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<\/a> See that there bit of fabric? That's the spine for my book. Normally you'd attach the covers to the spine before you sew in the signature(s), but I was waiting for some gel medium on my covers to dry so I kinda did it in reverse order.<\/p>\n <\/a> That's the top view of my signature…see how the pages are folded in half? <\/p>\n You need to punch holes (evenly spaced) through all of your pages so you can sew them into the spine. See the holes?<\/p>\n Use waxed linen thread to sew the signature into the spine. I used the running stitch. Look in the center of the spine above & you'll see the black thread. I left the tails of the thread to the front so I can attach some bead & fibery goodness to them later. For more details on bookbinding stitches, I recommend any book by Shereen LaPlantz.<\/p>\n <\/a> Here's the back cover for my book.<\/p>\n <\/a> Sew the back cover onto the side of the spine. See how this would have been easier if I had done this before I sewed in the pages? Well, I don't do things the easy way sometimes because I'm impatient. Repeat with the front cover.<\/p>\n <\/a> Voila, the pages are now in a complete fabric cover. I left enough room in the spine so that I can sew in at least one (maybe two) more complete signatures (which I will work on at a future time…room to grow).<\/p>\n<\/a>
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