r/Fanbinding

I learned a how to sew headbands and my first attempt came out a little rough but I decided to stick it out to the end and test a few other things I wanted to try so I didn’t waste the typeset I printed. And thus I learned how my chameleon vinyl looks and also how to make a dust jacket!!

The alignment is a little off in a few places but I think v2 is gonna kill it.

Change Your Win Conditions is by Vee (Vera_DragonMuse)

The Shane and Ilya drawing on the cover is by yourfavouritewineaunt

The typeset is by vellichorbindery

Vee is one of my favorite writers and I'm currently obsessed with their WIP Be Satisfied With Flowers if you need something new and amazing to read and love Scott as much as I do.

After letting it dry for two nights, its done!

I used canvas paper for the cover (which was expensive AS HELL, considering I don't have a printer and there's is only one place in my city that prints on canvas paper) I was afraid it would look bulky, because it's a 350g/m², but it actually turned out okay! The golden was hand painted because I didn't find anyone in town that did cri-cut so I ✨️improvised✨️ in the most masochistic way possible. The only thing that went a little wobbly were the end pages — they got a bit wrinkly, but I think that may be because of the paper weight (120g/m²), so maybe next time I'll use a thick paper. Over all, I really happy of how this turned out! I choose not to pass the text block on the guillotine (don't have onr) or cut it by hand (see cut of shame in the last page), but I actually like the look!

Will improve my technics in the future, but I'm actually really happy of how this turned out!

This is the first projet that I really went all out for: headbands, rounded spine, canvas cover, etc. Made a book press out of screws and wood planks. Waiting for the graphic to print the book cover but the mockup i did seemed to fit good! First time doing French biding, first time doing French biding with book strips (is this what is called? I'd, English isnt my first language, srry)

I actually think I'm doing okay, considering everything!

update: Finished project here