Handmade Pine Cover Book
Design by Kay Williamson of Club Scrap®
 
 
Covers:
(2) 5x6 Pine Pieces
4x5 Blue Plain (Farmer’s Market)
3-3/4x4-3/4 Green Plain (Farmer’s Market)
(2) 7/8”x5” Brick Plain Strips
 
Inside Pages:
(2) 6x10 Printed Transparency (Extra, Extra)
(3) 6x10 8.5x11 Brick Plain (Extra, Extra)
(2) 6x10 Blue Plain (Farmer’s Market)
(2) 6x10 Green Print (Farmer’s Market)
(2) 6x10 Orange Print (Farmer’s Market)
3 yards Natural Waxed Linen Thread
Needle
 
 
Embellishments:
Jumbo D-Ring Hanger
Coin Charm
Beads
D-Ring Hanger
Large Brad
 
Tools:
Chapter One “Table of Contents” Stamp
Paper Piercing Tool and Cork Board
Dye Base Ink and Brown Pigment Ink
Corner Rounding Punch
Japanese Screw Punch or Cropodile
CS® Bookbinding Glue
Foam Brush
Sandpaper
Prerequisite: Stitch Bound Book Making Skills
(See the “Make the Grade Book” webisode in the Scrapbook Lounge area of the CS® Cinema.)
 
 

Instructions:
1. Sand any rough edges from pine covers.covers.
Apply several colors of dye base ink directly to the wood covers.
(We used Adirondack Denim, Rust, Lettuce and Meadow.)








 
2. Stamp the Wood Mounted Chapter One Collage image onto the pine
covers with pigment ink. (We used Colorbox Chestnut).
Rub additional ink along the edges of the covers to add an aged, finished look.






 
3. Round the corners of the 4x5 Blue panel and glue onto the center of
the front pine cover.











 
4. Fold the 6x10 papers and transparencies in half to make 5x6 pages.
Flatten all folds with a bone folder.
Round corners with a corner rounder punch.
Pierce the fold of inside pages at .75, 1.25, 2.25, 3.75, 4.75, and 5.25”.
Arrange the folded inside pages and transparencies into a random pattern.
Each signature of the book will be a single page.






 
 
 

5. Thread the needle with waxed linen.
Stitch pages together using the kettle stitching technique.
Stitch the 7/8”x5” Brick strips of paper beneath the long stitches on the spine.
You may find it helpful to temporarily tape the paper strips into place during the stitching process.

 
6. Attach a pine cover to the front and back of the stitched signatures.
Tuck waxed linen thread tails beneath the covers.
Keep the Brick binding strips on the outside of the covers.

 
7. Glue the narrow Brick strips to the covers with bookbinding glue.

 
8. Round the corners of the 3.75x4.75 Green panel and attach to the center of the Blue panel.
Add a photo or stamped panel to the Green panel to finish the book.




 

 

9. Punch a hole into the right edged of the front cover with a screw punch
or Cropodile. Insert a large brad to attach the D-ring.

 
 
 
10. Thread Waxed Linen scrap through stitching at the top of the book spine.
Tie a knot and add charms or beads to the thread tails.