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LITTLE BOOK MAKERS
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Morag BramleyI
saw a book pattern in a book which was titled “Books Unbound” by Michael
Jacobs. This helped me to get
started. Put a coloured piece
of thin A4 card horizontally on your board and draw two vertical lines in
the centre 1/5" apart. Turn
the card vertically and fold up the bottom edge to the first line you have
drawn and fold that fold up to the same line but be careful not to go over
it. Turn the card round by 90
degrees and repeat the same again. Open
up folds and turn the card horizontally again and fold it in half from the
top to the bottom. Open the
card out again. Coming from the
left side to the first vertical fold cut along the central line just before
the first fold to the third fold with a craft knife.
Do the same at the right side of the paper.
Fold the unit in half again horizontally, stand upright and then make
three double pages at the left side and three double pages at the right
side. Now
attach the back to a cover of another colour which will be much longer so
that it can wrap round the book and about 2" taller.
Then make a card sleeve of another colour to slip over the whole
thing and to take up the middle third of the cover.
Stick the sleeve to itself so that it can easily be slipped on and
off the unit. Decorate the sleeve as you wish. There will be fourteen surfaces in the book for you to write on.
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