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part II!part I is here: [link]
all done!
again, if you need any help or have any questions i'll gladly try my best to give you a hand
and if you do make yourself a book, let me know so i can have a look
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if you're only using the fabric for the spine, i think you'll be fine! i would double it over, though, just as a precaution, and use only a really small amount of glue... mybe even wait a minute after applying the glue to let it get a bit tacky and not so wet before you lay your material on. (always apply glue to your cardboard, not what you're glueing to it).
as for covering your whole book, i have learnt of a new way but i haven't tried it out personally and i don't know much about it.. but apparently if you buy a special iron-on backer for your fabric (i don't know if this is just your normal iron-on fabric stiffener or what) you can then apply your glue without it seeping through! you could always experiment with a few different types of fabric stiffeners... just make sure they're not too thick, otherwise you won't have the flexibility of folding it under and around your cardboard.
aaannnnnndd (lol) you can definately print out lines sheets! google is your friend 
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Thank you very much for the advice.
Yeah, I would think the cardboard would get the glue. I heard somewhere that you always put the glue on the tougher, harder surface.
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This was, quite possibly, the most amazing tutorial I've ever seen. I read a few others, but they were a little... overpowering? I've always wanted to bind my own book, but couldn't find a reasonable place to begin. I gave it a couple of attempts, but they were all so... Newbish? Unprofessional? Bad? Yeah, bad.
This tutorial explained each step so well, I think I'll have to give it another shot!
I'm really looking forward to trying this out, really!!
I'll post a link if I get a reasonable looking one done.
*Goes to hunt for supplies.*
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wooh, excellent to hear! i'm a chronic rambler, so knowing that people actually understand what i'm babbling about is fantastic
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I've got a friend who I've been scrambling for a b-day gift for and I think this will be perfect! Now just to see if I can get it done in time.. cuz it's the 8th... *flails*
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haha well good luck! happy binding
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I've been looking all over the net for coptic stitching tutorials, and can't believe that I totally blanked searching on DA! Durrrrrrrr!!
Anyway, I found a tutorial that I liked and followed for the sigs, but I didn't like the way they bound it to the hardboard... I totally prefer the way you've shown me! I was wondering how it was done this way. A HUGE thank you for this tutorial! I will certainly be retrying my book binding tomorrow (as it's 1.20am!) and hopefully will have a book as gorgeous as yours (I'm making both my mother and mother-in-law journals for Mother's day - the UK mother's day is in March)!!!
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haha well i'm so glad that i could help you out!
good luck with the bookbinding, i'm sure both mothers (haha) will love them
i took the liberty of perusing your gallery, you have some beautiful little books made up! what method do you use to attatch your fabric to your hardboard covers?
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awwww thanks hun! I use a special glue tape for the fabric, it's as strong as glue but goes on like tape, so it doesn't mess up the fabric. It's great
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ooh sounds great! i'll have to go hunt some down, i've been meaning to trial some fabric covers..
thankyou!
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I absolutely love your tutorials =]
One question, though. I'm not a good explainer, so bear with me lol. When I glue the endsheets to the covers of the book and then try to flip the sigs back over, the endsheet usually slides over. In other words, when everythings all dry, I can never fully open the book. Am I making sense? lol. Please help if you could decipher my little predicament =]
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hmm... ok so i'm guessing what you mean is that the endsheets move closer to the edge of each of the cover pages so that the sigs are too tightly glued to the cover to open properly? so you can only open it like a quarter of the way or something? haha, i don't know if i'm making any more sense than you lol
if that's the case, you need to glue one side first, then let it dry fully before flipping it over and glueing the other. otherwise the wetness of the glue will allow for the endsheets to slide all over the place if you're not paying meticulous attention to the side you've just done while you're busy with the other. lol.. does that help? xD i don't know if you've tried that already, so let me know if you have and we'll see if we can brainstorm another solution!
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It does! lol we're both bad at explaining, aren't we. But yeah, whenever I glue the endsheets, I guess I never have enough patience and I try to glue down both sides at the same time. I'll try letting it dry, though *finds something interesting to do in the meantime*--that'll probably do the trick.
haha thanks for helping so much =]
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lol don't worry i'm the same. i'm way too impatient to do things the proper way, i always try cutting corners xD
but yeah, give it a go and... do it in front of the telly or something so you can at least watch something while you're waiting haha.
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I MADE MY OWN BOOK!! lol
*falls over*
I'm so proud of myself. Thanks for posting those tutorials, they were ever so helpful. Oh, and the little let-the-sheet-dry-thing worked; the book opens and closes fully.
I am truly overjoyed haha
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OH GOOD!
if you post it up let me know so i can come have a sticky beak!
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lol I sort of lack a camera, so I can't get any pics up...but if I eventually do, I'll link you to its awesomeness *smiles and stares at the book* hahaha =]
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Your tutorial (both I and II) explain things in such a clear-cut manner - I loved how I was able to understand all the steps! I will be giving this a try in the near future!
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really? phew, i was worried that noone would understand my rambling
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Really helpful X3
I want to try this
Cuz it rocks
Although I probably wouldnt have tha patience DX
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haha good to hear! trust me, once you've made your first book, you'll be hooked!
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I'm new at the whole book making thing, but I got the coptic stitching down rather fast, I was just tryinto find a way to make my covers look less...um...rustic.
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no worries, hope it helps!!
and happy holidays
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Yea! Thanks again. I can't wait to try it out. You're instructions are delightfully detailed.
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oh my god this would make the greatest xmas present EVER!! haha thanks so much, I will totally give it a try once I have some time on my hands.
how long does a book usually take, out of interest? O:
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good idea
this one took me about 3hrs.. but with alot of interruptions :B you'll actually find that if you make like 3 books at a time it will cut down your time heaps, because while you're waiting for one to dry you can work on the other.
we're lucky here in aus because the heat makes the glue dry faster so we don't have to wait around as long for things to set.
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hey that's a good idea, switching from one book to another. especially if you're doing something like making them as gifts, then you can make lots in one batch! awesome.
yeah, though with the weather in melbourne the weather doesn't like to cooperate with anything you're planning to do haha.
I'll definitely have to try it out sometime soon though. <3
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definately!
aw. well that sucks haha xD sydney's been nice and toastie of late, so my book's have been drying like there's no tomorrow!
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luckyy! it must be nice to actually feel like its summer >:
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haha yeah, but we have had a weird start to summer anyway.. it's been cold up until like a week ago
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yeah, we keep getting days which think they are going to be summery but then decide that no, they'll give us some nice rain instead. or days which are forecast at 30*, so we look forward to them ALL WEEK with the shorts hanging ready, only to be greeted with wind and rain on the day.
it just cannot make up its mind ):
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lol i love australian summers
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And then comes the arduous task of page cutting
Unless you've somehow folded the pages to avoid that. In which I would then like to call you God xDDDD
And I love that cover paper. Its beautiful :U
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page cutting? xD what do you mean??
haha i don't do anything else after the last step.. i'm done.
i know, it's really beautiful isn't it? it's a special hand printed japanese paper.. cost me $16 a sheet ;O;
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Hmm, its where you cut the pages because they
re still folded in half...so at the top of the page you must use a knife and cut the crease and one page becomes two. But If you fold a paper only to make 4 sheets, then you wouldn't have to i suppose.
Wow $16 a SHEET?
;0; That's a lot; but it is hand printed. Lol. I usually use fabrics for the covers of my books anyways XD
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...that is such a bizarre concept to me lol.
i leave them in little booklets..
i know, i almost cried D:
i've yet to give fabric a go, but i think i will..
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Fabric is easy just make you sure you glue it to paper first ;D
Huh, I guess leaving the paper in booklets would be easy, but I've always cut them xDD
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