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== Method I: Quick Steps ==
 
== Method I: Quick Steps ==
 
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Image:bookI-1-3.jpg|1. Get the pages ready.
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Image:bookI-1-3.jpg|1. Fold each piece of paper in half, and in half again. Bundle into groups of three.
Image:bookI-2-10.jpg|2. Sew the pages into little bundles.
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Image:bookI-2-10.jpg|2. Sew each little bundle of three along the fold.
Image:bookI-3-5.jpg|3. Glue the bundles together with a piece of fabric along the spine.
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Image:bookI-3-5.jpg|3. Glue the spine of the bundles to a piece of fabric.
Image:bookI-4-0.jpg|4. Cut the cover-cardboard and cover-fabric to size.
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Image:bookI-4-1.jpg|4. Cut the cover-cardboard and cover-fabric to size.
 
Image:bookI-5-3.jpg|5. Glue the spine-protector to the cover fabric.
 
Image:bookI-5-3.jpg|5. Glue the spine-protector to the cover fabric.
 
Image:bookI-6-5.jpg|6. Attach the cover-cardboard.
 
Image:bookI-6-5.jpg|6. Attach the cover-cardboard.

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Method I

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Method I: What you need

  • paper (at least 18 sheets of A4 size office paper that has already been used on one side, i.e. "scrap paper").
  • cotton thread
  • sewing needle
  • scissors
  • PVA glue (craft/wood glue)
  • fabric for binding (plain fabric)
  • plastic bag
  • large binder clip
  • thick cardboard (eg. old cardboard box)
  • fabric for cover (nice-looking fabric)


Method I: Quick Steps

Method I: Full Steps

Stage 1 - Getting the pages ready.


Stage 2 - Sewing the signatures (i.e. sewing the pages into little bundles).


Stage 3 - Gluing the signatures together along the spine (i.e. gluing the bundles together along the spine)


Stage 4 - Cutting the cover-cardboard and cover-fabric to size


Stage 5 - Gluing the spine-protector to the cover-fabric


Stage 6 - Attaching the cover-cardboard


Stage 7 - Covering the book with fabric

See Also

Bookbinding

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