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2017 Topic 11: Books (big, small, binding) Samantha Braund Well hello everyone, Darcy here to welcome you to a new topic. this time we are exploring book making, be that a simple one sheet folded book or bound signatures. We will look at bindings, pages and covers. Before we start, let's see who won the Topic 10: Light to Dark Challenge... The winner is: Laury 55 from Blog de Laury Email Darcy to claim your prize. [email protected] Over 2,000 years ago, in India, palm leaves were used to create books. These had religious content, the method was surprisingly ordered with the pages even being numbered. the pages were rolled up and tied with twine. The move from rolls to bound leaves took about 400 years, at which point the bindings became both protective and decorative. Around the year 400 we see leather tooling making an appearance on covers, metal took another 150 years to be introduced. At this time the covers were made from wood, by 1508 these were replaced by pasteboard in France. England followed suit around 1520. Mark Rowney Nowadays there are a plethora of books about making and binding books, full of techniques and inspiration, but the first was written between 1741 and 1753. It covered everything from cost and techniques to apprentice regulations. It was fully comprehensive and filled 4 volumes. I wonder if any copies still exist? By the 1800's books were hugely popular, and although the pages were printed by machine the covers were still handmade. This is when cloth covers made an appearance, and later in the century the first dust jackets appeared. France Papillon So by making books and journals you are joining in with an ancient and very traditional activity. The materials and techniques available to you now are endless, combine those with the inspiration available all around us, especially online, means you can make some truly stunning books. So, first up we have covers. I love this one made from scrabble boards. Made by Sara Hindmarch, she calls this 'hackbooking' by this she means combining traditional techniques with recycled and found objects. How about a simple leather cover, leather scraps can be bought cheaply and make excellent covers. What I loved about this book was the way the key is used as a closure, very clever. Megan Winn This fabulous cover is handpainted, it looks like it is on something substantial, the Paperartsy greyboards or heavy smoothy would make perfect painted covers. DJ Pettitt Of course you could do a fabric cover too, painted fabric, embroidered or like this one a gorgeous felted cover. Gillian Chapman Once you have your covers, you might want to think about the pages inside. What will they be? paper, fabric, acetate? will they all be different sizes? maybe you will add fold outs or pockets, perhaps the paper will be plain, inked, lined. The insides are really dependent on how you intend to use the book. A great way to create pages is to use origami folding techniques, often a book can be formed with just one large sheet of paper. the folds range from simple to complicated and can create very interesting effects and layouts when you open the book. Karen Elaine Here is an example of a book made from one large sheet of paper, watch while Teesha Moore shows you her 16 page journal. Below is video 1 and here is video 2. Concertina books are one of the easiest styles, however they are probably one of the ones with the most visual impact as the folds can be opened out and the viewer can see almost every page all at once. Geninne This book shows how eclectic the insides can be, different papers have been used, glassine bags and tags and envelopes. shabbysoul This one has a beautifully elaborate fold out interior, so much to look at, a real treat as it unfolds. Kirsten Horel Books can be many shapes, not just the regular flat ones that you think of, what about star books, these look especially lovely at Christmas. follow the linked name for a full step by step on this book. Shelly Hickox How much fun do these look, what a perfect place to hide a mini book. Richard and Sophie Meier If you do go for the regular book shape, back, front and pages then you will need a cool binding method, and there are some very cool ones. far too many to show you here. The most popular binding is stitching, but even within that category there are hundreds of different ways to stitch. This one employs a cross stitch, simple but perfectly executed. Owl and Lion These spines show a variety of long stitch patterns. Sphinge Of course you don't need to use thread, how about using ribbons instead. this Japanese stab stitch binding done with ribbon is so delicate, it would be perfect for a wedding album. Bari Zaki A very popular stitch technique is called 'Coptic stitch', here is a very good and clear video showing just how to do this stitch. Once you have your binding done, why not go ahead and add charms, buttons, beads and other wonderful dangly bits. they could just be your favourite random bits or you could theme them to the contents of the book. Paige Evans There is no maximum or minimum size for books, but I have to confess to loving these dinky little mini books, how adorable, and of course you need very little paper to make them. why not try making a teeny book from your leftovers. Traci Jones If you cannot bear to leave your creations at home then turn your book into a bracelet, what a talking point this would be! Lyske Gais and Lia Duinker This is a subject that I love, and I hope that you will too. I am excited to see what kind of books that you make, be they big or small, painted, stitched or folded. Have a fabulous 2 weeks making your journals and remember to link up and show us. Of course once you make your journal then you can do some great PaperArtsy type pages inside. Don't forget to follow Darcy and Leandra's Pinterest boards if this topic pushes your buttons, you will see plenty more examples to whet your appetite there! I am really looking forward to seeing what you create over the next 2 weeks! ~ Darcy We hope that you learn something interesting from our blog. Our bloggers deeply appreciate your comments so much, so please take time to let them know you've been inspired! Why not join our challenge by blogging your interpretation of the current topic and link it here? The current topic link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, August 20th, 2017, and the winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00. All links go in the draw to win a £50 voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. 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I feel like it has been forever since I have posted something on here. We have had a really busy couple of weeks. One of the things we had going on was Salt Lake Comic Con last week. Probably about a month ago, the first time I did a geek-craft guest post on my husband's blog, he mentioned that he thought it would be cool if I made some bags for the kids to bring to Comic Con that we could then make a tutorial for and post on his blog as another geek-craft. I thought it sounded like a good idea. Right away I sat down and started sketching some ideas. I came up with several but the kids already had their costumes picked out so I chose designs that would match their costumes. We had a Black Spiderman, Rapunzel and Michelangelo. I had the designs ready but I got busy and kept putting off making them. I can be a huge procrastinator sometimes and this was definitely one of those times. I finally got started on them the week of Comic Con and worked on them here and there until Friday morning, the day we were taking the kids with us. Luckily, the bags themselves go together really easy, the embellishments take a little time but once that part was done they were a really quick sew. The longest part was definitely embroidering the spiderweb. In the end I was so glad to have them. It was so nice that the 3 oldest kids all had their own bag to carry their things in. They each brought a water bottle that they carried and at one point they were each given a free comic book and they picked up all sorts of little stickers and papers at the different booths they went to. They could put all of their treasures in their bags and I didn't have to keep track of what belonged to who and carry it all around. You can find the tutorial here, at The Geeky Mormon. I explain how I made each of mine but you can use the idea to make any kind of bag imaginable. I sketched out ideas for Frozen bags, other superheroes, princesses and more. It was really fun to come up with ideas for different bags, there are so many possibilities to make something fun for your kids. Now for some closer shots of the bags. I did take these pictures after the bags had been used for a couple of days so they are a little wrinkly and dirty. Also, one thing I wish I would have done differently was to use a heavier weight interfacing so they would have stayed a little stiffer. I was only able to find lightweight at the store I went to so they are a little floppier than I hoped. Oh well, the kids didn't seem to mind. First we have Michelangelo: I made it with a limey green solid with a darker green lining, orange fabric mask and felt features appliquéd on. This was probably the easiest bag to make. Next up is Rapunzel: This one has a light purple bottom (to represent her dress), a dark purple pointed flap with a yellow sun appliqué (to represent the flags they fly) and a yellow tassel. I just thought the tassel made it look a little more royal but I'm sure it would look fine without that too. The strap is pieced to look like a yellow braid (obviously representing Rapunzel's hair). I really liked the way this bag turned out. It was probably my favorite one. I loved that the braided strap turned out the way I had hoped. It is always fun when things turn out the way you picture them in your head. Last but not least is Spiderman, but not just any old Spiderman, it had to be the black Spiderman: This one took the longest by far. The Rapunzel bag was probably more complicated but the embroidery on this one took forever. In the end though, I was glad that I did it the way that I did because I was happy with how it turned out. Again, I was really happy that it turned out the way I had pictured it in my head. I was a little nervous that the inverted scallops on the flap would turn out right but I was very pleased with how the flap turned out. The whole project turned out to be really fun to make. These are my favorite kind of projects. I love being able to make something creative and unique for my kids, something that I couldn't just buy them in a store. This is the kind of thing that makes me love sewing. Especially when my kids are really excited about the finished product. Once again, you can find the tutorial for these three bags here at thegeekymormon.com. I hope you enjoy making your own bags.

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