I’ve been learning how to bind books, and this is my first - actually my first colossal failur

I’ve been learning how to bind books, and this is my first - actually my first colossal failure, but it’s also my first complete success!  It’s @riotinthequiet‘s sidlink fic, A Light Down the Well!  The cover is faux leather.  The lettering is acrylic paint.  The paper is 24lb, and the font is…  I think Myriad Pro?  I included @riotinthequiet‘s illustrations alongside their scenes.  So much ink, but so, so worth it. The Failure: When I first finished binding it, the endpapers warped and ripped every time I opened it, and the pages stuck out further than the cover.  I couldn’t figure out why, so I tried different things to fix it.  Adding more glue, re-cutting the signatures, generally making things worse…  Then I cut the whole thing out of the cover, and pouted a lot and wondered if I would ever make a functional book. The Solution: Eventually I figured the problem was most likely numbers, not construction.  I re-measured a few times, and there wasn’t enough space between the spine and the… not-spine.  Luckily, I was juuuuust able to use the same fabric with a little repositioning. And now this beautiful story sits on my shelf, and I can read it whenever and wherever I want to. -- source link

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