{"id":766,"date":"2009-02-14T23:59:37","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T06:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/?p=766"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T19:49:24","slug":"thing-a-day-14-printed-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/14\/thing-a-day-14-printed-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Printed Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I made my tiny photo book (<a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/2009\/02\/10\/thing-a-day-10-tiny-photo-book\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thing 10: Tiny Photo Book<\/a>), I was using a folding pattern intended to, with several folds and a single cut, yield <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylifeorganized.net\/products\/my-life-organized\/PocketMod.htm\" target=\"_blank\">a tiny book with a front, back, and 3 spreads<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I ended up making a lot more cuts to get more spreads and thus needing to &#8220;bind&#8221; my book, which I did with jewelry wire and beads. With less cutting than I originally used but 1 cut more than the single-sided version calls for, the book still doesn&#8217;t need to have a spine or stitching and can have 4 spreads. I used the following pattern (in which you would fold on the dotted lines and cut on the solid lines):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/layout-for-folded-book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Select to download 2-page PDF showing spread layouts, fold lines, and cut lines\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3199\/3283078829_b13809c45c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\" alt=\"Layout for Folded Book\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My goal was to do all the printing on a single sheet of paper, and then fold and cut to get a tiny book that needed no binding. (I did glue the blank [backs of the] pages.) And I got this: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/caitlinburke\/3283935496\/\" title=\"Dream Book: Cover by caitlinburke, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3515\/3283935496_03c315bf51_m.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Dream Book: Spreads\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/caitlinburke\/3283112401\/\" title=\"Dream Book: Spreads by caitlinburke, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3269\/3283112401_a481a556b2_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Dream Book: Spreads\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There. Now I can move on to accordion books and stab-stitch books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I made my tiny photo book (Thing 10: Tiny Photo Book), I was using a folding pattern intended to, with several folds and a single cut, yield a tiny book with a front, back, and 3 spreads. 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