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part II!part I is here: [link]
all done!
again, if you need any help or have any questions i'll gladly try my best to give you a hand
and if you do make yourself a book, let me know so i can have a look
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Not sure if you still are interested, but I used your tutorial to make my first book
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used both parts but had no thread or needles on hand, instead used an idea i'd come across in another tutorial (which didnt work out as well other than the one step). instead of stitching the folios together i stapled each folio 3 times on the crease and then clamping them together, tightly, i glued them together. worked out great and all the pages are usable. I'm posting a couple pics of the final piece as well as a link to your tutorial
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Really good tutorial, makes it look a lot less complicated than one may expect it would be, I'm going to try that
I have a question, though (I hope you still answer those): If you want to write something in your book, is it better to write it on the pages and tie them together, or it's better to bind the whole book first, and then fill it in with text?
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Definitely bind the book first, and THEN write in it - this way you avoid the (often unavoidable) OH-SHIT-I-JUST-SEWED-HALF-MY-BOOK-IN-UPSIDEDOWN-AND-ONLY-NOTICED-AFTER-I'VE-GLUED-IT-THAT-WAY problem
Without writing, when you make this mistake it's called 'rustic and handmade'. With writing, it's called being an incredible dipshit. And I can say this because I've done it many a time.
Also, if you write first and bind later, you may find some of your writing gets lots in the spine if you bind it too tight, so you risk not being able to read the first word of every line.
Hope that helps
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Hi there, your stock has been featured here: [link] Hope you don't mind
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With this particular design, does the book come out of its cover easily?
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Not unless you rip it out.. It's a fixed cover, it's glued onto the signatures.
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HI,
I've tried it on reconmanding from my friend, and if you like you can see the result on my deviantart page. I liked by the way your tutorial, it was very clear and very good to follow!!!! And the Japannese paper is stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Don't judge me on my english, it's crap lately.)
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Great tutorial! Thanks for it it will be very (VERY) helpfull.
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This is really a fantastic tutorial. Very clear and easy to follow, and I love the detailed pictures for every step. I'm seriously going to have to try this out, but for now, it's quite fun to read and follow along.
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First, I adore your name! ^-^
Second, This is amazing! I've always wanted to make my own books, but I never knew how, or if it was even possible.
Third, I am definitely going to use this one day. ^-^
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both part one and part two helped me so much, thank you for explaining it all so in depth!!!. i really wanted to make a little sketchbook type thing, and with this i made one in only a few hours! again thank you!
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O_O........ That...is..the COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! THAT IS SOO F'n AWSOME!!
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Great tutorial!
Is card stock bendable enough that it can be used for the spine instead of leather?
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i wouldn't think so... not unless you tried something like soaking it till it's soft, shaping it on something and then letting it dry?? haven't tried it myself, but that's how i'd attack it so thaat it wouldn't crack or crease.. only thing though is it wouldn't stay round, it would definately get bent over time.
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Okay, thanks.
I was trying to avoid buying leather (mostly because it's expensive and I prefer to work with faux leather, which I can't find at my craft store).
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if the book is small enough you can just do the spine AND cover with a continuous piece of paper... as in there's no difference, the cover paper just wraps around the whole book. but you'll probably need to reinforce the inside of the spine with something- cardstock, like you wanted to use in the first place
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I'm afraid I tried that x.x I couldn't find any paper bigger than a 12x12 and my book is bigger than that.
I might have to use suede for the spine. Unfortunately, that's a little hard to come by x.x Especially if you're looking for the fake stuff.
Thanks for the advice
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This tutorial was awesome!
I made my first book ever with its help: [link]
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this is really good! but i can barely read the words!!!
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I would just like to say thanks so much for this tutorial. I found this quite fun and have been making books as christmas/birthday presents. I also took it a step further and have been painting my own covers.
If you wanted to check out my attempts: purple pattern , star gazing , and fantail forest .
Once again thanks
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I may or may not use this to make Christmas presents for all my friends.
Ever.
Thanks a lot!
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omg. im totally gonna have to make one of these. thank you for the tutorials. they were very good and detailed.
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OOo book binding tutorial... It would be cool to make my own sketchbooks....
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Nice. Much clearer than a lot of tutorials out there. Just a question though, do you ever have trouble with the cover ripping off because the cover pages aren't strong enough to hold it on?
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not at all! hand made paper or japanese paper is a lot stronger than normal machine manufactured paper as it's so fibrous, so generally it deals well with being handled, so if you're worried i'd recommend using that kind (that's what i use). but then, these are homemade books, so of course you're going to be a little more careful with them than you would your run-of-the-mill store bought book
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Ah ok. Thanks for that. I think I've got some linen paper around here somewhere, so I might try it with that. ...
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This is a beautifully detailed tut. Thank you. I hope to one day have enough time to do this.
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Awesome now I can really make my own books for my stories thank you!
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Used and loved this tutorial!! Thanks for posting it!! I may have totally screwed up on the page stitching part (my fault, not yours XD), but I think it turned out rather well. ^_^
Here's the book I made from this tutorial: [link]
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Thanks a lot for this tutorial. I've recently made my own book thanks to you
Of course I've mentioned you in my comment
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This looks really handy, and easy to follow (both parts). Sadly I have to study right now, But I'll be back!
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wow great tutorial easy to follow~ one question though could the same methods be used to make a perfect bound book? I think this is what it is called haha ;;
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Yaaayyy!! thanks! 
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Thanks so much for the tutorial, it was very useful
Here is my book: [link]
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Wow I love this ^.^ One or two questions though,
For the front cover, do you think you could use light weight fabric? Though glue would seep through..hmm.
Also, do you like..sell these? and how much for, if you do?
Sorry about that xD Im really curious xD
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you definately can! someone left some advice about that somewhere... either on this deviation or on part one.. i can't find it right now but if you remind me i can look for it when i have a little more time? c:
i sell custom orders, i'm too attached to the ones i've already made to sell them
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Wahay! I tried using fabric instead of the leather..lets say it didnt go well and that my floor was very sticky xD Its ok
Ah right! They are very cool, though too expensive for me 
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AAAAAHHHH. I'm just about to start on the spine and I realised that I jumped the gun and put some really nice paper where the end sheets are supposed to go. WHAT WAS I THINKING?! I shoulda read through the whole tutorial again before I started. I mean, what I've done looks awesome, it's just a shame that I'll have to go buy the same pack of paper again to be able to do the end sheets... again. LOL.
Ah well.
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lollll if you want you can be ~creative~ and only have the endsheet attached to a small strip of the cover?? like... you don't NEED to glue a full sheet onto the cover, you can just glue part of the paper on if you really want. that way you don't need to cover the paper you've already glued on c: does that make sense?
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Oh yeah I see
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