This year, my mom and I are participating the The Sketchbook Project for
the second time. This time, as a part of the "1703 miles and back
tour." One of the big challenges we faced last time (other than time
constraints!) was that we had the flimsy paper that came with the
sketchbook and it really wasn't conducive to the water based art we both
wanted to include (or, in my case, coffee based). AFTER turning in the
project with wrinkled pages, we realized that we could have, and should
have, rebound the book with paper that would have actually worked for
us.
We actually sort of signed up for this project as a sort of do-over,
knowing that we would get it bound with better paper and then be able to
create better art and with more time to complete it! So I followed
these instructions, with some modifications for the measurements and the
number of signatures (the instructions were not 100% correct), and
after lots and lots of paper cutting, and actually doing the stitching
of the pages twice, just to make sure it was extra sturdy, I have my
finished product!
I love that it turned out so official looking. I've actually purchased sketchbooks that are bound this way and it was super fun to know that I could get it done myself. I should mention though, that it was a very long process, especially given the flaws in the instructions, and the fact that I was trying to work little bits at a time without a clue as to what I was really doing. I'm not sure that I will quit my day job and become a book binder any time soon, but I think I've got the hang of it now, and maybe I'll try it again sometime
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