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Four Hole Binding

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* Sew back into the last hole, between the cover and the front page. Open the cover. Near the hole, apply glue to the thread. Sew through the spine to the outside, spine edge. Trim and tuck the gluey thread end into the spine.

This illustration is to scale. With a ruler, measure off this illustration and mark the front, outside cover with sewing holes. 1.

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Work on each book individually in the following order: 1. Four Hole Binding 2. Noble Binding 3. Tortoise Shell Binding

To prepare for this project: Clear a work space and do an inventory of all the pieces in this kit. This kit makes three books so there will be three times the amount of the materials listed below. Carefully measure each piece and separate the materials into three groups--one set for each book. With a pencil, lightly label each piece with the capitalized letter that corresponds with the list below, figure 1.

Materials: For one book

A two pieces--7 x 5 decorative paper (front and back cover)

b two pieces--6 x 4 text weight paper (the end papers)

c bookcloth to make corner pieces. Follow instructions for cutting.

sixteen pages: 12 x 4

text weight paper (the bookblock). Do not mark the pages with a letter.

Decorative Thread: use to create the outside, decorative binding pattern on the spine edge. . 40 long for the Four Hole Binding . 55 long for the Noble Binding . 75 long for the Tortoise Shell Binding

Linen thread: use for the inside binding to sew the pages and endpapers together.

For this project you will need: . scissors or craft knife . 2 weights (try a brick wrapped in kraft paper) . small glue brush, about 1/2 wide . pencil . heavy duty paper awl . wax paper to smooth out glued surfaces . small hammer and pliers . bone folder . ruler . PVA (good quality paper glue) . scrap paper to glue on . needle

Japanese Stab Binding

A tool used by bookbind-ers to fold paper and wrap edges around bookboard. Purchase at hobby or art supply stores.

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NOTE: In Asian bindings traditionally the folded page edge is opposite the spine. The edges are left folded to strengthen the page.

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fold & tuck in flap between the cover and the bookblock

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. fold sixteen pages in half along the short dimension, figure 2. With a bone folder, burnish each fold.

. mark an endpaper, piece B, with two pairs of sewing holes, figure 3.

. create the bookblock by stacking the pages together and matching up all the folded edges. Place the endpaper on top, with the marks opposite the folded edges. Place the second endpaper, piece B, on the bottom, figure 4.

. place a brick on top of the book block, figure 4. At the sewing marks, punch through all the lay-ers with a heavy duty awl and hammer.

. with the linen thread, sew the bookblock together, figure 5. Sew each pair of holes individually and tie the thread ends tightly with square knots. Trim the ends to one inch.

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This illustration is to scale. With a ruler, measure off this illustration and mark the top, outside endpaper with sewing holes.

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Sewing the outside binding: Use the book and the decorative thread.. choose a binding pattern. Using the template on the following pages, mark the sewing pattern on the cover. At the marks, punch through the layers with a heavy duty awl and hammer.

. double thread a needle and knot twice, leaving a 1 tail

. open the book to the third page. Push a bone folder point through the book spine, figure 15.

. from the outside, sew to the inside through the space created by the bone folder. Remove the bone folder.

. sew from the inside into the starting hole to the outside, figure 16. Pull the knot into the spine, between the pages. Tuck the thread tail in.

. follow the appropriate binding instructions on the following pages.

Attaching the outside cover: Use the book block and matching pieces of decorative paper. . on the bookblock apply an X of glue

to the outside of an endpaper, figure 9.

. center and glue the bookblock to the wrong side of a paper cover, piece a, figure 10.

. clip the corners of the paper cover very close to the bookblock, figure 11.

. with the point of a bone folder, on the wrong side of the cover, score closely around the edges of the bookblock, figure 12.

. at the score marks, fold the flaps onto the wrong side of the cover. The folded flaps should end up between the cover and the bookblock -- do not try to wrap edges around any of the pages, figure 13.

. tuck in thread tails. On the spine edge side, apply glue to the entire cover flap and glue it onto the endpaper, figure 14. Glue the side edges in the same manner. Glue the edge opposite the spine last.

. repeat these steps for the second cover.

Attaching the corner pieces: Use the book block and two matching rectangles of bookcloth.

. cut out a piece of bookcloth and fold in half along the short dimension. Burnish fold with a bone folder, figure 6.

. cut two darts out of the bookcloth piece, figure 7.

. apply glue to the paper side of the bookcloth.

. place one of the bookblock corners, on the spine edge, tightly into the fold of the bookcloth piece. Wrap and glue the bookcloth edges tightly around the bookblock, figures 8.

. repeat these steps for the second piece.

Making the bookblock and inside binding: Begin with the pages, endpapers and linen thread.

tip: use pliers to pull needle through tight spots.

Cut 1 x 3/4

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tie each pair separately

brick

folded edge

fold

fold

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