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GENERAL INFORMATION - Making your own BoS
This technique can be used to cover a three-ring binder or a non-fabric covered, blank, journal book.
Tools:
- Wooden clothes pins or binder clips
- Flat metal nail file or emery board
Needed:
- Thin cotton or polyester batting (could also use a second layer of cloth)
- Aproximately 1 yard of pre-washed fabric (this can include "quilted" or pieced fabric)
- Paste Craft glue (comes in a short "squat" plastic jar)
- [Optional] Thin cardboard cut to whatever size border you want for the inside cover of book
- [Optional] Iron-on or adhesive clear vinyl
- [Optional] Decorative Paper
Instructions:
1. Cut the outside fabric so that you can center the open book in the middle of one piece and have a one
inch overlap on the inside covers. You should have two pieces large enough to cover the inside of the
front and back covers with enough extra for a "hem" of the raw edges turned under. You may want to
miter the turned under hems to eliminate as much of the bulk of the extra fabric as possible. You can also
cover a thin layer of cardboard for the inside covers.
2. Start with a clean, dry surface. Evenly spread the paste glue in a thin, even layer.
3. Spread the first layer of cloth or batting, smoothing out any air bubbles, and ensuring a good adhesion
between the cloth/batting & the book. If you are using batting, it should only cover the 'back' of the book
and/or the 'inside covers' without lapping over the edges. *IF* you do want the batting to overlap the
edges be sure to cut a section out of the corners, so the batting won't bunch in the corners. (Like mitering
a quilt border). Also, test to make sure you can still close the book and it'll lay flat.
4. Once the glue has set, center the book, covers open, in the middle of the outside fabric. 5. Using
clothes pins or clamps, secure the outside cloth to the notebook. The cloth should be tight and flat. BUT,
you should still be able to close the book without tearing the fabric.
6. Put a wide strip of glue around the front and back covers of the book.
7. Glue down the fabric cover, neatly gathering/folding the fabric over and around the corners. Trim this
layer so there is only about a 1 inch border around the inside of the book on both the front and back
covers. On some three-ring binders, you can tuck the 1-inch overlap "under" the top and bottom of the
ring holders. A flat nail file or emery board can help "ease" it under. On a "blank" journal, you will have
to cut the fabric so you can tuck it down the binding of the book, or tuck under itself on the front of the
book. I would suggest in this case using a product such as Fray Check, or covering the fabric with clear
vinyl to prevent fraying.
8. Again, once this layer has set, add the inside covers. These can be made by covering a thin cardboard
layer with fabric and gluing to the inside covers. Or, cut a piece of decorative paper to make a border and
using the glue paste, glue down. Be sure to eliminate any air bubbles, AND that you can close the book.
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RECIPE - Spicy Grilled Shrimp & Melon Salad
15 dried chiles de arbol (or cayenne chiles)
1 1/2 cups olive oil, for the marinade
1 teaspoon salt
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