Journal/book Cover Edges Help

[lydian8]

I've been making small book covers for a little bit, but I haven't found an edge method that makes sense to me other than just sewing the pieces together and burnishing the best that I can. I was hoping for a cleaner look. Eveything about rolled edges and welting that I see doesn't seem to help me around the corners. I really have done a lot of searching and come up with clean ways to bind a book, but I want to cover one. I suppose I could use chip board and make a binding over the book, but that's going to get kind of big and heavy. Any advice would be apperciated.

Lenore

[Northmount]

Take a look at this, it may help you figure out how to do your bookbinding.

Tom

[lydian8]

Thank you Tom,

That's great information I'll tuck away for future use, but I'm doing a cover that can be put over an existing book. It needs to be removable. Don't get me wrong, I can make a cover. I was just hoping someone had info on nice, clean edges. I like both fold over and welted edges, but I can't find info on going around the corners.

Lenore

[Northmount]

I've done just a simple slip-on cover like this and laced the edges. This album had a hard cover, so no additional rigidity required.

Are you looking at covering a hard cover or soft cover book?

Tom

[lydian8]

I do like several lace stitches, but I was hoping for a sleaker look. It's a hard cover and needs no additional stiffening. Maybe what I want to do is something no one does. I'm not sure. Maybe no one has figured out 90°angles for welting or rolled edges. I suppose I could just glue a rolled edge, but that doesn't seem very sturdy.

Lenore

[Northmount]

The welt doesn't need to extend around the spine of the book. Just go as far as the edge of the inside pockets. Though I haven't used a welt on a book cover, it would look nice and keep the outside flatter.

Tom