in your paper with. I don't have an awl, so I used a pin. Awl is recommended though.) -Binding needle, which is like, just a really thick normal needle. I didn't have any binding needles, so I used the biggest needle I could find. It's harder if you don't have a thick needle, so you'll need to be more careful if you're using a smaller one. -Linen thread. Again, I didn't have this, so I used some embroidery floss. Perhaps dental floss would work too? If you're really scrapped for supplies. -scissors, tape, glue etc. etc. I'm sure you can find this stuff around when you need it. Let's get started, ja?

So a little bump for the thread and a little update on recent books I've made.
Since that last post in January 2016, I've made 5 more books, all for friends as gifts. This puts my total up to 18. I'm planning on making a tutorial video soon as I make another book or two to give as gifts again haha.
I love giving these as gifts because you can make them so personalized and thoughtful, the book itself is useful, it doesn't break the bank, you put a lot of time into it so they know it's special, and on top of that it can be all around a good quality gift that might be worth $25 or so if you bought it from someone. Really cannot stress how perfect a gift it really is enough. TBH it's the only really thoughtful gift I've given anyone for the past year or two. (excepting a USB drive I loaded with memes last Christmas lol)

Anyway, tutorial video incoming maybe?

Just thought I'd write this while I was thinking about it. Written on my phone, so excuse spelling mistakes please haha

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