Events

July Get-Together​: Hardcover Book Phase 1: Sewing the Textblock

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​Date: July 26, 2025

Time: 10-12

Place: The Hive, Event B, 2904 E Sprague Ave.

Door Code: Please sign up to our newsletter for the door code

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INWBAS Prep for July 26 Video

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There are things you will need to have prepared before our get together. It is vital that you watch the above video so that you know what and how your paper needs to be prepped.

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You Will Need to Bring:

• your prepped 6-8 signatures

• piece of heavyweight paper/card 1” taller than your signatures and 1.5” wide

• two sheets decorative paper folded and cut to same size as your signatures

• two boards (really, really sturdy cardboard or waste bits of bookboard will do)

• your BBTK* or at least the following:

• pencil

• xacto knife

• awl

• needle

• linen thread (or embroidery thread split to 2-3 threads)

• beeswax (SAS has some or you can borrow a neighbors)

• scissors

• PVA glue

• glue brush

• waste paper

• bonefolder​​

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This first part will be all about sewing up our signatures to form a sturdy text block. You will be shown how to set up a template for making holes for sewing stations, good sewing technique, and how to make your text block square. All of these foundations will set you up to make a stellar hardcover book.

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