how to make a book (:

i was making a cloth covered book for my friend R's birthday and i sorta decided to photograph how i did it!

materials you will need:

paper

needle

thread

cloth

 fold paper into half

organise them into signatures (a folded group of pages) and poke holes by the side

sew them together

sew it to the cover

measure and cut a piece of card board slightly smaller than 1 page

put the card between the cover and  1st page and sew the sides up!

you're done! (:

birthday present for K.

title pencil case

media cloth
size ~15cm x~25cm
dated aug 2011

this was a birthday present for my primary school friend. it has 3 linings. the outer cloth bought,

 the second layer is a recycled netting  like cloth and finally a inner lining made from recycled
 pillow case cloth.

i mostly used the sowing machine for most of the construction. the only part which i hand sowed

was the felt letter "k".

HANDMADE BOOKS I

title untitled

media paper,thread, elastic band
size B5
dated july 2011

During the FOA week, i went for the book binding workshop and learnt how to make books from Ms Michelle (:

She has really nice handmade books with cool covers and other cool stuff. you can see it at her website (:

i made 3 books during the workshop, a B5 notebook which cover i decorated by sowing and 2 smaller ones made with scrapbooking paper.

<- sowing rainbow coloured thread onto the book cover


inside of cover

the 2 other smaller books (:

title untitled

media paper,thread,elastic band
size 11cm x 15 cm
dated july 2011

title untitled

media paper,thread
size ~B5
dated sept 2011

Currently, i'm making books with more sections,this way the books will be thicker without having a gaping hole down the middle.

detail of edges

HANDMADE BOOKS! II

the 3 books that i made after the book binding workshop!

title blue book

media cloth,paper,thread size ~12cm x~17cm dated aug 2011

The 1st book i made, i used cardboard for the cover then wrapped it in blue cloth and sowed the edges (:

i think it is 40 pages

<-the edges sown to the cover

Stitches in the book

title untitled

media paper,thread size ~10cm x~13cm dated aug 2011

my 2nd book (:

cover is scrapbooking paper

i used old line paper for the pages to give a old feeling

title untitled

media paper,thread size ~11cm x~15cm dated aug 2011

my 3rd book!

i think it is ~50 pages

i tore the pages, instead of cutting it to give it a "rougher" look