A suggestion for the Heat and Bond backed cloth. Cut the corners of the cloth off at a 90-degree angle to help reduce the bulk of the cloth. I suggest making the cut a 1/8 of an inch or 3ish millimeters from the corner of the cover you are putting it on. I do this and it makes the corners on books really nice.
Saturday, February 17, 2024 I am viewing yet another wonderful tutorial from my favorite Natasha! Thank you so much girl. I have just acquired some beautiful, unique material that I ordered for journaling. I plan on covering several covers with this luscious fabric since I watched your tutorial. I know now how to prepare the material for my project. Thank you thank you you are so gifted and talented ❤
Again Natasa, you are so good at tutorials!! I really believe in myself after watching, then I try and find it’s hard!!! lol but I’m practicing!!! I learn so much from you and I’m inspired by you!! Thanks for everything!!! ❤
Wow this is such a great idea! This would be a good mass make project! I typically always make the same size journals so I could go ahead and make the bookcloth for multiple at once. Thank you for always inspiring me so much 🥰
Thank you for sharing your "Science Project" 😉 with us, Natasa! It was so very helpful in weeding out what would be the best product to utilize for our project.
OMG I tried this yesterday to make a journal cover for a gift for a friend, I used iron on stabiliser because I had a heap left from quiting - well I have to say Ive done sooooo many covers using techniques I learnt from you but Yes I had issues at times with glue showing through and Ive had to cover these spots up with some decorations or other. HA !!!!!! not any more THIS METHOD IS AMAZING THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU Not only does it mean the glue doesnt show at all, it makes the fabric so much easier to handle and it doesnt make it so thick its awkward to manipulate LOVE LOVE LOVE IT THANKS AGAIN NATASIA YOURE MY HERO
Thank you for this video on book cloths, and for all the experimenting you do, so that we don't have to. You save us so much time and expense, that I am very grateful for! I have some of the fabric bond stuff, though not sure what weight it is. Have to check. I never thought of using it to make book cloth with! I also have some butcher paper, and cling wrap, and fabric! Really, I had no idea these bonding papers and glues could be used for this! You are one amazing woman! Thank you for sharing everything with us!
Great demonstration of these different products and how each one worked for you. I think I'll try the interfacing one first. Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks so much for this tutorial! I'm about to start working on a book. Knowing how to make Bookbinding cloth (which I'd never heard of) I feel will allow me to have greater success with my book. I have fabric sheets from Dollar Tree which is very thin, thin copy paper and a full bottle of Fabri-Tac. I feel this will be perfect for my first try at your tutorial. TFS
Excellent video as usual, you are a hard worker that deserves much more subscribers, your attention to detail is greatly appreciated, Natasha you are a star 🌟
This is my 2nd comment on this video. I have to say that you have taken such care to make this information valuable and usable. I cannot thank you enough. I look forward to everything you post. ❤
So glad you covered this! I have heard different things and haven’t actually done it yet. But it’s a great reference video that I will look back on when I get ready to make the book paper. Thanks so much!!!! 🤗❤️❤️🐴
OMG!!…. If I haven’t said it before … which I probably have… You are a genius !!! .. I love your creativity .. and you have fabulous ideas.. I love it!!… can’t wait to try.. thank you.. Love your channel..🎉
Thank you for a wonderful and very interesting video this was very informative and i now know what i can use as each one has different application thank you again
I love putting on paper or napkins without having to use Mod Podge type product over it so you keep the fabric and napkins with nice texture on outside. Love the envelopes! I will give these techniques a try. Thank you, Natasha!!! LOVE YOUR CHANNEL! TFS Austin TX USA
I use a product called “steam a seam” for fabric appliqué which takes care of the raw edges. It’s a little tough to hand sew through but looks fabulous! You could do this for a book cover same method. I love the extra detail you put into the finishing of the journals. It is very special and your trademark 🪡💓
Try to mitre cut the corners before folding ends to the inside of the cover. I've found it cuts down on the bulkiness. Love this video though! Great tips and info on how to make book cloth. I doubt I ever would have thought of this!
you can use bookbinder's pva glue with a light weight paper then use a folder (bone folder or Teflon folder) to push out any air bubbles then place between two wax paper sheets and place it between two flat boards under some weight or use a book press..
If you’re using heat n bond made book cloth, or any other book cloth you don’t wrap the corners like a brown paper covered school textbook. You must clip near the corners using the proper book binding method so you don’t have all that bulk. It will look ugly and cause more issues with the end papers or inside covering. The heat n bond method is by far the best method for fabric covered books and will stand the test of time. Watch Bitter Melon for book binding, she will blow your mind… I do really like the way you stitch around the inside papers.☺️💜
Thank you SO much for this! I have been wondering about how to make book paper. I think it looks much more professional. I am going to start using book paper from now on! ❤ Sayess Design
@@janinewoodhull3611 clear sheet protectors you put in 3 ring binders. I have ones I bought at $ tree n they are cheaper quality but work great for backing with cloth n wax paper.
I have used heat and bond for many projects. it is not expensive. it does come in different thicknesses, so i would probably suggest a thinner type. i am definitely going to be making some fabric book binding fabric using it!,
now after watching this.....I have since tried many things......so far....small and medium recycled garbage bin liner bags are a win......did not separate ay all
Great tutorial as always Natasha... didn't realise KMart sold a fabric glue... will have to go looking for it... guessing it is just in the stationary section? Cheers for sharing...
Thank you for the great ideas.. the brown paper you can find it at kmart for $5 a huge roll and it is great. Can you tell me what is the clear glue you use to glue the fabric to the book.❤❤❤❤thank you
Wonderful video, thank you. Have you made a tutorial on how to bind signatures to this kind of cover? If so, would you be kind enough to share a link? Many thanks indeed. X
L'heatn'bond,per me che faccio patchwork,è una vecchia conoscenza😄,infatti lo uso spesso per fare le applicazioni di stoffa sulla stoffa.Voglio invece provare il sistema che hai usato con la pellicola+la carta ,mi sembra una buona idea anche economica.Grazie sempre per i tuoi tutorial e le idee che ci fornisci❤
Hi! Thanks so much for this video - I shall be doing this and love the cling film idea best! I have searched for how to put the signatures into books with a spine - do you have one at all? Many thanks! Love your work :-)
What kind of glue are you using to glue the fabric onto the book at 27 min? Also, one can use an applique sheet to stop the fusible residue from getting onto your iron. (Quilters use it when fusing fabric shapes.)
I think, with the Heat and Bond I would not use any paper for backing. The heavy duty bond would be B enough and for certain instances you could just them iron it it to whatever you’d like.
I never thought to add paper to the back of fabric. To make book cloth I paint it with acrylic paint or, if I want the fabric design, I use clear Gesso.
If at all possible, I would greatly enjoy seeing you sew through some of the various thicknesses of book journal elements. For instance, it looks like some of your books are actually sewn onto the book, if that makes sense. You may have sewn the elements and then glued them down but that is not how it looks on camera. Thank you.
@@deborahakahopeclark9244 I went back a ways and watched one with a title about "mass journal cover" in it. It is from about a year ago. She showed the settings on her machine, gave needle info and then sewed the fabric & cereal box weight paper with hints about how and why to bend the cover while sewing. If I had seen that one, I would not have asked. Having been warned about glue and the internal workings of my machine a long time ago by a machine repair woman, I think I will use the more expensive (up front vs huge repair expense possibility) option of very lightweight fusible webbing for mine instead of glue. For reference-when you sew leather you almost always glue the pieces together and use an even feed foot. Repair people have told me that long term, the glue transferred on the needle as it passes thru the glued layers to the sewing mechanics inside will cause the motor to work harder as parts get "gummed up". For this reason the machine I use for leather (I sometimes make shoes) is *not* my expensive Pfaff but a much less expensive one with less options. My Pfaff stays out all the time while the other one is a pain to dig out and set up. So fusible web will be my fabric to paper choice.
Can anyone please advise - I use double sided tape all the time in all my paper projects and I've gifted journals and cards over the years. Does double sided tape really do what she showed in the video over time? I'll be so upset if my gifts got ruined because of this and I didn't even know.
A suggestion for the Heat and Bond backed cloth. Cut the corners of the cloth off at a 90-degree angle to help reduce the bulk of the cloth. I suggest making the cut a 1/8 of an inch or 3ish millimeters from the corner of the cover you are putting it on. I do this and it makes the corners on books really nice.
Your idea of the napkin on the paper for using inside the journal is very appreciated.
Saturday, February 17, 2024 I am viewing yet another wonderful tutorial from my favorite Natasha! Thank you so much girl. I have just acquired some beautiful, unique material that I ordered for journaling. I plan on covering several covers with this luscious fabric since I watched your tutorial. I know now how to prepare the material for my project. Thank you thank you you are so gifted and talented ❤
Again Natasa, you are so good at tutorials!! I really believe in myself after watching, then I try and find it’s hard!!! lol but I’m practicing!!! I learn so much from you and I’m inspired by you!! Thanks for everything!!! ❤
Wow this is such a great idea! This would be a good mass make project! I typically always make the same size journals so I could go ahead and make the bookcloth for multiple at once. Thank you for always inspiring me so much 🥰
Thanks, Natasha! That was such useful information.
The journal covers all look really lovely!
Thank you for sharing your "Science Project" 😉 with us, Natasa! It was so very helpful in weeding out what would be the best product to utilize for our project.
Always impressed with your contributions to our Junk Journal community!
One clever woman..love your details…such an important part of tutorials ♥️
Just the info I needed right now...using a book cover for a journal.
Thanks for your excellent tutorial! Have a blessed weekend 🤗🕊️
What a variety of ways to make book cloth! Wonderful tutorial as always❤
OMG I tried this yesterday to make a journal cover for a gift for a friend, I used iron on stabiliser because I had a heap left from quiting - well I have to say Ive done sooooo many covers using techniques I learnt from you but Yes I had issues at times with glue showing through and Ive had to cover these spots up with some decorations or other. HA !!!!!! not any more THIS METHOD IS AMAZING THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU Not only does it mean the glue doesnt show at all, it makes the fabric so much easier to handle and it doesnt make it so thick its awkward to manipulate LOVE LOVE LOVE IT THANKS AGAIN NATASIA YOURE MY HERO
Thank you for this video on book cloths, and for all the experimenting you do, so that we don't have to. You save us so much time and expense, that I am very grateful for! I have some of the fabric bond stuff, though not sure what weight it is. Have to check. I never thought of using it to make book cloth with! I also have some butcher paper, and cling wrap, and fabric! Really, I had no idea these bonding papers and glues could be used for this! You are one amazing woman! Thank you for sharing everything with us!
Thank you so much 😊
Great demonstration of these different products and how each one worked for you. I think I'll try the interfacing one first. Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you for putting all the work in for the benefit of us all. This is been a great experiment. Thank you for sharing
Thanks so much for this tutorial! I'm about to start working on a book. Knowing how to make Bookbinding cloth (which I'd never heard of) I feel will allow me to have greater success with my book. I have fabric sheets from Dollar Tree which is very thin, thin copy paper and a full bottle of Fabri-Tac. I feel this will be perfect for my first try at your tutorial. TFS
I just adore your presentations. You should teach how to prep and present information. Great job! Thank you very very much.
OMG! Thank you Natasha for the 101 lesson. Really informative! Thank you for sharing all those wonderful videos! It is so appreciated
Thank you so much 😊
Excellent video as usual, you are a hard worker that deserves much more subscribers, your attention to detail is greatly appreciated, Natasha you are a star 🌟
This is my 2nd comment on this video. I have to say that you have taken such care to make this information valuable and usable. I cannot thank you enough. I look forward to everything you post. ❤
I learn so much from you. Thx again for yet another fantastic tutorial. Greetz from the other side of the world, Holland.
Thank you so much, you inspire us every every time. Love this🌸
So glad you covered this! I have heard different things and haven’t actually done it yet. But it’s a great reference video that I will look back on when I get ready to make the book paper. Thanks so much!!!! 🤗❤️❤️🐴
This is exciting. I cannot wait to try this. Thank you for this tutorial! Blessings
Wonderful video Natasha! So how would you bind in the signatures ? Hidden binding? I can’t wait for your next video. Loving these! TYFS ..🤗❤️🤗
Wow I thought the sunflowers were stickers they look so perfectly cut. Lovely video Natasa ❤ x
Very interesting. Thank you. I usually use cotton sheet stuck to paper with PVA. I use this to make hidden spines in old books for my journals.
OMG!!…. If I haven’t said it before … which I probably have… You are a genius !!! .. I love your creativity .. and you have fabulous ideas.. I love it!!… can’t wait to try.. thank you.. Love your channel..🎉
This was very helpful. I have mainly used interfacing but I like the gladwrap and double sided tape ideas too.
I applique with school glue. You can use your iron to dry the school glue faster and smooth it down.
Thank you for a wonderful and very interesting video this was very informative and i now know what i can use as each one has different application thank you again
I love putting on paper or napkins without having to use Mod Podge type product over it so you keep the fabric and napkins with nice texture on outside. Love the envelopes! I will give these techniques a try. Thank you, Natasha!!! LOVE YOUR CHANNEL! TFS
Austin TX USA
What a helpful rundown of options!
For what its worth, Kmart now has the Anko fabric glue on their website and says it is an EVA glue.
Thank you so much. That has really helped me to see how to improve my fabric covered journals.❤️
Thank you for your videos! I love the way these look and feel. I am new to bookmaking and Treasure Books.
Welcome!
The iron-on adhesive is also available in sewing supply stores as fusible sheets and rolls. It comes with either single side bonding or double-sided.
it's used to make applique/patch/emblem without sewing in case your local sewing store doesnt understand. Its called Iron-on patch in my country
I use a product called “steam a seam” for fabric appliqué which takes care of the raw edges. It’s a little tough to hand sew through but looks fabulous! You could do this for a book cover same method.
I love the extra detail you put into the finishing of the journals. It is very special and your trademark 🪡💓
I have used the "heat and bond" with tissue paper backing. It worked very well.
Thank you for sharing your experiments with us, so we hooefully dont make the mistakes 😅 Love and hugs from Denmark ❤
Try to mitre cut the corners before folding ends to the inside of the cover. I've found it cuts down on the bulkiness. Love this video though! Great tips and info on how to make book cloth. I doubt I ever would have thought of this!
Fabulous information as always.
Thank you for this information! Will give them a try for sure!
So helpful! I’ve used heat n bond but had no idea of the other methods. Thanks so much!
Great video. Thank you for sharing.
What an amazing video Natasha, it helped me so very much and I so appreciate you girl, thanks and many thanks
Thank you ❤️
The kraft freezer paper comes from Kmart in Australia it is called Brown Craft Paper and is $5 and 50cm wide and 12 metres long.
you can use bookbinder's pva glue with a light weight paper then use a folder (bone folder or Teflon folder) to push out any air bubbles then place between two wax paper sheets and place it between two flat boards under some weight or use a book press..
This was so informative, thank you❤️
If you’re using heat n bond made book cloth, or any other book cloth you don’t wrap the corners like a brown paper covered school textbook. You must clip near the corners using the proper book binding method so you don’t have all that bulk. It will look ugly and cause more issues with the end papers or inside covering. The heat n bond method is by far the best method for fabric covered books and will stand the test of time. Watch Bitter Melon for book binding, she will blow your mind… I do really like the way you stitch around the inside papers.☺️💜
Thank you! This is just what I needed this morning. ❤
Thank you. Really informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for sharing. This was very helpful.
Love your videos!! 💜
Thanks much for this and this is looking really useful and great
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you SO much for this! I have been wondering about how to make book paper. I think it looks much more professional. I am going to start using book paper from now on!
❤ Sayess Design
I used the plastic notebook inserts from dollar tree. They work great.
Can you explain what you mean by plastic notebook inserts? I am intrigued. Thanks
@@janinewoodhull3611 clear sheet protectors you put in 3 ring binders. I have ones I bought at $ tree n they are cheaper quality but work great for backing with cloth n wax paper.
I have used heat and bond for many projects. it is not expensive. it does come in different thicknesses, so i would probably suggest a thinner type. i am definitely going to be making some fabric book binding fabric using it!,
fruitful ideas! thanks!
Good to know!...Great ideas!.....Your a clever and creative woman..............😻
This was extremely helpful!!!
I'm so glad!
Wonderful tutorial.
now after watching this.....I have since tried many things......so far....small and medium recycled garbage bin liner bags are a win......did not separate ay all
Great tutorial as always Natasha... didn't realise KMart sold a fabric glue... will have to go looking for it... guessing it is just in the stationary section? Cheers for sharing...
Another fabulous creative video! I am already pulling out fabric :) How would you secure the signatures?
Excellent and thoruogh tutorial, thank you.🌹
I've always used heat n bond lite and tissue paper. I bet making those changes would be a big difference for you.
I like the feel and sound of the freezer paper. How about combining it with the plastic wrap method? I wonder how that would work.
great explanations, always learn from you
Great information! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️😊🌻
Great information.always !! Thank you !!
Gosh! So informative! Thank you so much!❤
Thanks !
The Heat and Bond you used is the thickest one. There is a lighter weight available.
Nat, I would love to see you do more with plastic wrap :)
Me too👍
I was thinking about trying interfacing... since I have a lot that I bought a couple of years ago
Wonderful information thank you
Good information.
Could you do a tutorial on how to have a front fabric, a spine fabric, and a back fabric (all different) using the interfacing.
Thank you so much, great tutorial!!
Thanks so much for this Love it
Thank you for the great ideas.. the brown paper you can find it at kmart for $5 a huge roll and it is great. Can you tell me what is the clear glue you use to glue the fabric to the book.❤❤❤❤thank you
Dear Natasha
Pls explain how you attach the signatures to thick book spines.thank you.tc
Wonderful video, thank you. Have you made a tutorial on how to bind signatures to this kind of cover? If so, would you be kind enough to share a link? Many thanks indeed. X
L'heatn'bond,per me che faccio patchwork,è una vecchia conoscenza😄,infatti lo uso spesso per fare le applicazioni di stoffa sulla stoffa.Voglio invece provare il sistema che hai usato con la pellicola+la carta ,mi sembra una buona idea anche economica.Grazie sempre per i tuoi tutorial e le idee che ci fornisci❤
Hi! Thanks so much for this video - I shall be doing this and love the cling film idea best! I have searched for how to put the signatures into books with a spine - do you have one at all? Many thanks! Love your work :-)
Great ideas
Thank you Janet!
This vid is invaluable Ty for sharing!
wow....Thank you !!
Great info! Thank you. 😊
What kind of glue are you using to glue the fabric onto the book at 27 min? Also, one can use an applique sheet to stop the fusible residue from getting onto your iron. (Quilters use it when fusing fabric shapes.)
The wide double-sided tape I think is carpet laying tape.
Heat & Bond comes in two types. There is also a lite which would probably work better for making book cloth.
I think, with the Heat and Bond I would not use any paper for backing. The heavy duty bond would be B enough and for certain instances you could just them iron it it to whatever you’d like.
I like using Wonder-Under style#805 by Pellon .
Would a napkin back be too thin? A way of using the leftovers of a napkin? Or should it be stiffer?
Dear Natasha
How do you bind signatures to hard cover books
I never thought to add paper to the back of fabric. To make book cloth I paint it with acrylic paint or, if I want the fabric design, I use clear Gesso.
Yes! I'm struggling with glue lines!!!!
I saw three types of the heat and bond on amazon - regular weight, lite and feather lite. Just wondering what you used there?
I’m pretty sure mine was regular
A useful video
Thank you 😊
If at all possible, I would greatly enjoy seeing you sew through some of the various thicknesses of book journal elements. For instance, it looks like some of your books are actually sewn onto the book, if that makes sense. You may have sewn the elements and then glued them down but that is not how it looks on camera. Thank you.
I was wondering the same thing, thank you for asking.
@@deborahakahopeclark9244 I went back a ways and watched one with a title about "mass journal cover" in it. It is from about a year ago. She showed the settings on her machine, gave needle info and then sewed the fabric & cereal box weight paper with hints about how and why to bend the cover while sewing. If I had seen that one, I would not have asked. Having been warned about glue and the internal workings of my machine a long time ago by a machine repair woman, I think I will use the more expensive (up front vs huge repair expense possibility) option of very lightweight fusible webbing for mine instead of glue. For reference-when you sew leather you almost always glue the pieces together and use an even feed foot. Repair people have told me that long term, the glue transferred on the needle as it passes thru the glued layers to the sewing mechanics inside will cause the motor to work harder as parts get "gummed up". For this reason the machine I use for leather (I sometimes make shoes) is *not* my expensive Pfaff but a much less expensive one with less options. My Pfaff stays out all the time while the other one is a pain to dig out and set up. So fusible web will be my fabric to paper choice.
Thank you so very much, I believe I will do the same 😊
Can anyone please advise - I use double sided tape all the time in all my paper projects and I've gifted journals and cards over the years. Does double sided tape really do what she showed in the video over time? I'll be so upset if my gifts got ruined because of this and I didn't even know.