Diy Leather Book Binding

If you are on the lookout for fun craft projects or quick ways of making nice presents and gifts.

Diy leather book binding. Starting from the left the sections represent. Choose thin leather otherwise it won t fold easily. The art of book binding is an ancient craft but actually it is not very difficult to do and with almost no practice you can get really awesome results.

Place the book on the leather hide and wrap the cover tightly around it. Get some headband material. The top and bottom edges as well as the sides of the cover must be four times the thickness of the book board the actual book.

Press the cardboard into the glue. I ordered a book god is not great how religion poisons everything and wanted to convert into a hardback hardcover. Glue one cover at a time making sure that the new leather cover hangs over the edge of the paperback by 1 8 on all sides.

Repeat with the back cover and back page. Buy it on amazon 5 for over 100 books worth option 2. Put a sheet of paper preferably wax paper between the front cover and first page of your paperback.

Liking leather i decided to bind it in. Coat the back of the leather with glue then paint the cardboard with more glue. How to bind your own hardback book.

You can connect rigid pieces together with bookcloth fabric or strong tape. I show you the process that i go through to make a complete leather journal link to matt karl s first attempts at journal making https youtu be ygdocjwg4 i. Glue the two headband pieces onto the spine of your book.