Step-by-step case binding tutorial
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Tips for good sewing tension and gluing endpapers: • Case binding tips & tricks ⟡ how to improv...
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Beginner bookbinding videos:
• Bookbinding Tools & Materials - beginner f...
• My favourite stitches for soft cover journ...
• How I make bookcloth from any fabric
Endpaper options:
Scrapbooking patterned papers
Lightweight cardstock
Nepalese lokta paper
Chiyogami and other heavier weight Japanese papers
Hand marbled paper
Canson Mi-Teintes
Hahnemuhle Bugra
Note: It's not necessary to wax your thread, if you can achieve decent sewing tension with the thread you have. Waxing helps the thread easier to handle and knot.
0:00 overview
1:15 tools & materials
4:15 fold signatures
4:58 make punching guide
5:14 punch holes
6:10 cut and wax thread
6:39 lock thread on needle
6:58 sew french link stitch
8:29 sew signature 2
10:06 sew signature 3
11:46 kettle stitch
12:06 sewing tips
13:35 finish sewing
14:03 makeshift lying press
15:01 glue the spine
16:25 tip on endpapers
17:34 trim the fore edge
18:30 sand the fore edge (optional)
18:52 make endbands
19:19 line the spine
20:53 measure and cut cover boards
21:43 cut spine board
21:58 hinge gaps comparison
22:29 test fit hardcover case
24:14 apply book cloth
26:36 turn in book cloth
28:04 casing in book block
31:48 repositioning endpaper
33:27 press book
34:08 taking book out of press
34:59 seal the ribbon
35:13 completed book
35:37 closing
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FAQ
✦ What tools and materials do you use? • Bookbinding Tools & Materials - beginner f...
✦ Where can I buy bookbinding supplies? your local art supply store, Blick Art Materials (US), TALAS (US), Hollander's (US), DeSerres (CA), Etsy
✦ What adhesive are you using? Archival quality PVA glue, there are multiple brands
✦ How do you make your book cloth? • How I make bookcloth from any fabric
✦ Where do you get dot grid writing paper? • How I source dotted writing paper for jour...
✦ Where did you get your guillotine cutter? https://amzn.to/49O6VmY
✦ What brand is your...
thread - Crawford Irish Waxed Linen Thread
corner rounder - Akiles Diamond-1
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