Photo Strip Book // Book Art Tutorial // Fore Edge Book Art

Step by step tutorial on how I craft a Photo Strip Book also called Fore-Edge Photo Strip Book Art.

[@elizabethspedding1975]

I've just made my first in black and white. I'm now doing the same pattern in colour ❤

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

Congratulations on your first photo strip book… they are so much fun to craft ♥️

[@placands]

Thank you for your tutorials! I noticed that you started placing the first strip of the design on the last page in the book. Is there a reason why you didn't start at the beginning of the book?

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

Thank you for watching ☺️ I crafted the book upside down because the bottom was nicer than the top. Since I cover the book I wanted the top pages that shows to be clean and nice (in this case that was the bottom).

[@placands]

@@BrightSideStudioBookArt Thank you! I can't wait to make my first book project!

[@jilliangruber1238]

Do you ever need to add adhesive to the even number side of the page? Also, did you make your book holding device?

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

That’s the middle dot of adhesive I add on the strip ☺️ I add top and bottom on the uneven page in the book and then middle on the strip that goes on the even page in the book. My husband made me the book folding frame some years ago.

[@cruisegirl60]

You have selected your book and have attached the entire pattern and have blank pages at the end of your book do you remove those pages?

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

I always try to center my pattern before I begin so I have equal many blank pages at the beginning and at the end. If I find the need to remove any pages, I take them out randomly in the book.

[@bba.by.marilyn]

Folding: How rightly do you squeeze the strips together and how much pressure do you put on each one after that?

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

I only squeeze them together so they kinda stay folded a little and don’t open up and then not much pressure at all, I’m very light on my fingers and only do it very gently. If I use heavier paper I might push down a little bit more. It kinda depends on how heavy paper I use, how heavy the pages in the book are, how squeezed the strips need to be for that certain pattern. Most of the times I only go by feeling. If you squeeze to gently you can always press the finished book a little but if you squeeze too much, you can’t undo it… so that’s why I always do it gently.

[@bba.by.marilyn]

@@BrightSideStudioBookArt I'm trying so hard and doing pretty well but not consistent. Guess it takes practice. I don't think I'm squeezing them enough. Thanks so much.

[@bba.by.marilyn]

@@BrightSideStudioBookArt I use 28 lb. paper

[@bhavana1953]

Where do you get the stand to hold pages?

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

My husband built mine years ago for me.

[@gerrypetocz6212]

A dumb question, Are you numbering each strip with the page number or say 1-7?

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

When I make my patterns I number them with the page numbers… 1, 3, 5, 7, 9…

[@bba.by.marilyn]

Thinking of buying a paper cutter like you are using but it's $483.00 here in Canada. Would it be worth the investment?

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

I love my paper cutter and it saves me so much time but it wasn’t that expensive at all. Have you looked on Amazon? I think it was there I got my Dahle some years ago. The other little one I use I inherited from a friend many many years ago.

[@angelaslatten9286]

Where do you get these kinds of patterns? What are they called?

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

I make my own patterns and I also test patterns for pattern makers. These are called Photo Strip Patterns or Fore Edge patterns, might be more names for them. There’s lots of Facebook groups and lots sell patterns on Etsy.

[@DayDay-ik7kl]

Cu ce program lucrezi grafica

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

I use Numbers, Photoshop and a software that my brother in law developed for me… others use Excel and Spreadsheets I believe.

[@beverlyhads5813]

How wide r the.strips

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

It depends on how wide the pattern maker made them, they are all different and can vary between 1cm wide to 3 cm wide, or even wider…

[@annunziatanotarnicola4834]

❤ciao sei bravissima volevo sapere se ci sono dei corsi a Torino da seguire di persona sono cose STUPENDE !!!❤

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

Hi and thank you kindly, unfortunately I don’t know of any courses. I’m in Sweden myself ♥️

[@Justme1714]

how do you get to print out a pic like that? can anybody please answer that question!

[@bba.by.marilyn]

Crafted Sweetly you can print your own photo strip.

[@Justme1714]

what???@@bba.by.marilyn

[@BrightSideStudioBookArt]

I make my own patterns in Numbers, Photoshop and in a software my brother in law developed for me. Crafted Sweetly here on KZbin has a great tutorial on how you can make your own patterns.