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in this tutorial I'll show you how to turn a pad of drawing paper into a simple sketch book using Coptic Stitch binding this binding allows the Sketchbook to flat making it easy to drawing  the tools you'll need are cutting that a ruler utility knife  a pencil a bone folder a light-duty owl and a heavy duty out scissors waxed cotton or linen thread Channel Arch needle for this book I'm using an 11 by 14 drawing pad with 40 sheets  the board on the back of the pad will provide the book covers first you want to start by removing all sheets from the bat then carefully remove the front cover from the board and remove any extra pieces of glue now fold each piece of paper in half then run the bone folder across the folded Edge after all the pages are folded Mark and cut the board and half to make the covers the group the stack of pages into signatures  a signature consists of four pieces of full 2 cheats this will make 10 signatures which makes the book 106 pages  now Mark word pierce the holes for binding first make sure the signatures are evenly on all sides on the top signature lightly Mark 1 inch points 3 inches from both ends using one of the starboard's align it to the inch marks and lightly draw straight line across the signatures not take the top signature make the holes on the covers make sure you know which side you want to buy me and Beyond  align the signature the board leaving about a half inch from the end and Pierce the board next to the marks polls about the same width as your needle after all the holes are made on the first cover wholesome II cover  align the covers with the insides facing each other and Pierce II cover by going through the holes on the 1st set the covers aside and Pierce through the marks on each signature making sure the pages stay Center to the fold as you work  also it helps the stack the signatures back in the order they were when you mark them this will make your book more sign in straight after all the signatures are pierced you can begin binding  double thread the needle with wax thread and tie a knot on the end the amount of thread to use depends on your book you want to have a good amount but manageable enough to work with it's okay to run out of thread finding fix that later  making sure you buy the signatures in the order you mark them start with the bottom cover one signature  so from the inside of the signature to the outside and around to the outside cover I look around can back into the signature repeat this for the remaining holes on the cover sometimes the third Tangles even if it's so be patient with it and so slowly if you feel it begin to tangle for the last hole in a signature after you loop around  return the needle into the next signature continue the same stitching on the remaining signatures always looping around the previous signature Stitch when you reach a point where you have about this much thread left it's a good time to tie it off and begin a new thread tie the thread off in a knot on the inside of the signature cut the ends under the thread behind it and cut it off once you have your new thread continue on to the next normally would from the inside of signature you can go back later and Tuck the ends under the thread for a cleaner look can you reach the last signature it's time to sew on the cover start with a cover live the needle around once turn into weather Wing stitches loop around the previous signature first turn the cover loop around once then back into the signature continue the same stitching on the remaining signature and cover holes when you reach the end tie off the thread with a knot tuck it underneath and cut off the thread

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