Single page book binding

How to Bind a Book, (fake/hybrid Perfect Bind): I was recently in the position that I needed to bind a book. There are many good Instructables on how to make a book. Unfortunately, none quite met my needs (namely to bind single 8.5"x11" printouts/pages). So I developed this method which seems to…

I have finally completed my tutorial for the making of my Mandala Journal. I tried to keep it to three parts, but, well... you can skip certain parts if you aren't wanting to experience things like paper maché! I think I'll let the videos do the teaching, and wait for questions to come in - then, as they do, I will update this post and address them rather than try to guess at what I've left out - because I'm sure I've left some stuff out!! Part I goes over applying joint compound, or wall…

At the end of my last post, I had six signatures and two covers, ready for poking holes and binding. Vocab recap! (words I learned doing this) folio - a sheet folded in half to form two sheets for the book signature - a nested group of folios that are later bound together to form the book

Book and Fiber Artist

Rubber band binding Seasonal Flyer : http://magpie-studio.com/projects.php?projectid=169binding

(with apologies to Benjamin Elbel.) I have been playing with little squares of paper again, making components for paper ‘quilts’. Some of the designs come from Tomoko Fuse, though the b…

Before I began binding the final books for my Good Morning books project, I did a couple of test binds. I thought the decorative bind (red ...

Binding a Book With Common Materials: This Instructable will show you how to create your own hand-sewn, hard-back book without the need to buy expensive and specific book binding materials or tools. Filled with blank pages, they make great journals or notebooks, or you can find free boo…

Welcome to part 2b- sewing book signatures together (Part 2a involved a method to bind single or individual folded pages together). Wait, what's a signature, I hear you say. Isn't it the messy scrawl you write a hundred times without thinking but then muck up when you need to sign the back of your credit card? Well, yes. And no. A quick run through on some book terms: book: a collection of papers joined together in some way. spine: the edge of the book where the pages are joined. Pile of…

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