Woah what. I nearly fell over when you opened it, I was NOT expecting it to lay so flat. I thought it’d stick up a lot at the spine. Now I know how to repair poorly bound paperbacks, this is amazing!
@judichristopher4604
Жыл бұрын
RIGHT!!!! Me too!
@deborahbeatty
11 күн бұрын
I’ve been learning bookbinding but have not yet attempted binding single sheets. You’ve given me the courage to try it now. Thank you. Your steps are so clear and easy to follow.
@robertdoty6324
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for such a well-done explanation. I've been writing my bio, currently about 120 pages, and plan on doing a professional leather-bound bookbinding - six copies max for my grandchildren. I also have a lot of loose sheets of writings that I wanted to organize but didn't quite know how I'd do it - now I do. If you've done any leather-bound projects would love to see a video on that.
@paperprincess1050
6 жыл бұрын
Can you show how you put end pages and cover with this block?
@bernadetterocha3693
6 жыл бұрын
You just made my life simpler. It takes SO lomg to sew signatures, but now I can just make journals like this instead😀
@bootsofescaping01
7 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was looking for. Pet peeve books that do not open flat. Thanks
@Riverspriteful
7 жыл бұрын
This was super helpful; exactly what I was looking for. I used it for an academic thesis and it worked perfectly. Thank you!
@Chanoey333
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, awesome job! When you first opened the book and it lay flat I was in awe - Like Morpheus in the matrix 'She is the one..😮'
@JenTalksAudiobooks
7 жыл бұрын
I think you just saved my Christmas project! I'm turning 3 ebooks into print and this is the perfect solution. Thanks!
@dariaadamczyk3175
7 ай бұрын
7 years later this has been amazing to find...fantastic tutorial. I wasn't sure if the method would work for my project because I needed it to lay flat and to see the inner edge well - I was so pleasantly surprised when you opened it!
@kristinnreinhard6297
6 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I found your tutorials! I have been journaling for years, but am not satisfied with the thin paper quality in store-bought journals. And really, my idea of what the "The Perfect Journal" should contain, makes it really hard to find "The Perfect Journal"... Thanks to your great tutorials, I believe I can make my own! Yay! Thank you!!! (I love the sound of your background menagerie in the previous video, btw)
@artysan1
7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant post video - thanks Meg that is really inspiring and useful.
@Saammmoooonnnnn
3 жыл бұрын
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!!! FRICKEN LIFE SAVER THANK YOU SO MUCH
@mariavitoriavargas8381
Жыл бұрын
Loved the explanation, bus I confess I had to watch it twice since the first time I was paying attention to your spices board
@tommybennett5009
4 ай бұрын
Great simple how to video!👍
@piratewhoisquiet
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much I was just about to bind my first book, printed loose leaf like a fool but it is what it is, I was just going to glue card all the way around to form both end pages and support the spine, but using cloth like that is so professional looking and I'm sure will give a much longer lasting product. Again, many thanks! Oh, and great video too by the way. Production value sure isn't everything for a DIY tutorial, and I reckon you nailed it!
@Anna61210
4 жыл бұрын
I am looking for the easiest but safest way to bind photo album pages. This looks excellent because of the pages being flat as they are turned over. Brilliant idea. Many thanks indeed.
@paulasir123
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I bought a supposed to be expensive recipe book quite cheap, coz it was loose leaf, the pages were loose and not bound. I tried some book binders in India and they wanted to charge me more than the price of the book. Again their binding method was not good, they wanted to stich, so I won't be able to read some of the text, when I fully open it. I adopted this method you showed, it worked out well. Thanks a lot for making my life easier. Love from India
@uditidas
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this tutorial.....I made a sketchbook and saved lots of money....
@theresacopeland2451
3 жыл бұрын
this tutorial was so helpful! thanks so much for your generosity with your time and knowledge, and for sharing how to do this without expensive equipment. I have an old singer "sewing for the home" book that I got from my mom... it has fantastic tutorials, and I want to keep it, but the glue is totally shot. I'm going to find some scrap linen and fix it this way, it'll be perfect. thanks again!
@sunlitriddle2294
6 жыл бұрын
I have a bunch of over-loved books that are in dire need of rebinding. I've done coptic binding before, but I had no idea where to look for loose leaf. Thank you so much for posting this! I'll be doing some work in the near future
@phoebebaker1575
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, this was really cool. You have a nice voice.
@momlady5959
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I have a few copies of a story my dad wrote to bind as gifts for Christmas and have been looking for a non-stitching method that will lay flat.
@shufen2
7 ай бұрын
it was great to see how flat the book will lie. thank you for posting!
@magician3026
7 жыл бұрын
Thats what i wanted meg, thanks. you are my new favorite now
@amouramarie
2 жыл бұрын
Whoa, this is so much easier than I thought looseleaf binding would be XD Awesome!
@levicrossdechantel
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. Shame that I saw your tutorial before I started working on my sketch book. I just got into book binding, and I'll surely do this for my next projects
@tlcd1961
5 жыл бұрын
Wow! I love having this information! Thank you so much!
@donnacarraway9182
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! Very great info and perfect timing that I just found you! Great work!
@forevercreating
4 жыл бұрын
The best instructions that I have found. Thank You, Thank You!
@AlexandeKnight
11 ай бұрын
I'm going to give this a shot, I've had to print off a number of PDF clinical guides and wanted to do something a little extra other than putting them in a 3 ring binder
@ThanosNikolopoulos
7 жыл бұрын
Great video and technique!!! I want to bind some cut books and that flat result is ideal!
@kamhidraws
8 жыл бұрын
that. is. genius!! I've never heard of this method before, I only saw the simple method of clamping the pages tight and then glueing them but my attemps always ended in a broken spine and frustration lol thank you so much for making this video!!
@peskycatpapercraft9356
8 жыл бұрын
This is actually the official recommendation by the Library Binding Association these days. Libraries send their paperback books out to be turned into hardbacks, as they see a very rough life that would destroy them in a matter of months otherwise. The old standard library binding is called "oversewing," where the spine is cut off, reglued, and then the book is separated into faux signatures with a flat edged knife. From there, tiny holes are punched through the signatures just like you'd do with a Japanese stab binding. The signatures are then sewn together with a whipstitch, end pages are added, super applied, and the new book is cased in. This method is inferior because it's very rigid. Words near the gutter margin become difficult to read. There was a bit of an uproar in the conservator realm when double fan binding was recommended as the new standard in the 80s. Some thought that a book would fall apart without the use of thread, but adhesives have advanced so far that they were proven incorrect.
@cuddlybearred9446
7 жыл бұрын
I worked at a bindery back in the 90's. After a volume was over-sewn it would go through a machine called the "rounder and backer" which, as you could guess by the name, would round the spine which made it significantly less rigid and allowed the volume to lay open unassisted. Sorry for the run on sentence.
@peskycatpapercraft9356
7 жыл бұрын
+CuddlyBear Rounding and backing is still done in binding today. It's actually a very old method of dealing with thread and signature swell at the spine. It's a good way to combat the restrictive tension that thread will place on a sewn book. With DFA, no rounding or backing is needed, because there's no swell to speak of. Instead of fixing a problem created by the binding method, we just use a binding method that doesn't have this problem at all.
@cuddlybearred9446
7 жыл бұрын
How strong would this method be using a heavier paper stock with 300 pages or more?
@peskycatpapercraft9356
7 жыл бұрын
+CuddlyBear It's going to depend on how thick those 300 pages end up being. A good rule of thumb is that anything thicker than about 3" needs the support of thread or you run the risk of shearing segments of pages. You might be able to push this to 4" if you saw some kerfs into the spine edge of the leaves first. This increases the surface area that the glue has access to, ensuring a more durable bind. If you want to get really uppity, you can kerf, press in a finishing press, lay some thread into your newly sawed channels, and then add the crash. This is more of an advanced technique though. If you get the thread tension wrong then the book will eventually friction along the threadline and the paper will fray apart. However, heavier paper would theoretically stand up better to this kind of opening action...so it might just be the silver bullet you're looking for.
@Ca0309
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! U r so didatic and use materials that everybody can get easily! Thank u soooooooo much for sharing your knowledge! Cheers from Brasil
@TonyMonaghan-zf6yp
10 ай бұрын
Wow...what a brilliant video. Never knew that!
@judichristopher4604
Жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFULLY... Flat... WOW!!! "TA-Da" as my baby girl used to say... (smile).
@NicoSmets
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'll be using this technique.
@gbear768
7 жыл бұрын
Totally awesome video, clear and to the point. I've subscribed and now I'm giving this one a try!
@SuzanneAllardDesign
Жыл бұрын
this is brilliant, I'm going to try it with watercolor paper! Thank you!
@carrieamoreno
6 жыл бұрын
wow, mind BLOWN! thank you for sharing
@-fiona-583
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for.
@michebre
6 жыл бұрын
Wonderful tutorial thanks so much. I was looking for an alternative to kettle stitching and hated where the stitch showed on the first of every fourth signature. Your double fan method of gluing completely replaces the kettle stitch, no ugly stitch showing and appears to give you full flexibility of the pages. Thanks so much. Problem solved!
@sheilamurdock
5 жыл бұрын
I haven't checked yet, but is there a Part 3/trois showing you putting the cover back on, please? Was it a paperback? Thank you for the video!
@fathomgathergood7690
2 жыл бұрын
I had a house fire nearly 10 years ago and my novels got chard, the spines are brittle. The pages and coveres are fine but if you try to read them they fall apart. I'm going to do this to them and cover them in something fancy and use the old covers inside the book.
@scottcudahy8200
6 жыл бұрын
Great Videos on binding, thanks much!
@darknightdreaming7174
4 жыл бұрын
Answered my queries perfectly, thankyou!😊
@ladybirdbrig
7 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you. This is wonderful.
@karonmcgregor4753
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this Meg - it'll be helpful in binding printouts for my Masters degree instead of having stuff all over the place. However, I have to say that I am surprised at the amount of KZitemrs who have blatantly downloaded your tutorials to their own channels while passing themselves off as being able to do bookbinding. I would think that this is an infringement of your copyright as you are clearly passing along your experience and knowledge. Also can I ask a quick question? A lot of my printouts are A4 pdfs and to keep them flexible to be able to lay them flat for reading/note taking purposes, what kind of cover would you suggest that I can still put a label on the spines? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Karon
@saulsandoval2313
7 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Thank You.
@gwenwiedner3392
6 жыл бұрын
Just found you and subbed. Thanks for the tutorial!
@sic.5583
5 жыл бұрын
How then will you bind this finished double fan to it’s paper back cover? Do you simply apply glue to its spine and stick the creased cover over it? BTw, great video
@sic.5583
5 жыл бұрын
This is great. Thank you.
@britneyadkins2538
6 жыл бұрын
FINALLY. I've watched probably over 50+ videos trying to just SEE if a gluing method would allow it to lay flat! I'm making planners to sell and this video has saved my life. Thank you, and great video!!
@judichristopher4604
Жыл бұрын
EXACTLY... I have seen so many other videos... many hours... costly... and this is the FIRST video that was a JOY to watch and hear... and she didn't make us FEEL Stupid. I felt on some of the other videos that I wasn't smart enough to do this, because they had so many steps... sewing it (I don't think so)... and they were amazing videos, but so many steps... and the books would be so hard to open up and read etc... This video was Perfect... (I almost said "Perfect Binding)... lol
@ruthrice1152
8 жыл бұрын
Omg this looks so easy. just need something to help hold the pages..... except I only have medium clips :( I would have to find cloth too
@youbuddha1
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome, can I do this to make a photo book, with slightly thicker paper than what you use here? I want to make a really thick book , maybe 600 pages, A3, could this method cope with that? I love the way the book lays open. Thank you for sharing your knowledge:)
@jennywhisconier7777
7 ай бұрын
Wow -- I've seen god -- For sketch books, I could use gel medium, couldn't I? Keeps it's flexibility.
@gordonbowbrick5010
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Thanks!
@noyb154
3 жыл бұрын
amazing. thanks. i'm going to try to make a photo print book with this method using thick cotton rag paper. i thought when you said you would need a wide margin that it wouldn't open flat, but wow, that's incredible. i wonder how durable it is. can that glue really hold up over time?
@otakixus2
6 жыл бұрын
so how would you add a cover to it? ... use same glue over the back end of the cover? I'm trying to fix a book that is badly damaged, had it for more than 20 years.
@TheFunkyoyo
3 жыл бұрын
I would think casebinding it? She mentions how to put end pages on for this binding method, which would then make casebinding for a hardcover doable
@SirGuido
8 жыл бұрын
"gumby headed"! hah! Love it.
@idlewildwind
2 жыл бұрын
**gaping in awe** Do you think this would work to repair a single sheet-bound hardcover too? All the pages have fallen out because the glue was crappy and it was read over and over by four kids... I'm thinking it should work to just add new endpages on the insides of the super and then glue the whole textblock to the original endpages (that are still in the cover). This method wouldn't add too much thickness between the pages for them to still fit, would it?
@iantaylor9716
8 ай бұрын
Brilliant!
@rustydaniels7544
2 жыл бұрын
Do you leave the excess cloth or do you trim it down closer to the spine?
@randyshaffer6909
6 жыл бұрын
Can you do this kind of binding even if you want to make the book into a hardback book?
@showman139
7 ай бұрын
Can you use this method for bookbinding pages from a manual typewriter? Also can you bookbind paperback into hardcover books with this method? Do you already have a video on these questions?
@ancientgypsy3014
3 жыл бұрын
So i have a very large book that i will probably have to take apart anf now recreate from scratch.. What about big pages plus high thickness?
@zatrimun
8 жыл бұрын
If it's no problem, can you do a video where you add the end pages and the cover and all that to finish the book? I'm trying to write my own and print it but I don't know how... Thank you :) (oh and what's the cloth called again?)
@meg2814
8 жыл бұрын
Sure! I'll try to get to it sometime this weekend. The cloth I use is muslin, but realistically any thin but durable fabric will do.
@zatrimun
8 жыл бұрын
+Meg THANKS SO MUCH
@danieljones9463
5 жыл бұрын
@@meg2814 Great! I'll look in your video list to have a look and learn. Thank you very much. for sharing your knowledge and ideas about this craft.
@jeannecorsby-hale1009
7 жыл бұрын
Have you ever done this with several different texture, weight etc pieces of paper in the same book??
@John-hn7pm
6 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to use this style of binding to make a hard cover book?
@vivekknagakumar
7 жыл бұрын
I stay in India, please suggest the binding glue available in India (karnataka)
@jusufagung
3 жыл бұрын
So they key is at the glue and the fabric.
@the-gadgeteer
4 жыл бұрын
Meg, I'm not seeing the video you promised about adding the end papers and a cover. Do you have one to show us or can you link to another video? I'm very excited to try this and need that last step :)
@BattleWizard_1
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Meg, whats the name of cloth used for the spine again? I think you said "super"/ I just want to be sure...and where to purchase it as well. thank you
@chrysanthy
4 жыл бұрын
sorry I'm late, but I think she said it was muslin
@Vgudorf
6 жыл бұрын
Can this binding be used for a watercolor sketchbook? I was thinking I would like to use this method to bind loose sheets of 140lb cold press watercolor paper, but of course, it would have to withstand the application of multiple wet washes. Can the PVA hold up against lots of water? Thanks for the tutorial!
@crunchybeen4263
3 жыл бұрын
Can we use this for assorted papers? I just discovered junk journals and wonder if this would be appropriate.
@elfprincessplume2515
8 жыл бұрын
Will this work for card stock type pages?
@luke-alex
5 жыл бұрын
This is so cool!
@kubulu8157
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you but does it really last? I mean don't the pages actually fall out of the book when you use it say on daily basis?
@sherribolander6230
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!!!!!
@30yanuel
3 жыл бұрын
But it probably wont last that much right?
@jennygates
3 жыл бұрын
Will this work for a 250 page 8.5 x 11" book format?
@dudeitsstephanie
3 жыл бұрын
Do you have a video where you show the process of adding end pages to something like this?
@adrienneclark903
7 жыл бұрын
Just curious but is your book bound backwards?
@peskycatpapercraft9356
7 жыл бұрын
No, it just looks that way :)
@VintageLilacMemories
6 жыл бұрын
In 1st video - you stated to jog the side that will actually open and showed that edge...then proceeded to glue that edge!
@nonipaskucz8977
5 жыл бұрын
Kim's Paper Creations my thoughts exactly
@shannonwooters3443
6 жыл бұрын
Hey do you think this method would work on junk journal single pages? Even though the pages may not be as straight or blocked without a paper trimmer and bc each page is different... It seems so neat for the jnk journal I gave single pages I hate trying to make into a double page just to sew it in
@randyshaffer6909
6 жыл бұрын
How do book writers get their words on the pages?
@sesto22
8 ай бұрын
What is the cloth you use again?
@jamesbrillon
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Would it be possible to do this process with signatures rather than loose sheets ? Cheers
@maurice1606
2 жыл бұрын
Only if they're sewn (otherwise the middles would fall out), and then they'd almost certainly be sewn to each other as well, so you wouldn't need to double-fan.
@scribbleartie
7 жыл бұрын
Ok....so I have a variety of single pages (different weights) that are lying around.....I could try this to make an actual book, I think....failing that, I will use regular watercolour paper. :)
@ahmadalrein1944
2 жыл бұрын
Good very good
@dawnswain875
3 жыл бұрын
Can you please post a link for the glue you used. Thank you!
@sabarisanj4130
5 жыл бұрын
i am planning to do this for a 350 pager A4 . will it work??
@lacarito123
7 жыл бұрын
This is incredible! Question...would this same technique work for a textbook that is looseleaf, I'm trying to avoid putting it in a binder, its not as enjoyable to read from.
@peskycatpapercraft9356
7 жыл бұрын
Yep! Rough up the spine edge with some sandpaper first, as textbook pages tend to be a bit glossy. I've done textbooks myself actually. Works great!
@waukonstandard
7 жыл бұрын
What kind of material is the super made from? I'm wondering if there is a easily accessable cloth that I can use... Great video!
@peskycatpapercraft9356
7 жыл бұрын
It's regular ol' linen from a chain fabric store. Any nonstretchy fabric will do though.
@asininepoppycock
7 жыл бұрын
how long does this binding technique usually hold up for? I'm tempted to do this for a sketchbook, but I'm just worried about how long it'd hold for. also, would using watercolor with a sketchbook that's bound like this affect the binding?
@peskycatpapercraft9356
7 жыл бұрын
No. PVA is a plastic, so it won't reemulsify in water. Also, DFAs are the go-to method for beefing up library books. If you do the bind correctly and press it thoroughly, you'll be hard pressed to destroy it or pull it apart.
@sutil5078
5 жыл бұрын
thank you for this lovely video, Is it durable for prolong use ..or years later it will fall apart? thanks
@peskycatpapercraft9356
5 жыл бұрын
It's very durable. Double fan is what libraries rebind their books with in order to increase longevity.
@peskycatpapercraft9356
5 жыл бұрын
@@sutil5078 Both! Libraries will send books that need repair and undamaged volumes they wish to enhance the shelf life of to commercial binderies to be rebound. There are only two methods that are considered standard for library bindings, as set by the Library Binding Institute. One is double fan as you see in the video. The other is a process called 'oversewing,' where holes are punched along the side and sewn through. This method causes extreme loss of space at the gutter margin, which leads to difficulty reading. Due to this, DFA binds have become the preferred method of choice.
@sutil5078
5 жыл бұрын
Meg, thanks I did not know that, I bind my sketchbook and do the stiches and sometimes dont use glue for fear it wont last, just curious do libraries do that with old falling apart books, or order their copies with that specification.. because the copy they buy are already binded and finished how they do that, for curiosity, and from your experience if both technique , swing, and glueing, of the two which is the strongest, if we had to chose between the 2, I guess doing both is better but if you had to chose one?
@hikariihikaru
8 жыл бұрын
What do you think would be the recommended pages count for this type of binding? And how durable it actually is?
@peskycatpapercraft9356
8 жыл бұрын
A good rule of thumb is that anything thicker than 2.5" needs the support of thread in order to be a strong bind. I've personally bound an 800 page book using DFA methods without issue, but it's going to depend on the weight of the paper as well. DFA binds are some of the strongest available. Notching can increase the durability of the bind dramatically, but it does reduce the ease of opening. Ben Weins has a great write-up on the strength and variations of notched vs. non-notched DFA binds here: cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/bookarts/2002/11/msg00107.html
@erinlewis5263
6 жыл бұрын
Is there a way to bind loose pages? I’m repairing a very well loved book and there aren’t signatures so I wasn’t sure if I could sew them together. I thought this was a good option, but the book is at least 3 inches thick
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