Project #102
Time: 2-3 Class Periods
Difficulty: Advanced
Cleanup: Soap & Water
Materials:
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!
Steps
- Step 1Cut 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 2Mix dye with water in squeeze bottles according to the package directions. Tie-dye muslin with desired colors. Rinse and dry.
- Step 3Create 24 folios by folding 24 sheets of 9x12" paper in half long way. Crease each with the bone folder.
- Step 4Stack four folios, one inside another, to make six separate signatures.
- Step 5Using the awl, punch four holes through each signature. With paper, make a master template to line up holes evenly.
- Step 6Sew 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 7Trim thread to 4". Using PVA adhesive, apply a heavy layer of glue to the spine. Lay thread in glue.
- Step 8Iron your tie-dyed fabric.
- Step 9Cut 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 10Attach book block by gluing the first and last pages to the inside cover. Finish by creasing outside of the spine with bone folder.
Products Used
- Lineco Binder's Board (LIN-4070)
- Lineco Binder's Needles (LIN-887)
- Lineco Binder's Thread (LIN-0050)
- Lineco Bone Folder (LIN-900B)
- Lineco PVA Polyvinyl Adhesive (LIN-M217)
- Unbleached Muslin (J-6704505)
- St. Louis Crafts 4-1/2" Punching Awl (SLC-H33)
- Tulip One-Step Neon Tie-Dye Kit (DUN-31673)
- Tulip One-Step Rainbow Tie-Dye Kit (DUN-31674)