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ecoharbor · 5 months

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etherati · 10 days

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The newest quarto binding, featuring my first hand-wound headbands - the four finished stories in the watchmen Carrefour AU. Cover design meant to evoke the idea of crossroads, along with marigolds, which were an important image in the story. I wrote these collectively with Daylilymoon back in the day, and it's one of my fondest memories. Daylily if you are still around, please reach out to me, I'd love to make you a copy too--and I won't even fuck up the spelling on the spine, for your version DX

Text is Sylfean, Trajan Pro for the titles and drop caps, Caslon Antique for the cover text. Chapter header graphic and back cover version of the Kalfu veve by me. The text block was printed on some rustic, thick grain paper that I bought ages ago at Meiningers and I have no idea what the brand was, but it seemed appropriate for an 1800s era story. Cover and endpapers are art paper also from the art store. Siser metal HTV as usual.

I cannot believe I misspelled the spine, aughhhhhhhhh

#ficbinding #fic binding #fanbinding #fan binding #bookbinding #book binding #handbinding #hand binding #quarto #quarterbind #sort of

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fallingsunbindery · 8 months

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The Interrogation by magdaliny 51,263 words | 280 pages Completed August 20, 2023

This story is sweet and haunting and cathartic and so many moments have stayed with me since I first read it. It was a joy to typeset and bind <3 Even when the HTV fought me and had to be applied twice.

#bookbinding #fanbinding #ficbinding #stucky #stevebucky #quarto #2023 #hand binding

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moonshinebindery · 3 months

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Book No. 13

A tête-bêche quarto of two Hannibal fics by emungere, bound for @springkitten, which were exactly the right length to make this a satisfyingly chunky little book to hold.

I have to confess I'm only passing familiar with Hannibal, so I had to take a wild stab at the vibes (as Hannibal does at people, perhaps?), but they assure me that these were acceptable.

This was my first time typesetting from start to finish in Affinity Publisher, and I'm now at that stage where it's not so frustrating to use that I can't appreciate how powerful a tool it is, which is great.

I also trialled a new method of hot foiling, using a handheld foil pen with a plotter-cut vinyl stencil. I'm really pleased with the results here, which is largely due to the faux-leather bookcloth (also a first for me). It took the foiling beautifully, as well as taking creases nicely and generally being very fun to work with.

#bookbinding #ficbinding #fanfic binding #fanbinding #emungere #hannibal #quarto #moonshine bindery

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comagaeze · 10 months

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Nicolas

#Nicolas #casa #house #quarto #bedroom #meusagostos #link #window #sun #sol #janela

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getfuckedblr · 3 months

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little tiny baby book!!! bound in peel and stick velvet wallpaper and silver htv:)

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heliotropepajamas-books · 11 months

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Green Ice - First Fanbinding Project

After having ArmoredSuperHeavy’s How To Make A Book From An AO3 Page instructions open in a tab on my phone for nearly a full year, I decided it was finally time to give it a shot. I started with one of my favorite, comfort-read fics, and while I still have a lot to learn I’m quite pleased with how it turned out for a first try.

The Fic: Green Ice by Adina ( @figtreeandvine here on tumblr) https://archiveofourown.org/works/255163

This is a cross-over between Bertie Wooster and Lord Peter Wimsey - let’s hear it for tiny fandoms! The story is told from Bertie’s point of view, which the author captures perfectly, and while I can’t give away the twist at the end without major spoilers it is so, so good.

The Binding: This is a quarto size (quarter US letter, so around 4.25 x 5.5 inches or 10.8 x 14 cm) typeset in LibreOffice using Garamond for the body and AR Bonnie for the titles. I learned so much while putting the typeset together! The book itself is made out of scraps scavenged from library discard bins and decorative papers that are probably old enough to get their learner’s permit in several states. Flatback case binding made with a variation on the bradel binding method (the only real difference is heavy card for the spine piece instead of book board)

Since the story is set in the 20s I was going for an older look, and given the title it had to be green.

Things to improve: the print quality could be upped a bit, I need to figure out trimming textblocks, and I had to do a bit of patchwork on the inside of the spine when I was too generous cutting relieving darts. But all in all I am super pleased with how it turned out. Now on to the next project!

#fanbinding #my project #quarto #fanfiction #fanworks #Jeeves and Wooster #Lord Peter Wimsey #renegade bindery

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fruitposting · 1 year

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#this has probably already been done #ghost #ghost bc #the band ghost #tobias forge #papa emeritus i #papa emeritus ii #papa emeritus iii #papa emeritus iv #cardinal copia #primo #secondo #terzo #quarto #papa nihil

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snapesmorningcoffee · 3 months

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💝Happy Valentine’s Day! 💝

My first ever paperback cover! This fic is also quarto 🤭 i like to challenge myself to do this! And i love this so far, this fiction suits Valentine’s Day so much.

This fic belongs to amazing @loneamaryllis you can read this on AO3 free, but let me tell you she is Snarriet Queen 👸🏻💖 i love her so much. Thanks again to her to let me bind her fiction! 🥺

I get inspired to make Harrie and Snape’s name pink from baudelaireslibrary’s Dramione fiction, i love bookbinding community so much, always comes with best ideas!

#severus snape #harry potter #snape #fem!harry potter #harrie potter #harriet potter #snarriet #snarry #harry james potter #bookbinding #paperback #paperback cover #snarry fanfictionbinding #fanfiction #quarto #harry potter fanfictionbinding

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sits-bound · 5 months

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Things I like about this little quarto bound copy of from love, obviously by bizarrestars:

It's an adorable size

The edges are pretty straight thanks to my new guillotine

The binding is pretty clean

I'm happy with the foil title on the cover

It's such a great fic, I don't even care that the bind isn't perfect

The end notes were nearly as entertaining as the fic itself, so I'm happy I included them

Things I don't love as much:

The signatures are too big. I forgot that the number of sheets would be doubled, so each signature was I think 16 sheets?

My printer printed a few pages askew, which, at this scale, is pretty noticeable.

Not as happy with the way the author name came out in foil

Just a bit wonky overall

I'm pretty sure I used the wrong side of the bookcloth. Nothing wrong with the side I used, but the other side was prettier. (It's not paper backed, I guess! But no issues with glue seepage.)

But!

Overall, I love it. So cute! Live and learn!

Fonts used: Body: Corundum Text Light Chapter headings: Metallophile Sp8 Title: Kari Pro

#ficbinding #fanbinding #drarry fic #bizarrestars #quarto #sits bound #bookbinding

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sometiktoksarevalid · 9 months

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#no cc #quarto #fanfiction #book binding #fanfic bookbinding #fic: library of alexandria by senlinyu

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ecoharbor · 5 months

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#video #view #goals #meta #bedroom #quarto #vista #nevando #winter #neve #snow #snowing #inverno #lights #trees #woods #nature #natureza #bed #adventure #explore #travel

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speakeronthewall · 1 year

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To My Dearest Friend by surveycorpsjean

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Link/Sidon, NSFW)

15,783 words | quarto | 152 pages

This fic transported me to Hateno Village in a way that nothing else has: for a week, I kept feeling like I'd just put the game down and wanted to get back to it, when I haven't touched my latest playthrough in a month. I knew I wanted to bind it before I finished reading it, and I wanted to try another quarto.

This bind was the one where I finally, truly figured out how the imposer works, lol... Also I had to rebuild the case from scratch because I didn't give myself enough hinge allowance the first time. But it let me try designing and printing a simple cover with my new inkjet printer!

All in all, a simple, peaceful bind for a beautiful, peaceful little fic.

#bookbinding #ficbinding #fanfic #breath of the wild #to my dearest friend #surveycorpsjean #quarto #link/sidon #sidlink #link #prince sidon

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fallingsunbindery · 7 months

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To Trip is Just to Fall by catwalksalone 63,280 words | 310 pages Completed October 8, 2023

This is another incredible Wat/Geoff story by catwalksalone and I really cannot get over the humor and love and humanity baked into every word. You didn't know you needed to read about two kids growing up and falling in love and being messy but trying so so hard - but you DO!!!

In keeping with the themes of the story I went for a very posh outside and somewhat clashing endpapers (hand-marbled by me) inside; the riot of color in the marbling made me think of Wat. And as a nod to a bit of recurring imagery throughout the fic - geese in flight on the back cover.

This was my first attempt at putting HTV on laval bookcloth, which has a velvet-like texture. It went all right, though with a bit more adhesive bleeding and warping than with regular cloth. I realized too late that in my worry about heat damage, the spine lettering is off-center. And I should not have done all those tiny dots on the front cover!!!! But again I will chock it up to Thematic Resonance and say that nobody's perfect and that's okay :)

Absolutely go read To Trip is Just to Fall and lose yourself in a coming-of-age story with an enormous amount of heart.

#bookbinding #fanbinding #ficbinding #a knight's tale #hand binding #2023 #quarto

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dversus · 3 months

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(2005 - 2009)

#room #che guevara #nightwish #tarja turunen #posters #2000s #king kong #zombies #universus #quarto #lost

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muspeccoll · 5 months

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#WordyWednesday

Quarto: A book format, commonly abbreviated 4º. The quarto requires two folds to produce and is usually squarish in shape, though this may vary based on the dimensions of the original sheet of paper. A quarto gathering usually has four leaves (i.e., eight pages) but a quarto gathering produced through half-sheet imposition will have two leaves (i.e., four pages).

Image: Hollandse Mercurius. Haerlem: Gedruckt by A. Casteleyn [etc.], 1673-1676. D1 .H82 (1673-1676) pt.24-27

(via Quarter bound — Ruling · Rare Books: A Glossary · Special Collections and Archives)

#wordy wednesday #wordywednesday #john henry #special collections #specialcollections #rare books #rarebooks #bookhistory #quarto

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