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svenmarie — blue and silver book
Published: 2011-01-09 06:34:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 2662; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 18
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This is a little book I made for one of my best friends.It's 105mm x 83mm x 20mm, has 10 signatures and 200 pages. It's nice and thick! (:
The inside paper was cut into size from envelopes (Envelopes are made out of the most amazing paper! <3). The book is handbound on tapes with handmade endbands, a purple bookmark ribbon and purple endpapers to match.
The cover is a blue paper printed with silver swirls, and the spine and corners are protected with blue linnen. I used the same ribbon as for the bookmark to decorate the spine.
This is the first time I made this kind of cover, and the first time I filed the cardboard for the cover so that the edges and corners are round.
I'm happy with the result! (:
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This is gorgeous!
Everything fits together so well!
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It's very nice! I like how you used the ribbon on the cover!
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Beautiful paper cover, it truly fits! This is gorgeous, svenmarie. If this book were in a fantasy series it would be a magical wishing book where you could write down your dreams and they would come true. Or perhaps a place where Scheherazade's stories were written down.
I'm going to have to try making cloth triangle corners on my book covers in the future, because these look really good.
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Oooh, thank you so much! 
The triangles aren't too difficult; you should try it.
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Really nice! How did crafting your own headband work out? Love to see it detailed
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I just took a length of string and rolled a long piece of satin around it.
One day I want to learn to actually sew headbands myself.
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Me too!
I think I have a tuturial somewhere...
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Wow this little book is amazing, you're definitely an inspiration for me to learn some book binding! Very adorable, great work
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Thanks!
The good thing about bookbinding is that, with a good tutorial, you can get very satisfying results on your first try. And it's lots of fun! So yes, you should try it! (:
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Oh definitely!! Are there any good tutorials that you recommend?
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Well, I learned mostly out of one book, but it's in german
The advantage of having a whole book dedicated to teaching you bookbinding is that it covers a lot more than a shorter tutorial can, like the importance of paper grain and what glues to use and so on.
Perhaps your library has some! (:
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Oh wow, thanks! I guess I'm going to be taking a visit to my library pretty soon and see what I come up with ^^
Thanks so much!
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There are also a gazillion bookbinding tutorials on the net and on dA, too. They can be really helpful to start you out. (:
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this is really well made, you dont really see craftsmanship this decent anymore, i love how bright it is as well.... your an amazing craftsperson^^ keep up the good work
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Thank you so much! It means a lot.
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no problem. good work deserves recognition
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