#amour binds

- make your typeset (or get one from a fellow binder!)

- print it out (2 pages per sheet, double sided, flip on short edge)

- sort your signatures so the pages are in the correct groupings

- fold your signatures

- press in a book press for at least a few hours

- poke the holes in the center/fold of your signatures (I do 8, one on each side and 3 sets of two throughout the rest)

- sew your signatures! (the video tutorial is linked shows this very well)

- place your sewn textblock back in the press with the spine right at the edge

- glue (PVA binding glue) the spine, coat it and make sure the glue gets in all the ridges and holes

- let dry!

- cut your endpapers to size (8.5x11) and fold them in half w the color/pattern sides touching

- glue endpapers to the outsides of your text block with a thin line of glue along the spine

- guillotine the edges now if you want to!

- add a ribbon bookmark at this point if you want (i glue mine in at the bottom and make sure it’s enough to come out the bottom, up and through the book, and out and around the top so the charm can dangle!)

- glue in your headbands to the top and bottom of the spine

- glue your mull cloth to the spine, leaving little ‘wings’ of overhand on the sides

- glue in a cardstock spine stiffener

- set your completed textblock aside to dry

- cut our your front and back covers and spine from chip board (when measuring, make sure to leave room for your desired amount of overhang)

- glue the spine piece to cardstock of the same height

- flip that over and press your hinges

- create gaps of 7mm from each side of the spine (opposite side of the cardstock that the spine is glued to)

- glue the cardstock from the outside all the way up to that line and attach your front and back covers and press your hinges

- glue your book cloth to the case

- fold it over nice and tight to wrap around your case and glue

- once all your pieces are dry, glue your text block into your case by coating the outside of those endpapers and gluing them directly to the inside of the case (note: make sure you like where your text block is placed in your case before you glue. Also, do NOT glue down the spine, just the front and back)

- decorate your cover! personally i have a Cricut machine to do this but there are so many creative and amazing ways to make them look beautiful :))