Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Basic construction of a book case

 
Response to a comment by BP on Sewing Headbands Session 2 :
 
So, your question was:
"I want to ask is how you make the front cover of the book and how to adjust the back of the book."
Well, if I got your question right, you are basically asking how a book cover is made. I just made a quick graphical instructions on how a basic book cover/case is constructed. (see the graphics on the left.) I hope they'll give you some ideas. 
I haven't made a tutorial video on case making yet as I'm pretty preoccupied with work at this moment, but I will start making videos again as soon as I get a chance. So stay tuned! And thanks for your kind words, BP!

3 comments:

  1. Hello again dear friend... How do you calculate the length of the spine section? You place the bound signatures in the middle vertically and measure something? i don't get it...

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    1. As you see in the picture, the height of the spine strip is exactly the same as front and back boards.

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  2. Hello MHR, I find your blog fascinating and helpful, thank you for taking the time to do it. I was wondering if the spine strip is made out of the same material as the front and back boards or just a piece of card stock? Furthermore, is there a particular method that works best for securing the page block to the book case?

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