I don't know why I decided that I knew how to bind a book, but I did, and I'm hoping they stay bound.
I've used covers from old books that I got at the thrift store. I cut out the guts so that I could replace them with 140 lb. watercolor/mixed media paper. I've also thrown in a few various bits and pieces of other papers, bags and envelopes just to make things interesting.
Once that's done, I stitch and glue it all together and WA - LA!
Oh yeah, I add either sticky back canvas or this product called fabRips to the outside of the spine to reinforce it. One a few of them, I also added a button and a ribbon so that they could be secured closed.
After the first few experiments, I really tried to find some hard back books with pretty covers. I have to say that it will be really hard to give these away. LOVE!
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25 Days of Christmas
18. How do you decorate your tree?
I should have read all of these questions in advance and rearranged them to go with the appropriate posts because I keep repeating myself! So, for the answer to this one, check out this post from last week! And, I'm STILL lovin' my tree!
