5 hole pamphlet stitch book

the front cover isn't completely decorated yet as I haven't decided what else I am going to use on it. I couldn't get the book to lie flat when I took the photo. For the cover I used a piece of double sided cardstock.

  photo of my book lying open. I added some beads to the binding, but beads look better on a 3 hole book as the holes are evenly spaced.

inside front cover..I added an embossed pocket and a little calendar.

In the yahoo group that I belong to...An Affair with Art (AAWA), Jean B. is hosting a book swap. We have to make either a 3 or 5 hole one signature pamphlet book. The mail out date is March 15th. 

I haven't made a 3/5 hole signature book in quite sometime. In fact I haven't created much of anything in a long time. This morning I decided to make a 5 hole book. I wanted to get my book finished as I will be in Florida when the book is due to be mailed out.

The book could be whatever size we liked, but no larger than a   sheet of  8-1/2 by 11 cardstock folded in half and with no more than 10 folded sheets of  text weight  paper for our signature. We are only suppose to decorate the covers, but we can add beads, pockets, tags or whatever to the book.

inside signature tied and knotted off  with waxed linen thread. I used a smaller piece of cardstock for a page in the center of my book, and also between another set of pages.

Jean was kind enough to share the following youtube videos for various stitched pamphlet books.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZpMG8FCK_0

Tips on using a hole jig and how to tighten your stitches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlvf0Idog10

Tips on using a bone folder to crease your pages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6xGwU-UoJE

Tips on using clips to hold your book together while stitching and using a phone book as a punching cradle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRcE64fY1_s

This one demonstrates the use of a punching cradle to punch the holes and including different sized pages in your signature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mndh_LmMgU

Here are some written instructions and diagrams for the 3-hole pamphlet stitch:

http://www.booklyn.org/education/ispamphlet.pdf

http://sarahnielsen.com/2009/09/pocket-pamphlet-tutorial/

http://libraries.ucsd.edu/preseduc/bookmkg.htm

http://myhandboundbooks.blogspot.com/2007/06/alright-bookbinding-101.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mndh_LmMgU                  This one demonstrates the 5-hole pamphlet stitch and using recycled greeting cards as covers.

For the more adventurous, here's the instructions for a 5-hole pamphlet stitch:

http://jacobdegeling.com/tag/5-hole-pamphlet-stitch/

If you have never tried creating a single pamphlet book look at the sites above and make one... they are fun and easy to make, These  pamphlet books can be inserted into pockets of journals.

 

Elaine