Case Bound Book 2 Sewing // Adventures in Bookbinding
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- Part 2 of a series on binding a rounded and backed case bound book. This video will cover sewing the sections, also called gatherings, together to form a text block. To do this kettle stitches and weavers knots will be used. This video covers sewing the sections.
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The other day I tried sewing a book on tapes for the very first time and used this video as a guide---thank you so much for posting this! I'm very happy with how my text block turned out :) I couldn't have gotten into this hobby without kind people like you who make an entry into this craft so accessible.
Fantastic .... at last someone shows the kettle stitch REAL SLOW for us newbs .. thanks
Absolute beginner here but this series is giving me hope that I may actually be able to do this! Thank you so much for this step by step series, it’s so easy to follow along and I’ll definitely come back to it once I fully jump in
Just finished sewing my text block together.
Looks really good but I don't want to rush and make mistakes. Next video for tomorrow!
1:20 truque pra linha não fugir da agulha
9:35 faz união da linha que acabou e a nova (slipknot)
14:45 finalização com nó duplo
I've been looking for a great book binding video for a few days. I want to try making journals for my grandkids. This is the first one I've found that showed this technique so clearly. I'm not sure I completely understand it, but I'm going to try it. I'm hoping that your next video shows me what those pieces of tape are for. Thanks so much!
Maybe watch the series through first. This might not be the best project to start with. I highly recommend sewn-board bindings for your journals. A simpler structure but very nice. Good luck! DAS
So is there any tying around the tapes? It looks like it's just tied at the head and tail kettle stitch. Anybody know?
Not sure what you mean. But the sewing does not encircle the tape or link down to the section below. The later would make backing difficult.
Thank you so much for the wonderful tutorials! A quick question: do you recommend using a sewing frame?
The result of sewing 2 tapes is not going to be different in quality whether done on a frame or on the bench like this. I'm no faster sewing this with the frame, but it takes maybe 5 minutes to set up the frame and tapes on it. So generally I don't use a frame for tapes. For thin floppy tape I do use a frame because I am then faster and the sewing is more even as I'm not putting effort in keep the tape out of the way etc. I have a video where I use a sewing frame for tapes, just to show it being done. Of course I always use a sewing frame for cords. I've acquired 3 sewing frames over the years so I have to use them every so often:) All the best and happy sewing, DAS
Amazing series. Hope you don't mind another question, but if I have no plans to round the book, should I be doing the stitches tighter or still keep them loose?
The sewing isn't loose, it's just not tight. If you're not rounding and backing you need to reduce the swell by adjusting the section thicknesses and the thread thickness. The sewing tension is the same. Good luck
@@DASBookbinding Awesome, thank you!
Where do u find the paper u are using here that is lined & can still be folded into Signatures?
I print it myself. The paper is short grain A4 copy paper called Icon. I've bought cheap note books and pulled these apart in the past. All the best, DAS
What is the function/purpose of the tape?
It holds the section together and provides support in the case. If you compare to the earlier form of connecting sections, with a link stitch, then there is a vulnerability to breaking and the sections pulling apart. DAS
Thanks very much for sharing! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Marvellous!!, can't find the proper words for thanking you.
Me neither
Hi again Das. Sorry for bothering you so much. I have some questions about, if some of the materials I currently have are useable. 1) I have noticed that the hinging tape you use is a stiff 13mm cotton hinging tape. Would a 15mm “softer” cotton hinging tape also work? 2) For sewing the sections together, I have understood that you are using 25/3 linen thread. Would a 18/3 linen thread also work?
Thanks, in advanced!
Yes, the slightly wider and softer tape is fine. The stiff tape is just a bit easier to use, and extra 2mm is nothing. 25/3 and 18/3 are almost the same and can be interchanged fine. DAS
Thank you very much for this video sir.
Grateful for the video. thank you!
How they do it in mass production? I mean publishers use this technique with machine? How fast they produce one book?
There are 2 broad types of mass production. For trade work there are machines where paper goes in and book comes out. I don't know much about these. The quality is not near a handmade book. Machines aren't very good at backing. There there are binders that do smaller editions of maybe tens to low hundreds where they are assisted with machines but there is a still a lot of handling and hand work. For a complex book there might be tens of minutes of work per book. DAS
I thought I had seen all your videos. I don't know how I missed this series. Brilliant as always.
Hi John! Great to hear from you. Hope you are doing well. All the best, Darryn
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Thank you for a brilliant series of videos! I am printing my own photo book on pretty heavy paper (230gsm). I have seen your reply to a comment about smoothing out the peaks and valleys between the signatures (video 3) on heavier paper but I have a question about the tapes on a larger book. I will be printing A3 double sided and folded to make A4 pages. How many tapes would you suggest for a book of this size (and the heavy paper)? Also is there a maximum number of pages for a book like this? I am thinking I will probably have up to about 6 signatures (96 pages) and will have to decide whether it needs to be split into volumes. Many thanks!
Thicker books are easier to bind than thin books - I think. So don't split up. 4 tapes is plenty for a A4 sized book.
@@DASBookbinding Thank you. I will use 4 as you suggest. Sorry to read about your flood - only just picked up on this a couple of days ago. I hope you are recovering.
Please can I ask - what is the purpose of the tape?
They provide an additional attachments between the sections/signatures, in addition to the kettle stitches and spine lining. And they provide a strong attachment between the text block and the boards. DAS
@@DASBookbinding thank you so much
Will the width of the tape make a huge difference in the binding? I only have 1.5 inch or 2 inch tape
You don’t want to use too wide a tape. The linen hinging tape will work fine. DAS
Hi Das. I was wondering if using gummed linnen hinging tape would work?
I don't remember guarding the endpapers in this book, but I think you mean using the hinging tape for this purpose. The paste/MC based adhesives on the hinging tapes isn't very strong. I wouldn't recommend it for guarding endpapers. I guess you could ignore the adhesive already no the tape and use PVA over it? DAS
I have a book on J. Robert Oppenheimer and the the text block was left intentionally rough and not trimmed around the edges. The pages were all different widths. Whilst I didn't mind that effect, giving it an "old" look, it actually made turning the pages difficult, since you could grab hold of several pages at once. I do turn my pages "correctly". That is, with the right hand, grab hold of the upper right corner slide the hand down and turn the page. Learnt that all the way back in primary school.
A book with edges like that is described as "edges uncut". The full sheet of paper that makes up the section is folded, text sewn and book bound but without the edges being trimmed. To read the book the unopened edges need to be slit open, usually with a blunt paper knife. This was very popular with fine press editions, especially that used hand made paper. The idea being that you want to preserve the decal edges of the beautiful (expensive) paper. If the edges have not been slit open it is described as "uncut and unopened". You don't want to use a very sharp knife to open a book like this because it looks like the edges have been trimmed mechanically (I guess). There is a bit of fashion to this type of edge. Also a pain to edge gild, so I'm told - never tried. All the best, DAS
@@DASBookbinding "To read the book the unopened edges need to be slit open, usually with a blunt paper knife." - I wish they would tell the uninitiated that, with a removable sticker on the front or something. When I first saw it, it was a What The .... moment. Then I realised how attractive and rustic the effect is. Of course, that would look preposterous on a text book.
Why use several sections of shorter thread over one long thread for the whole binding? Is it just for ease of use, or is there another purpose to it?
It is much easier to add lengths of thread than have to pull one massive length through the book. Plus it will fray and get all messed up. DAS
Or would linen hinging tape work as well?
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Why use linen over cotton or polyester thread? Waxed versions are available for each thread and I was wondering what the difference was.
Linen is very strong and has a tested long term stability. The wax isn't that important and is over emphasised. Cotton and synthetic threads are fine to use as long as you use thick enough to create the swell needed for rounding and backing. For cotton this often means doubling up the thread. All the best, DAS
Thank you very much!
I like this show
Hmm. So the kettle stitches are only done on the end stitches to connect the signatures to each other, and not on any of the other stitches? I suppose that's why the tape is needed to hold the signatures together in the middle section? What if instead of using the tape you did the kettle stitches on ALL the holes?
You can do that, except they would usually then be called link stitches and you essentially have a Coptic style binding. A kettle stitch is where the sewing moves from one section to another. What you describe the thread starts and finishes in the same section. Just a bit of explanation of technical jargon for you.
@@DASBookbinding Thanks. I don't quite understand all those distinctions since I'm just getting into this bookbinding stuff. The gal who has the very nice Sea Lemon channel showed what she called a hybrid stitch that I really like a lot. That was the first video about bookbinding I ever watched, so it probably influenced my way of thinking.
I think you actually tied a granny knot at the end of the second signature, not a reef/square knot?
I'm sure it will hold fine, especially once it is glued:)
@@DASBookbinding Yup - and I'll give you a pass since you were simultaneously creating this video while doing it! 🙂
Hi, great video. May I ask, the type of tape used for stitching the back? Thank you.
12 or 13mm cotton tape. All the best, DAS
@@DASBookbinding Great thank you. I ask since I would like to do the bookbinding exactly as you taught it, so I implore forgiveness of my scrupulosity. Thank you.
Do you just guess how long to cut the tape?
Not exactly a guess. The tape needs to extend abut 1 inch (25mm) on to the book and the book is about an inch thick. So I cut it a generous over 3 inches long (say about 5 inches - 12cm) and trim down later. DAS
@@DASBookbinding Good to know. Thanks.
enjoy your work but the music is annoying
You have some good video's, but your choice of background music truly SUCKS! You'd be better off without any piano. Sounds like something Napolian would have listened to.
I don't remember what is in this video, but if it is Beethoven then I'm sure Napoleon did listen to it. Unless it was after they fell out over the 3rd symphony....
@@DASBookbinding Like I said, it would be better if there was no piano at all.