{"id":438,"date":"2015-01-08T22:05:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T03:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/?p=438"},"modified":"2017-12-31T16:51:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T21:51:17","slug":"holiday-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had been expecting to do some development work on my Android project over the holidays, but I ended up taking a break from programming altogether. I made some little notebooks at my kitchen table instead. I needed a break, and was glad I did it. It&#8217;s too easy to go down the development rabbit hole and lose perspective. Bookbinding makes a good compliment to programming. Like development, the craft is meticulous and unforgiving, but doesn&#8217;t have an &#8220;undo&#8221; command.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8974-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8974\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8974-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8974-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8974-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8974.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The patterned one uses cloth I prepared myself, and the signatures are kettle stitched together. The blue one is covered with store-bought bookbinding cloth and is my first attempt at sewing on tapes and making headbands. The tapes are visible inside the cover.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8978.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8978-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8978\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8978-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8978-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8978.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Four tapes is more than necessary. A small book like this could easily be done with just two. For simplicity, I fixed the tape ends to the outside of the end papers, and then glued on the mull. I was worried about getting the spacing wrong if I attached the tapes to the boards directly, and this way gives a reliable result.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8975.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8975-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8975\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8975-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8975-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pmcgovern.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_8975.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The headbands are made from embroidery thread and sewn separately and glued to the spine. They don&#8217;t look too badly, even if they are a bit too narrow. On my next project I will try sewing the headband directly onto the signatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had been expecting to do some development work on my Android project over the holidays, but I ended up taking a break from programming altogether. I made some little notebooks at my kitchen table instead. 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