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So far for softish covers I have been limited to the use of Canson, which is great in itself but not really suited to covers. It bends easily, the edges will get fragile very quickly, and it also gets real dirty. My dilemma is that I wish to make soft-cover booklets to use as travel writing or sketchbooks. I prefer a cover that covers the spine as well, for maximum protection, and I prefer a sewn binding because glued would make it too easy for sheets to fall off and japanese stitch makes it hard to open it flat. So I'm looking for the perfect cover material... Leather is definitely an option if I can get my hands on it, but if you know of any kind of card that is supple yet sturdy enough for this use, I'd love to hear abou tit. Or your personal solutions to a similar problem... I don't know if covering duplex card with attractive paper would be a good idea.
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Do you have a fabric store near you? I've done canvas covers and have been contemplating PVA (as in the black shiny stuff, not the glue). Glueing endpapers down onto a turn-in of the fabric prevents the fabric from falling apart.
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How about an imitation leather bookcloth? You can cut chipboard covers (or even manilla folders or posterboard) and cover with the bookcloth, bind in the usual fashion.
I also found a roll of thin rubber at my local recycling center, and I'm planning on making a limp binding using that as a cover material -- haven't gotten around to it just yet, though.
Good luck.
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Something else which makes a flexible but quite strong cover is laminating two sheets of something like mulberry paper (ie light tissue with good fibres in it). can laminate with paste but that's a bit tricky (ie you have to do it properly!!) or I use bondaweb (not sure what it's called outside the UK but it's stuff dressmakers and embroiderers use to bond two fabrics together using a hot iron - can be used just the same to bond papers. And you get two different colours which is cool.
Su
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If you visit the sewing/fabric store you can get the materials to make a fabulous cover that will be just what you're looking for.
You need Pelmet Vilene ( it is the stiffest vilene there is, but it's still flexible), some Bondaweb or Vliesofix (goes under various names, but it's an iron-on adhesive), and the fabric of your choice for the cover.
Cut the pelmet vilene to size required. Put the Bondaweb on it, paper side UP, and iron on medium heat for about 10 seconds. Carefully remove paper. Now put your fabric on, right side up, and iron again. Yourfabric will now be bonded to the vilene. Do the same for the other side for the inside cover.
You mnay need to bind the edges to keep them from working their way apart over time. Simply use some thin ribbon to bind the edge, attaching it with a simple running stitch.
This makes a flexible cover which can be attached with many varieties of long-stitch.
Jocelyn
