Binding Peter Rabbit using the Sewn-Board Binding; Covering // Adventures in Bookbinding

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In this two-part series I will bind The Tail of Peter Rabbit using the sewn-board binding structure. This robust structure, along with the heavy paper I use, make it a perfect book for little children.
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00:00 Binding Peter Rabbit using the Sewn-Board Binding; Covering
00:36 Making the spine covering piece
03:38 Printing the cover art on bookcloth
05:56 Titling the spine using foil
06:46 Applying the spine covering
07:53 Filling-in the cover boards
08:32 Preparing the board covering cloth
09:38 Covering the boards
11:21 Drumming down the pastedowns
12:57 Covering the board edges
19:33 Filling-in with bookcloth
The text paper I used is from OfficeWorks and is
J.Burrows Premium 200gsm A4 Digital Copy Paper
www.officeworks.com.au/shop/o...
The card for the boards is 300gsm (10pt) Bristol board
The board is 1mm generic acid free binders grey board.
The adhesive I'm using is Evasol EVA.
The dark blue spine material is Arbelave buckram.
The white bookcloth I printed on is called Iris.
My printer is an Epson WF-7840. Its main feature is that it is cheap. It also prints and scans A3.
The #DASBookbinding Channel is the perfect starting point for learning #bookbinding. It covers foundation skills, simple projects, technical methods, materials and more advanced bookbinding projects. The best way to find what you are looking for is the DAS Bookbinding KZfaq Channel guide.
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English Closed Caption titles by Carrie Snyder coming soon. Thank you!!

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@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

You know how some days you just have a bad day. Well, I'm having a bad video. As well as the spelling on the spine, and the image on the back cover not being centred, there seems to be a technical issue as well. It seems to be a processing issue after the video was uploaded. I'm going to leave it up for now and see what happens. If it does not resolve itself I'll take the video down and reload it later in the week with a correctly spelled spine.

@tomarnd8724 Ай бұрын

Great video nonetheless!

@user-tf1rg4qz8d Ай бұрын

I like mistakes) they are just steps on the road

@pennythedomelady Ай бұрын

I love that this video shares mistakes! I am teaching a beginning book binding class and I always tell my students I have yet to make a perfect book. Still striving!

@cesarvasquez9572 Ай бұрын

I was wondering if that "tail" was intentional. Like maybe I just didn't know about some convention that this title had the word tail on the spine that went back to the original publishing or something. I guess the simplest explanation is usually correct.

@Eromatics 23 күн бұрын

Im on my own long journey of self taught bookbinding with a TON of help from channels like this and i can always come back to see where i messed up or did it right. Its good to see that people trained in this also mess up. While ive gotten better, id love to keep growing!

@0playnicekids Ай бұрын

I like your guarantee for 3 generations, and your generous offer to be available if it doesn't work out. 😸

@andrejwalilko634 Ай бұрын

A "lifetime" guarantee!

@JuanettesCraftingCorner Ай бұрын

As always your videos are so delightful to watch and I learn something new every time.

@ismailuser4588 Ай бұрын

About 70 percent of my bookbinding experience I built up watching your videos. I owe you a lot. I am a great admirer of your expertise, dilligence, experimenting new things, methodology, you name it. Especially your confidence in your work that allows you to share your mistakes with us. I was about to give up bookbinding because the knot I tried to do during sewing always got loose until I watched your video and you stating that that particular knot is a little capricious and difficult to tick on the first try. That gave me courage to continue this great hobby. Please keep the good work and thanks a lot.

@toshirok4481 Ай бұрын

This awful moment you realize the damage! Thank you for sharing. It's really conforting to know that it could happen even to the best and feel a little bit less devastated.

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

It's much worse when you're 20 hours in not just 2:)

@sallyweiner4180 13 күн бұрын

Thank you, I learn sooo much from you 😊

@nneedler Ай бұрын

Every video - every project- I enjoy and appreciate! My thanks.

@pennythedomelady Ай бұрын

I am very much partial to the fully covered boards. Thanks as always for an information packed video!

@rodericfindlay4147 Ай бұрын

Lovely job. Very good result and very interesting video.

@westworld.westworld7113 Ай бұрын

I just finished my first sewn-board binding based on your old videos. I really loved the result. Thank you for all the information. It's great that you also show the failures. Makes it way more authentic.

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

I just wish I'd had less mistakes in this last one. You get the occasional jinxed box.

@westworld.westworld7113 Ай бұрын

@@DASBookbinding I was wondering if tue-mouche is just a variation on the sewn board binding or a complete new binding style. From the pictures I've seen they look very similar (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNWZZ9l4x9HKeps.html). Could be an idea for another video ^ ^

@mortranvids Ай бұрын

I have two books underway at the moment, I suspect that at least one of them will use this method! Thank you for the amazing videos.

@carolinelabbott2451 Ай бұрын

Immortality? 😂 I'm sure the book will indeed last a good 100 years. ❤

@windsanluispotosi Ай бұрын

Nice promise you made. I'll remind you after two generations have ripped apart the book.

@kristajones815 Ай бұрын

I dont know why, but i.prefer the boards covered. I would really love to see if it's possible to cover all in one piece. I know I've accomplished this woth journals so i can't see why it wouldnt be! Love your videos. And thank you so much for sharing your wisdom.

@kristajones815 Ай бұрын

I've watched this video about 10 times because I want to attempt this, but I had a question concerning doing it all in one piece. Would it not allow enough give in the spine if you did to the spine piece what you did with the small added pieces of book cloth? As in the spine piece has the center glued down but either side is left loose and cut flush to the card used and the "loose" pieces were glued to the board when the cover is attached?

@vdc7153 Ай бұрын

I love all of your videos and precious work. Thank you so much

@darbinorvar Ай бұрын

They came out just beautiful. I feel so inspired to create a smaller book just like you did with the coptic stitch, perfect for ones you want to read over and over again.

@wildlancaster1 Ай бұрын

Love watching your videos and I am sure, like me many armatures in the book binding field, we learn a lot for your expertise, my wife often listens in while I am watching you work, she did pass comment that during your two Peter Rabbit videos she said she would have preferred your old medieval evil type music as she puts it 🙂

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

Thanks! But let your wife know it is post-medieval Baroque happy music:)

@honestabe7080 Ай бұрын

Your videos are so helpful! Thank you!

@jennifergamble3272 Ай бұрын

I prefer the covered book boards. I would like to see the one piece of cloth variation also.

@sallyweiner4180 13 күн бұрын

Beautiful

@ospreys_view4798 Ай бұрын

Although I like both methods of covering the text block, I do prefer the covered boards style. The way you do it in this video is much less fussy than in a previous video! I’m wondering about the permanence of the ink on the fabric. I have always thought that the ink needs to be fixed in some way. I think I would try to spray it with an acrylic fixative for artists like Krylon’s UV protective varnish.

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

One of the reasons I use Epson InkJet genuine ink is that it is tested for permanence. I don't like using these fixatives etc. Many have been shown to yellow with age and I do like the texture of the uncoated fabric and wouldn't want to change that. But you might have a product you trust and that's fine to use.

@flatlands001 Ай бұрын

Love this and going to give it a try. Desperate for the one piece version though, as I screen print my covers, and the designs often wrap around the spine, so it would be lovely to see if using sewn board is an option. Always enjoy your videos.

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

That inspires me to get back to that one piece cover. I'm a bit over Peter Rabbit after my fail on the spine title.

@bigjarn Ай бұрын

The covered board is more appealing

@glenyslindner1340 14 күн бұрын

Just finished my first PR binding. As I only have 18/3 linen thread I used 3 stands of embroidery cotton in a matching blue, this worked perfectly as there was minimal swell. There were a few problems - just with the difficulty in printing both the text and the book cloth. The ink on the book cloth burred off as I rubbed it down. For my second copy I'm using artist fixative to see if this helps. Fingers crossed for the second attempt tomorrow.

@paulmoran6886 Ай бұрын

Oops spine says tail not tale?

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

Bummer...... And I was so focused on the poor letter spacing in "tail" that I missed the even more obvious.

@jcortese3300 Ай бұрын

This is excellent for sheet music too, if it lies flat.

@margaretwillmer9518 Ай бұрын

Nick Cowlishaw taught us that a small amount is a gnat's whisker!

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

Yes, I've heard that one too. Well, I'm certainly second tier compared to having Nick as a teacher.

@margaretwillmer9518 Ай бұрын

@@DASBookbinding Nick was a wonderful teacher but I have learned so much from you too. Don't underestimate how much you are giving to the worldwide bookbinding community. BTW you may have missed a comment I made to an earlier video. My laser printer won't print double sided on A5. I have set Shakespeare Sonnets to print to the top of an A4 sheet in 10 pdfs. Either print half one way and turn the paper round and cut, or print 2 copies and cut. Let me know if you would like them and I can send them by WeTransfer.

@alessiacavalleri7833 Ай бұрын

I also think covered cardboard looks better, but I have a question: wouldn't have it been faster to cover it with the same strip of cloth you used on the spine, instead of making separate pieces?

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

I think I know what you mean, and yes, this is what I wonder too. I ponder this at the very end of the video. It is a significant deviation from how this binding has been traditionally done. That doesn't mean it can't be done and I've already started making prototypes testing this out. I'm sure others have done it. I just haven't come across it.

@user-mj7yh4ig5m Ай бұрын

Hello. Thanks for your videos. What kind of music is playing in the background?

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

Sorry, don't know. Just stock music from KZfaq supplied for creators. It might say in the description. I think YT does this automagically.

@dtpostel Ай бұрын

✌👌👍

@SSand4 Ай бұрын

I would like to see if the one piece cover turns out well; I'm also wondering if one couldn't just cover that section of the boards with turn-ins on the spine piece, rather than having a patch... Also if there's a processing issue in the video I didn't see it, so it may have worked itself out. (unless this is the re-upload) And I wasn't even going to say anything about the spelling since I thought it was either a) a difference in American & Australian editions, or b) a complete memory glitch on my part (like a "Berenstein"/"Berenstien"/"Berenstain" Mandela thing) about which way it was supposed to be spelled.

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

If you use the turn-ins of the spine piece then it can't "break away". But if you're doing a tight-back version, then maybe? I have to think about it. I imagine it would be fiddly to get aligned, but probably manageable.

@vilhelm- Ай бұрын

Regarding foiling, is it possible to use brass tools on bookcloth as you would on leather, or would they singe the cloth?

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

It won't burn the cloth. But it is very hard to do. So hard, that I think it is not worth trying. The cloth is too hard and the tool easily slides around. For a tool of any significant size you can't get enough pressure to make a good impression. And then when you try and press harder, and do the usual thing of rocking the tool, it is likely to slide. I've got a friend that is good at it, but I just don't recommend it.

@vilhelm- Ай бұрын

@@DASBookbinding I see, thank you for taking the time to answer :)

@ketami2 Ай бұрын

I have a question. I have a Lord of the Rings 4 book set illustrated by Alen Lee. (The 3 books plus the Hobbit) I love it but the end papers are terrible, wrinkled, thin, and off set and i was thinking about creating new end papers to glue in. I've been watching bookbinding videos for months but I'm not sure if i should attempt to take it apart to replace the end papers entirely or just glue new ones in on top. My worry is that the original end papers are very thin, and you will be able to see the original picture through the end paper on the back side. Plus I'm not sure if I would be able to line the pages up perfectly on the inside. I know i need to practice with some other books first, but I'm not sure what would work best in this situation.

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

I personally don't like mucking with bindings. I accept them for what they are. I've never heard of putting a new endpaper in over an existing one. So many problems I can think of. Even if the planets aligned and you got it down straight, I'm sure the inside hinge point will be affected and it won't open well. Recasing it with new ends has problems too. The main text to case attachment is probably re-enforced with a commercial grade crepe or something similar. This would have to be cut to remove from the case. I doubt you could replicate the strength of the original case attachment. Books are like people. None are perfect. But we love them anyway.

@EricBrown-EyeMD Ай бұрын

Always love your videos. One question: why is the cover just tipped on the part of the breakaway spine? Wouldn't it be more kid-resistant if it was adhered more to the outside of the cover?

@rudolfaligierski3043 Ай бұрын

But if you fold around and drum it to the inside part of the cover and secure with tipped on paste in there really is not much to grab by to damage it...

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

It will be plenty strong and the drummed on approach gives it nice soft feel. It comes from the original design from Gary Frost. You could glue it on if you want. But it's a nice change.

@jamesdixon7261 Ай бұрын

I’m just starting out on my bookbinding journey, do you have any recommendations for any other bookcloth that is suitable for printing on an inkjet printer. Struggling to find any Iris white here in the UK. Thanks. GREAT. Channel by the way 👍

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

I can't guarantee it as I haven't tried it, but I'm fairly confident this would be great. ratchford.co.uk/product-category/bookcloth-covering-materials/dubletta-book-cloth/

@jamesdixon7261 Ай бұрын

@@DASBookbinding great… thank you! I am going to give your Peter rabbit project a go … just about to order the PDF !

@artstrutzenberg7197 Ай бұрын

The cover paper/fabric that you ran through the inkjet printer--would this work with a laser printer?

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

It works even better in a laser printer.

@sebastiankaifrost2939 Ай бұрын

@@DASBookbindingdo you have any suggestions about where is get a roll of bookcloth like this. I've always covered in paper so I could print the cover. Being able to print right on cloth would be a game changer for me.

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

@@sebastiankaifrost2939 check out my suppliers list. www.patreon.com/posts/bookbinding-list-95090709 Many of them will sell by the metre. A roll is expensive.

@margaretwillmer9518 Ай бұрын

You would need to be careful that the material doesn't melt in a laser printer. I saw Tyvek wreck the drum of a photocopier once (not mine)

@jerrymalone8370 Ай бұрын

Why "Tail" on the spine vs. "Tale" in the title?

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

Mistake. That book goes in the bin too.

@jerrymalone8370 Ай бұрын

@@DASBookbinding Don't toss it! Send it to me...

@ismailuser4588 Ай бұрын

I might have got it wrong but I think the spine title should read "tale of..." not "tail of..."! 😏

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

Yes, how embarrassing....

@madskofoed1094 Ай бұрын

I cant see this video because you have forbidden something. Perhaps you should change it back?

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

Not me. Must have been a YT blip.

@rudolfaligierski3043 Ай бұрын

I feel like I liked classical music more than this lo-fi ambient...

@windsanluispotosi Ай бұрын

R, I join the club. Classic Spanish guitar always was pretty relaxing watching the videos. This speudo-techno sound is annoying. Daryn, thanx for not using this noise again.

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

I actually like it. One day I explain why during a long sewing section. I wish I could use my favourite Bach but it keeps getting spurious copyright violation notices. I'll try and find something else.

@tuppyglossop222 Ай бұрын

@@DASBookbinding I like the new music too. Be careful not to over expose the music though. As much as I like the Goldberg Variations, familiarity can breed contempt. There is a lot of music that I once loved that I never want to hear again. I actually prefer watching videos with no music at all. There are a few out there and they receive a lot of positive feedback for it.

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

@@tuppyglossop222 Because my head is right next to the camera it often picks up the sound of my breathing. Especially when it is sped up it sounds a bit creepy. The music hides this.

@martinpalsmar3570 Ай бұрын

I like the Bach far better - or maybe you should try some John Dowland in stead of this rather stressful music - I mean - I use your videos to bring me in zen - and the music and action of your earlier videos have done just that - the new music doesn’t. (It will not keep me from watching, though :-) )

@DASBookbinding Ай бұрын

Long story. I do find the repetitive music is good for my focus. But I would prefer to use the Bach but I keep getting spurious copyright violation notices from companies claiming to own the copyright to the melody of Bach. If I'm in a rush, like I was with this video, I don't take any risks and use music vetted and supplied by Google. But I find this very limiting. Sorry.