board glue-side down onto Step 3: Cover the Inside of
the book cloth and press
Your Book Board
down firmly. Center it so that
the fabric wraps around
Take your cloth-covered book
each corner.
boards, the two sheets of 11 x 14
paper, some glue, and a brush.
Turn the book and cloth
On a sheet of newsprint, cover
over. Moving from the center one of the papers with a thin layout, rub the cloth firmly with er of glue. Carefully center the
the bone fold. Push out any paper glue-side down onto the
bumps. Turn the book and
inside of your cover and rub with
cloth back around. Glue
a bone fold. Repeat the same
one of the longer flaps of
steps to complete the second
book cloth. Wrap the flap
book cover.
around the board and rub
with a bone fold. Rub the
Step 4: Prepare Your Sigside of the board as well, so
you don’t get bumps on the natures
edges of your cover.
Take a sheet of the 11.5 x 29cm
Glue the other long flap onto paper and fold the long side in
half. A good way to make sure
the book board using the
same technique. With the tip you have a straight fold is to
push the center down first and
of your bone fold, push the
book cloth around the cor- then push out the sides.
ner of the board. This is to ensure that the corners of your Do this until all sheets of paper
book board are completely
covered.
Do this for all four corners of
the book board. Glue the
two remaining flaps of book
cloth to the book board. If
glue is seeping out of the
corners, lay a scrap piece of
newsprint over it when you
use the bone fold. It will pick
up the extra glue.
Hold up your book board
and, with the flat side of your
bone fold, tap the corners
down.
are folded. Gather 5 folded
pages in a stack. This makes
one signature. Do this until
all of your signatures are
made. You should have 6.
Use your bone fold to flatten the fold for each signature.
Step 5: Make Your
Hole Punch Guide
Take your piece of 6.5 x
11.5cm scrap paper and
fold it in half lengthwise.
This is where your holes will
be punched. Then fold it
width-wise. This will be your
center fold.
On your cutting board, use
the awl to punch two holes
measuring 2.5cm above
and below the center fold.
Punch another two holes
measuring 4.5cm above
and below the center fold.
This will be your hole punching guide for your signatures and cover.
Step 6: Punch Holes in
the Signatures
Grab your signatures, awl,
and hole punch guide.
Place your punching guide
inside one of the signatures.
Keep it in the center.
On the cutting mat, use
your awl to punch four