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*Note to newbies*... be careful not to iron the heat-and-bond to your ironing board. Been there done that. 😁

I’ve been on a mission to turn all of my board/card games into books similar to the Vintage Bookshelf Edition games sold by hasbro and it has been such a journey of mashing book binding and box making so videos like this are SO helpful. Thank you even years later.

That's so cool! Thanks for sharing your process with us! I can't wait to try it! 💕

Hey all! What tutorials would you like me to make this year?

Such refreshing colors!

Thank you! Really impressed with the way you share your skills and information.

This was tremendously helpfully. I'm just getting into book binding and I have so much to learn!

Welcome back Chanel! I discovered your videos a week ago and I already watched them all in a marathon hahaha Well, I'd like to see how you make the decorations you put on the top and bottom of the spine so that there's no hollowness visible, the ones you make with elastic band! And the way you make the elastic closures as well 😊

thank you! this is making me so confident in trying my own bookcloth

Happy New Year! Thank you so much for this video in the new year. I found your very interesting videos during the Christmas holiday, really enjoyed to watch them. They remind me a lot of old style of Chinese book I've read when I was little. But sadly we don't always see these kind of books now. And your videos have opened my mind about bookbinding. Last year I started to make my own sketch books at home, use recycled books or old and pretty gift bag. I'm an artist, to make and design own sketch books was very enjoyable when it's lockdown last year. yes, I learn a lot from my past, my family ,friends, the nature world and from you, too. Thank you so much! Best Wishes xx

glad to see you back after your trip. Hope you were able to center and balance after your move.

I discovered this method in your channel and I'm experimenting with different papers and different fabrics, overall that's a great method for making book cloth!

I recently found your channel, I would like to make book and notebook covers and the information you share has come in handy. Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge. Your hands are so beautiful, the hands of an artist.

Good video, and I love DAS bookbinding, he is so knowledgeable.

Thank you for a high quality book cloth video tutorial. Your attention to detail is terrific and you get the right results because you take the time to do everything right. Happy New Year 2024.

Oh I just found your Videos this month and I am so happy to see them. there so interresting and well made.

Debating whether to click on this video and then immediately becoming relaxed and content when I hit play 😇 Love your channel, and especially your clarity in direct description.

I am so glad KZfaq suggested this. Short but sweet focused on an aspect. I will be searching your channel for more about something I've wanted to do. I have books but nothing beats seeing, great bonus with your experience tips. OH! My bad. 😔 Question on paper making, I see NOW you have a video on that. Forgive my inadequate look at your videos. Will definitely check that out. 😊

That is very cool, I also used Sea lemon and DAS to get started. They are pretty cool. Das is more pro, for sure.

This is great video. Just what I needed right now. I'm about to make my 1st journal book cover. Really didn't know WHAT to use. 1st time I've seen your channel. Thx for video. Austin,TX USA

lol i love the shoutout to das and sealemon would love to hear your process for adding the cover too!

brilliant, heat n bond thanks for sharing

Perfect. Thank you so much.

Hello! You did an awesome job explaining everything, enjoyed your video. Hope all is well, take care! 💜

I was just googling how to do this! Thank you!

I saw a new video by you and I jumped on it! Happy New Year! Hope you're settling in well. I love watching those long videos of you bookbinding. The longer the better. Just watching you make books is a peaceful pleasure. I particularly loved the ASMR one you did making those gorgeous yellow sketchbooks. Thank you for explaining the process you go through making book cloth and for sharing other sites where people can get more information. It's really kind of you to share your knowledge and skills with the world. Take care - can't wait for your next video! Best wishes from England.

So cool!! I always use glue, this is amazing and very handful, thanks for sharing this, it's nice to learn different ways to do things ❤

I’ve been really into so many projects lately and bookbinding has been one of them. My goal this year is to try and make a prototype planner with my people’s language AND numerals, Iñupiatun. I know I could go through a company to mass produce the planners, but I have a very specific theme, aesthetic, and look for what I want to create. Plus, I just like creating things, even if I don’t go through with selling them (although, I would like to!). With that said, this video has immensely helped me into making my own book cloth. I just ordered some materials online and I just need to wait for them to get in. I watched other videos on how to create book cloths but this one was the most detailed yet quickest video I came across.

😍 💗 I love every single video, I was hoping you could do some tutorials too, I'm so happy now, Thank you! ❤️ Best wishes from Italy!!

Thank you for this video❤

Thank you for sharing. I am just beginner. Love your videos.

Yeeeah Sea Lemon and DAS! Online teachers for how many of us i wonder?!

Wow, this is exactly what I needed! Thank you!! What are your thoughts on Pellon interfacing or other types of interfacing?

I've lost my job recently and I'm still young and figuring out what I want to do in life. I love bookbinding and have been doing some (very lame) journals as a hobby for a few years now. I would love to try to make bookbinding my job, just like you, but the ressources are expensive and I don't know where to get started. Have you thought about maybe doing a video explaining your journey, and maybe give tips?

the colorssssssss 💛

Just a couple of tips for the fabric: At 0:46 you see that one centimetre on top where the fabric is finished off?? well just cut it and throw it away it is not usable. When sticking on the heat and bond do not drag the iron on top of it just place it down for a couple of second and then move it around by lifting it not dragging it . And at last the small bubbles created when ironing the heat and bond are from the iron itself, you actually need a professional iron to make it perfectly but it is only for looks it doesn’t affect the way it sticks on Amazing video I loved it ❤️❤️

thank u so much for this, wonderful video thank you

I used to do something similar with cornstarch gel for stiffness. Might be worth experimenting with. I would stretch it first on a canvas stretcher. I suppose that economy would be the reason to try it. I'm not sure how well the tissue would cling to it wrinkle-free, but it could be worth a try. Just like making pudding with cornstarch and water. It dries transparent and sturdy.

Thank you so much!

I need advice! I tried this method with the HeatnBond Ultra Hold adhesive. The fabric i used was imperial broadcloth (65% polyester 35% cotton) and it was in the color navy blue. I noticed that the glue from the Heatnbond would seep through to the other side of the fabric, staining it. I mentioned the color because when i use lighter colored fabric, the glue stains were not noticeable. Does anyone have any tips and suggestions? Would the lite adhesive version solve this? A different fabric material? Thank you!!

I would love to know more about the cutting tools you use! The only time I attempted bookbinding I had major troubles with making my book block nice and even : \

Hi! Big fan. Do you know anything about gold foiling on book cloth or have a video you can recommend?

A detailed signature sewing tutorial would be great!

Hi,tnks very clear video

Ahh I'm absolutely in love with your channel.

I'm a new subscriber and notices just 3 days ago you had 8.7K subs and now you're sitting at 9.4K 🥺 super happy you got ±700 subs in just 3 days

Hola, me encanta tu canal, los proyectos que realizas son maravillosos! Tal vez es mucho, pero estaría genial que tus videos tuvieran la opción de subtítulos en español, te mando un gran abrazo!!

Thank you so much!!!!!!

This is really helpful, thankyou! Can you use cotton cloth for book covers without the heat-n-bond? Can you use rice paper instead of tissue paper?

Nice video💕💕

first time i use fabric to make book cover is used denim pants. but i find it to thick for hardcover, so i change it with american drill fabric. usually used for formal pants. i think it's perfect fabric material, not too thick, not too thin also, at least for my preference. i gluing paper board directly to the fabric with pva, no need to apply heat adhesive at all.

Excellent video! What kind of threads are you using?

Hi! I'm just starting out on my bookbinding journey and would love some information on paper. I have been making little books with cardstock paper and buttons and trying to find paper that works well with bookbinding and calligraphy and I'm having trouble with either the ink bleeding or paper ripping when I sew it. Any info or links or whatever would be absolutely wonderful. But also not expensive, this is just a hobby not a business like you do.

Hi, after watching you make a few books, I wondered why you use 'Unryu Tissue Paper' rather than plain...it's so beautiful with its threads and yet you don't get to see it in the final make up...is it something to do with the strength? Just curious :) Love the videos...so peaceful and relaxing...just what I need and hope to get round to making a journal for myself soon x best wishes for the New Year and your business! :)

When I used to make small books (decades ago), I just used a sheet of computer paper and white glue with my fabric. Are you wasting that beautiful mulberry paper for the back side of the book cloth where it will never be seen? Anyhoo, is your heat n bond archival or acid free?

Can u do a tutorial on the steps after this video, to cover the book?

Hi, thank you for sharing the information regarding bookcloth. I have been making my grandson a keepsake box for his 15th birthday. I have been searching high and low trying to locate the kind of "faux leather" to cover the wooden box with, which lead me down the path of bookcloth. Unfortunately, I have come to another dead-end because I have sampled enough to find out I need faux leather that is very think but will not tear while applying the glue to the material and the wood. I've done 4 test now and have encountered problems with the inside of box. As I began gluing as the inside walls and the last 1/8" onto the bottom it becomes bulky. Then when I glue the last piece of material onto the inside bottom it's uneven and all four corners are lumpy. Any suggestions would greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Deb

Hi! Thanks for this. Is ironing the tissue paper on necessary? Would it be possible to peel of the Heat n Bond adhesive backing then stick the cloth straight onto the book board?

would it be possible to use the paper from the heat n bond itself instead of tissue paper? 🤔 by peeling it off, turning it around and ironing it on

Is there a video showing you applying the cover?

❤ i was just wondering why we count use the iron on glue, to stick the cloth to the book? Would this work? If not, why not?

What can i use instead of that heat and bond thing?

Can you make more of these videos? Like how to measure things etc thx

I’m new to book binding and trying to find cheaper alternatives. Is it cheaper to do this or just to buy it

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can i do this to a denim fabric?

hello, I live in Canada and I would like to know where you can get your supplies. thank you. I would like to see you make junk journals.

Instead of unryu tissue paper, can I use tracing paper?

I tried this before seeing this video but for mee the glue of the heat n bond seeps through the cloth, if I am really careful and it doesnt it still happens at the heat transfer vinyl step.

I'd like to ask about your term "tissue". If we are not specifically seeking out Unryu tissue, what are alternatives? We're clearly not talking about the sort of tissue paper that is used for gift-wrapping. So what constitutes tissue in this context? What types, thicknesses, brands, stores, etc. should we be looking for? Thank you very much!

What is the cloth called that is in between the spine and inside pages? It gets glued to the inside cover page and unseen.

Could you also just leave beat n bond paper on instead of putting tissue paper on after?

What is the weight of the tissue paper or does that matter?

I wonder if you prewash your fabric ?

Total newbie question: How could one put a title or illustration on a diy-bound book, either soft or hard cover?

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I cannot find the Unryu paper in Europe. Do you know of any place where to buy it in Europe? Thanks

Shouldn't the fabric be washed to remove any sizing which could host fungus and mildew!

And this is why we need to see the downvotes. Waste of time.