Binding Peter Rabbit using the Sewn-Board Binding; Sewing // Adventures in Bookbinding

In this two-part series I will bind The Tail of Peter Rabbit using the sewn-board binding structure. This robust structure, along with the heavy paper I use, make it a perfect book for little children.
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00:00 Binding Peter Rabbit using the Sewn-Board Binding; Sewing
00:54 Printing the text
02:43 Other materials - endpapers and boards
04:09 Folding
06:22 Punching the sewing holes
09:24 Tipping on the endpapers
10:23 Sewing
14:38 Inserting the core of the boards
16:29 Gluing and lining the spine
18:33 Trimming the edges
The text paper I used is from OfficeWorks and is
J.Burrows Premium 200gsm A4 Digital Copy Paper
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The card for the boards is 300gsm (10pt) Bristol board
The board is 1mm generic acid free binders grey board.
The adhesive I'm using is Evasol EVA.
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[@AngelavengerL]

Oh i really love this one! The french binding made me happy as it reminded me of one of the few things i did try binding myself. I made for my 2 sisters who both had a birthdays in the same month, and are both artists, their own sketch or art books. One is a watercolor girl so i did hers in double needle coptic stitch and heavy watercolor paper. The other sister had long lamented that she couldn't afford alcohol markers and wanted to learn how to do it. So i made her one with a paper advertised as gallery paper for alcohol markers using the french binding. Since the binding was exposed i thought the french was really pretty. I gifted her with a case of brand new markers to go along with it. They both loved their books! Thank you for always being inspiring and educational!

[@rodericfindlay4147]

Lovely, neat work. This is a joy to watch.

[@ospreys_view4798]

This is my favorite style of binding and I love the Tale of Peter Rabbit, so I’m definitely going to give this a try! Can’t wait to see how you decide to cover the book.

[@boigeorge1149]

I love the idea of binding children's books for practice! I'll be honest, I was fully planning on getting started with library binding lol

[@thecatofnineswords]

I've started with journals, but this is a good way to print books without worrying to much about the quality - knowing they'll be played with by non-discerning kids, as opposed to nit-picky adults. (Which includes me) This is an excellent practice path.

[@vantasiascauldron1861]

Thank you! I love this so much. Can’t wait to start mine too.

[@Ninjadoc2000]

First! Love the sewn board binding, it’s so versatile and pleasing to make (not having to worry about balancing pull means every material combination is on the table!). I’ve learnt this binding style from you (like many many others): thank you!

[@JuanettesCraftingCorner]

I love watching your videos and learn something every time. Thank you so much for sharing your skills.

[@kikaburra]

Fantastic video - I'm learning so much!

[@gemmi1]

Ive been really looking forward to your next video! This did not disappoint.

[@Baelfyr]

Great video as always, looking forward to seeing it finished.

[@kevinorr6880]

A very good video this week. Thank you. I will flag this as a future project.

[@anthonyspall]

It’s possible that the reason it didn’t print double-sided is because you set the paper type to matte photo, even though that’s accurate to the paper weight and finish. I have a different variety of Epson printer, so it could be different, but mine will only print duplex when the paper type is set to plain.

[@DASBookbinding]

Mystery solved! Thanks.

[@dtpostel]

Thank you for sharing. 👌

[@cyberlolo_Fr]

Learnt something again. As always. Thank you.

[@daveturnbull7221]

That is looking very nice Darryn. Way better than my feeble attempt last year. Still, practice makes perfect!

[@jamesdixon7261]

You did a great job 👍👍 now you need to do some more ;-)

[@DASBookbinding]

Working on it. Just need an extra few hours in the day.

[@jamesdixon7261]

@@DASBookbinding we could all do with some of those 😁

[@MoniqueAO888]

Thank you for another wonderful video !!!

[@andreatthatsme]

❤😊

[@geminicesdesigns9393]

I have been making journals and junk journals for over a year now, and this is the binding method most used for that type of book. But I have a question. As a crafter I use a glue called fabri-tac to ensure a good seal on my covers and have used it to perfect bind a few smaller notebooks. Have you ever used it, and do you think it would work to perfect bind a larger book? Very interested in your opinion.

[@jamesdixon7261]

I’ve just downloaded your PDF for this project. If I was to use 120gsm paper… do you think I should go for 2 or 4 sheet sections?? 👍

[@DASBookbinding]

4. Thanks for the support!

[@jamesdixon7261]

Hey.. can I ask how you created the PDF for this project? Was it from scans of a book you actually have .. or did you manage to find an online source for it? I’ve followed your 2 vids successfully, and now I want to try to do more in the ‘series’.

[@DASBookbinding]

I started with scans of the images from Project Gutenberg. But I wasn't happy with many of them and scanned some myself and also did or lot of enhancing and touch ups. The text I typed in. Not much of it.

[@jamesdixon7261]

Hi I am bit confused as to where I should be glueing the end papers on this project. At the 10 min mark in the video you seem glueing them onto the 1st and last white (signature) sections. But when you are sewing the text block together, your end papers seem to be glued to the yellow board sections. Which is correct? Or am I missing something in this video? I have tried slowing the vid down, but i am still a bit confused. Thanks 👍👍

[@DASBookbinding]

Wow, you have a good eye. I made a mistake - working late at night - and tipped the ends to the boards. A senior moment..... I didn't notice until I went to cover the edges of the boards. Since I couldn't cover those board edges like that I did another binding. I'd already done the editing of the sewing section and I forgot to go back and change it to the new video. I realised close to publishing and decided no one would notice. I was wrong:) So, it only maters if you are covering the board edges near the spine, in which case you tip the ends to the first and last sections.

[@jamesdixon7261]

@@DASBookbindingso it wasn’t me going mad then! 👍

[@pennythedomelady]

Anyone have a source for 200 gsm digital copy paper in the USA? I see some on Amazon, but only with shipping charges resulting in $50/ream pricing. Yikes. Will any other type of paper work? I tried my good quality 80 lb. (118 gsm) but text shows through.

[@blindlarry8606]

Darren is copyrighted? Clients come into my bindery all the time and ask me to scan and reproduce a book. I usually refuse due to copyright

[@kristajones815]

I know in the US they have a website called project Gutenberg that has a digital library of books that the copyrights have expired on, but only in the US. There might be resources outside of the US, but haven't researched it.