Book making

How I made a book!  

Materials:

• Fabric remnants
• Paper for pages 
• Fabric and paper for book binding
• Cardboard
• Heavy Thread

Tools I used:

• Ruler
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Paper cutter
• Scorer
• Adhesive
• Needle
• Binder clips

Outside Covers: Cut two (2) pieces of cardboard 8 1/4" x 6" and two (2) pieces of fabric 10 1/4 x 8".
(Fabric is 1 inch larger than cardboard on all four sides)

Inside Covers: Cut two (2) pieces of cardboard cut 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" and two (2) pieces contrasting fabric 9 3/4 x 7 1/2"
(These pieces are 1" smaller than outside covers)

Cut paper for book pages 7 3/4" x 11".  Score and fold at middle (5 1/2" mark). Set aside for now

Cover each piece of cardboard with fabric

I started with corners

Fronts (right side) and backs (wrong side) of all four pieces of cardboard covered with fabric

Gluing wrong sides together - smaller fabric covered cardboard to larger one to make front and back book covers - see right hand side of photo for example.  You should now have two identical covers (one for front and one for back)

Inner binding created by cutting piece of material (or paper) - same height as book covers and wide enough to stick to both front and back covers with space in-between for pages to fit.  I decided on 1 1/2"

Glue inner binding to outside of book front and back leaving space between (for paper pages).
(Photo is of inside to show 1/2" space left in-between front and back)

Outside Binding:  Use card stock (or material that will not fray), cut to match height of book covers and wide enough to cover inner binding.  (I decided on 2") set aside for now

Assemble book with pages and book covers - clip ends to hold firm - poke three (3) holds through middle of paper and inside binding as shown.  Note:  Top of book on left and bottom on right in this photo.

Using heavy thread and needle, insert thread from outside book cover to inside pages in middle hole but leave a 1" tail or so. Go out through top hole; back in through middle hole; and out again through bottom hole.  Tie thread to tail and trim (this will be on outside of book)

Use outside binding, center and cover the thread and inside binding by gluing to outside of both front and back cover.

Finished book!

A book can be made with paper covers too and in any size you wish - even miniature size.  See this example!  It was made with paper covers and is actually a "book pin" as a small locking pin was glued to the back.