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igenlodeI spent Sunday in the multi-stage process of applying new endpapers and a strengthened and hinged cloth spine to my disintegrating hardback manuscript book. (click to view whole image)
The results would have been neater if I had had a sharp craft knife instead of scissors (I threw away my old disposable one because it was getting too blunt), if I'd bothered to construct headbands and turn in the spine over them (or just turn in the ends of the spine), and if I'd proceeded to the fourth step of pasting down siding-papers to make the boards look prettier and hide the raw edge of the cloth. I may yet live to regret this final omission if it ends up fraying a lot from handling, but I really didn't want to have to deal with A4-sized pieces of damp millboard, which tend to warp horribly when wet...
At least the boards, which were dangling by a literal thread (or two or three), are now securely fixed back onto the rest of the binding, which was in pretty good condition. Now I just have to get used to a new search image...
I have no idea where those scraps of cloth originated. Possibly one of my mother's home-made dresses, though I have no recollection of anything quite that... spotty!
The results would have been neater if I had had a sharp craft knife instead of scissors (I threw away my old disposable one because it was getting too blunt), if I'd bothered to construct headbands and turn in the spine over them (or just turn in the ends of the spine), and if I'd proceeded to the fourth step of pasting down siding-papers to make the boards look prettier and hide the raw edge of the cloth. I may yet live to regret this final omission if it ends up fraying a lot from handling, but I really didn't want to have to deal with A4-sized pieces of damp millboard, which tend to warp horribly when wet...
At least the boards, which were dangling by a literal thread (or two or three), are now securely fixed back onto the rest of the binding, which was in pretty good condition. Now I just have to get used to a new search image...
I have no idea where those scraps of cloth originated. Possibly one of my mother's home-made dresses, though I have no recollection of anything quite that... spotty!