Project #102

Time: 2-3 Class Periods
Difficulty: Advanced
Cleanup: Soap & Water

Materials:

Muslin

9x12" White Sulphite Paper

Binder's Board

Binder's Needle

Binder's Thread

Bonefolder

Polyvinyl Adhesive (PVA)

Punching Awl

Tie-Dye Kit

Household Iron

Bind your own book and make a tie-dye cover for it!

Step 1
Cut muslin into 15 x 10-1/2" swatches. Wash the starch and sizing out of the cloth. Fold into desired tie-dye pattern and bind with rubber bands.
Step 2
Mix dye with water in squeeze bottles according to the package directions. Tie-dye muslin with desired colors. Rinse and dry.
Step 3
Create 24 folios by folding 24 sheets of 9x12" paper in half long way. Crease each with the bone folder.
Step 4
Stack four folios, one inside another, to make six separate signatures.
Step 5
Using the awl, punch four holes through each signature. With paper, make a master template to line up holes evenly.
Step 6
Sew the six signatures together using a single strand of binder's thread, approximately 1-1/2 ft. Sewing upward on the first signature then downward on the next, knot the two together at the end. Continue with two signatures at a time, knotting each to the next, until complete.
Step 7
Trim thread to 4". Using PVA adhesive, apply a heavy layer of glue to the spine. Lay thread in glue.
Step 8
Iron your tie-dyed fabric.
Step 9
Cut two pieces of binder's board, 6-1/2 x 9-1/2" each. Cut a 5/8 x 9-1/2" strip out of sulphite paper. Lay out and glue board and strip to the fabric. Wrap excess fabric around board and attach with glue.
Step 10
Attach book block by gluing the first and last pages to the inside cover. Finish by creasing outside of the spine with bone folder.