How to make a book with your own hands: step by step instructions

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

A book is a unique world that has no barriers or edges. Her fantasy is limitless. Books accompany us throughout our lives - from birth to old age. The book world beckons with adventures, feelings, magic, history. If a person starts reading an interesting book, then he is no longer able to stop, as its magic gradually kidnaps him into a fantasy land.

Create it yourself

What is unique for a person is that everyone can create a book with their own hands! After all, it will not be difficult - to create it with children or the whole family. A self-made book can complement photo albums with family history, interesting moments and adventures. True, you need to learn a little about technology and secrets. A master class will help you make a book with your own hands most correctly and quickly.

Bound book

One of the most common options is a standard, handmade paper book with a binding. Many parts can be bought online or at a craft store. For a hobby, it is better to purchase a lot of goods. After all, a person always needs to improve himself, develop. This is possible not only with the help of getting a second or third education, but simply by doing needlework that is useful in life.

The core of the book

First you need to prepare the inner sheets of paper. This will help the printer. In Microsoft Word, set new page options. The first thing to do is to change the page margins for the correct formation and readability of the text. Fields must be:

• top 1.5cm;
• bottom 1cm;
• inside 2.5cm;
• outside 1.5 cm.

Page type should be set to "portrait". A5 paper size. After the text, divided into book pages, must be numbered. Go to the "Insert" menu, select the "page numbers" field (at the bottom of the page). Only when you make the right arrangement, you can start typesetting. This is necessary so that the text does not change from changing the position of the page. The lines may have jumped up - incorrect transfer of the sentence to another line. It is important to put everything in order to read comfortably. Printing can be done by helping the program navigate the text. We fold the finished sheets and make brochures. Further, everything is worth flashing to connect the heart of the book together.

Way to level the surface

To get a flat surface, stitched sheets are placed underpress. You can use something heavy for this. When pressed with a press, the butt is not touched. We cut the end of the book with a hacksaw. Six vertical cuts all over the end. The depth should be such as to affect all sheets of paper. After the butt must be covered with PVA glue. We attach the fabric to the fresh coating with glue so that the edges protrude by 5 cm. The best option would be chintz fabric. The core must be allowed to dry, after which we sew each leaf to the fabric with threads. The firmware goes through the incisions. We cover everything again with glue over the threads, preferably not liquid.

Cover

To create a cover, you need to find a very thick cardboard. Two rectangles are cut out of cardboard. Their dimensions should exceed the pages above and below by 4 millimeters. We create the third rectangle from thinner cardboard. In length, it should be the same as two large rectangles, and in width - as thick as the end of the pages.

Then cut out two pieces of fabric. The first piece should be the same as for gluing the sheets of the book. The second one is as tall as a narrow rectangle - and wide - 6 cm more than it. We lay the cover so that two large rectangles are on the sides, and a small part is in the middle. The main thing is that there is a gap between the parts. We glue the fabric on a small part, so that it evenly captures both the gaps and the edges of the large parts. On the other hand, glue the second piece of fabric so that the tails remain. We spread these tails in the middle and attach to the wrong side. Then comes the freedom of creativity. The front side of the cover is decoratedtaste. It can be painted with paints or pasted over with a colored wrapper. The folds of the wrapper should be on the inside about 2 cm on all sides. And with the final touch, glue the cover to the core.

Useful book

Parents are always ready to give the best to their baby. Such a gift can be a hand-made children's book. What materials can be used? A self-made book made of felt is a wonderful gift for a child for any holiday and just on a normal day. It will help the child in the development and knowledge of the world as a whole. It will serve as a toy for the baby, help develop the motor skills of the child's hands, tactile sensations and attentiveness. Also, every child dreams of the fulfillment of their desires. In known ways, you can create a book of desires. A handmade wish book will have some magic. This gift can save you from buying expensive goods. If relatives or friends have a wedding, anniversary, you can give a wonderful gift - a hand-made wish book.

Felt book

Before starting work, you need to think over the concept of the book. The main factor is the age of the child and the story you want to introduce the baby to.

The Basics of DIY Book Making:

• Age of child.
• Book size.
• Will the book be made of felt, or will you still use cotton.
• Create sketches, drawings.
• Prepare patterns from the fabric of eachdetails.
• Think about the binding of the book.
• Need to think over the educational elements for the baby and the storyline.

Cut the base for the book to size. Calculate how many pages, and don't forget the cover. If the book has 5 pages, then you need to cut out 10 pages and 2 covers.

Materials for creating a felt book:

• Felt.
• Needle and pins.
• Threads matching color for each shade of felt.
• Buttons.
• Ribbons.
• Beads.
• Sintepon.
• Lace-ups.
• Rep tape.
• Rivets, zippers.

Materials can be changed, it all depends on the imagination and fantasy.

How to sew a felt book

Children's books are sewn according to the same pattern. The first thing you need is to attach a sealant to the front cloth. Cut out all the details of the book and its elements. On a page of felt, the parts are fixed with pins in their location. Stitch with a sewing machine or sew on with a needle. The two sides of the cover need to be sewn together, and the ponytails hidden in the inside. Velcro elements can be used, but in such cases, in order not to spoil the material of the book, the soft part of the Velcro must be sewn to the base of the book. There are three types of seams that can be used when creating such a book.

Types of seams:

• “Forward with a needle” - this is how parts that can be removed are stitched.
• “Behind the needle” - details are sewn on that cannot be detached.
• "Loopy" - in this waystitch all the pages on the sides. This design decorates the book very harmoniously.

You can choose a variety of fasteners for a felt book: with loops, on the grommet, tape or pieces of felt. You can use "curly" scissors, the work they do will be neat and beautiful. For the softness of the book, you can lay a synthetic winterizer between the pages, this method will be beneficial to use for very young children. Also, between the pages, you can lay a fabric of tarpaulin. In this case, the book will be much tougher than on synthetic winterizer.

Velcro can be sewn onto the sealing fabric for convenience:

1. You need to put a thick cloth on the back of the book.
2. Sew Velcro on the back.
3. Be sure to cut off excess fabric for neatness.
4. Sew on details.

As soon as the work on the pages is over, we start fastening all of them together. We take felt with sewn, already prepared applications and put it face down on the table. Next comes the synthetic winterizer. We cover everything with the second page. We turn the front part towards us. We cut off the excess parts of the synthetic winterizer and work through the edge of the book with a needle and thread, capturing all the pages. After you need to sheathe all the edges of the pages with inlay.

From early childhood, books open windows to their rich world. They teach us good deeds, gentleness and tenderness. The role of the book in human life is very great. Without books, neither education nor the culture of our society would be possible. The fantasy of needlework is a boundless world of uniqueideas for our world. You can make an original thing that will delight and serve for many years. A person is able to work miracles, you just need to want it. Good luck with your DIY art!