Book Binding Diy Leather

Place the book on the leather hide and wrap the cover tightly around it.

Book binding diy leather. Make sure that the top and bottom edges of each piece are aligned and that you have about a inch 0 64 centimeter gap between the spine and cover pieces. I ve been really into bookbinding lately and with halloween coming up i decided to make a dark grimoire with black leather and an amethyst centerpiece supply list real leather black sheepskin leather 0 4mm thick 96 sheets a3 sized sketchbook pape. You can certainly substitute the leather with thick paper fabric or any material that can wrap around the entire book.

You can connect rigid pieces together with bookcloth fabric or strong tape. Coat the back of the leather with glue then paint the cardboard with more glue. It should be one piece and large enough to wrap completely around the book s front cover spine and back cover.

A cheap way of rebounding the book. Choose thin leather otherwise it won t fold easily. If you want to use something rigid like cardboard just make sure you cut out three pieces for the back front and binding of the book cover.

Black magic leather grimoire bookbinding tutorial. I sewed this cover on by looping 4 tight runs of leather waxed thread inside the book pages so it hangs inside this cover. The hardback cover of the book was gone but the gluteals spine and stotching intact.

Starting from the left the sections represent. Press the cardboard into the glue.