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Geminii23 · Jan 22, 2016

Yeah, I got to thinking, if I could come up with my own really nice ones that matched each book in terms of color (Not just the generic black ones that you see floating around) and fonts, etc. then it might be a worthwhile investment of time to help preserve my first editions books.

I had also looked at how some special edition BluRay sets like Alien Anthology had really nice slipcases (though not as durable as what is needed for books) and those were done using UV printing. Even more expensive than foil stamping machines.

stacy270 · Jan 23, 2016

Geminii23 said:
Yeah, I got to thinking, if I could come up with my own really nice ones that matched each book in terms of color (Not just the generic black ones that you see floating around) and fonts, etc. then it might be a worthwhile investment of time to help preserve my first editions books.

I had also looked at how some special edition BluRay sets like Alien Anthology had really nice slipcases (though not as durable as what is needed for books) and those were done using UV printing. Even more expensive than foil stamping machines.

Well good luck on your quest and I hope you will share pics if/when you work it out.

Geminii23 · Jan 23, 2016

Has anyone used the Silhouette Curio or Cameo series?

I see that they can emboss and deboss. It can also cut designs that you can create in their studio app. Seems like it good be promising cause it would allow me to design text and fonts that match the books. But I am not sure if it can hot foil stamp, and/or deboss through a sheet of faux leather mounted to book board.

Alexandra M · Jan 23, 2016

Moderator said:
Finally got a picture of the quilt in progress that shows the quilting. It's a little wrinkled from all the manhandling it's been getting doing the quilting. Some of you may recognize this pattern as Irish Chain. There are 8 rows of the off-white blocks with 5 in each row. I'm doing each row a different pattern but all 5 in that row are the same. Still have 3 full rows and 3 blocks in another to finish and then bind it. The binding is all done ready to be sewn on. Keeping my fingers crossed it will be ready by Christmas.

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When I saw your beautiful creation,no, it's more than beautiful it is gorgeous! Anyways, I thought of my granddaughter, she just got a new bed
and needs a blanket. I just bought 2 afghans for her ($10.00 each and they are handmade and new!) and want to get her a pink blanket but
had no luck, so far, finding one. Going to keep looking though.

Alexandra M · Jan 23, 2016

Spideyman said:
This year I made octagonal origami keepsake boxes

They are lovely. It takes a lot of patience to make those and the design lines up perfectly. Lovely.

Alexandra M · Jan 23, 2016

stacy270 said:
I want to preface this by saying that I am a lover of books and have been since elementay school so please trust me when I say this book was ready for life as a box.I have a few shabby books I'd like to do this to but must get David to teach me the ins and outs of constructing a wood box.I'm not one for measuring stuff though so not sure how that would go.

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That's amazing!! How long would it take to make one of these?

Dana Jean · Jan 23, 2016

I helped my son do a school project where we made a giant book and I used the glue technique below to do some embossing, but I used the foil on the raised glue. It worked nicely. I don't think this is exactly what you want to do, but just throwing some ideas out at you and maybe from all these bits and pieces, you will get more ideas for your project.

And the slipcase guy makes a very simple slipcase, I think there are 4 parts?

Geminii23 · Jan 23, 2016

Dana Jean said:
I helped my son do a school project where we made a giant book and I used the glue technique below to do some embossing, but I used the foil on the raised glue. It worked nicely. I don't think this is exactly what you want to do, but just throwing some ideas out at you and maybe from all these bits and pieces, you will get more ideas for your project.

And the slipcase guy makes a very simple slipcase, I think there are 4 parts?

Much appreciated. I have in fact watched his video a couple of times. Really great and simple steps to make a nice slipcase. With the right faux leather paper, my goal is to come as close as possible to the build quality of CD slipcases. I found the company that makes them for CD. Naturally they aren't going to make one-off cases for a single person. And it doesn't seem like anyone sees enough demand (yet) for slipcases to all of SK's books.

I also explored the glue method but for me, I would much rather try to deboss the spine and front face of the slipcase with no hot foil at all than have the gold letters be embossed and protruding. Simply because the slipcases would be slid against each other when ever they are taken off the shelf. For the spine only that might work though. Perhaps I could find a good way to deboss, fill the indentation with the glue with a fine paint brush and then do the foil. Perhaps. LOL

Thank you for the suggestions!

Moderator · Jan 25, 2016

Alexandra M said:
When I saw your beautiful creation,no, it's more than beautiful it is gorgeous! Anyways, I thought of my granddaughter, she just got a new bed
and needs a blanket. I just bought 2 afghans for her ($10.00 each and they are handmade and new!) and want to get her a pink blanket but
had no luck, so far, finding one. Going to keep looking though.

Thank you! Wow, you got a great deal at $10 for something handmade! The materials alone could cost way more than that. Best of luck finding a pink one. :smile2:

stacy270 · Jan 25, 2016

Geminii23 said:
Has anyone used the Silhouette Curio or Cameo series?

I see that they can emboss and deboss. It can also cut designs that you can create in their studio app. Seems like it good be promising cause it would allow me to design text and fonts that match the books. But I am not sure if it can hot foil stamp, and/or deboss through a sheet of faux leather mounted to book board.

I have the Cameo and I think bookboard might be too thick .But the Curio supposedly takes in thicker materials.I would love to trade up but have alot of accessories for the Cameo and it would just cost too much to start over with a new machine.The software takes some getting used to.I have spent hours on the internet looking up "how to" articles for the machine.I had to make myself a Pinterest board just to keep track of them.If you do end up with a Curio I would love to hear how it handles thick materials.Anyone else have a Curio?

Geminii23 · Jan 26, 2016

stacy270 said:
I have the Cameo and I think bookboard might be too thick .But the Curio supposedly takes in thicker materials.I would love to trade up but have alot of accessories for the Cameo and it would just cost too much to start over with a new machine.The software takes some getting used to.I have spent hours on the internet looking up "how to" articles for the machine.I had to make myself a Pinterest board just to keep track of them.If you do end up with a Curio I would love to hear how it handles thick materials.Anyone else have a Curio?

Yeah, I have been doing a crazy amount of research on everything I would need to start attempting to make my own Slipcases. Lots of YouTube videos. I found a great comparison video on the Silhouette vs. the Cricut. In a few of these videos, they gave the Cricut Explore the win. One in particular showed that in an Apples to Apples comparison (IE - exact same design to be cut, both machines with new blades, calibrated and identical material being used) the Explore had cleaner cuts and more detailed. The Silhouette was definitely faster and the software seemed easier to use though. But it looked like the Explore was able to cut through thicker material. The silhouette struggled with cutting through a bunch of stuff in the comparison videos. I have now reached out to Cricut support asking if they know for sure whether their machine can cut through Davey boards, book binders, chip board, etc. So I am currently leaning towards the Cricut Explore.

no bounce no play · Jan 26, 2016

Geminii23 said:
Much appreciated. I have in fact watched his video a couple of times. Really great and simple steps to make a nice slipcase. With the right faux leather paper, my goal is to come as close as possible to the build quality of CD slipcases. I found the company that makes them for CD. Naturally they aren't going to make one-off cases for a single person. And it doesn't seem like anyone sees enough demand (yet) for slipcases to all of SK's books.

I also explored the glue method but for me, I would much rather try to deboss the spine and front face of the slipcase with no hot foil at all than have the gold letters be embossed and protruding. Simply because the slipcases would be slid against each other when ever they are taken off the shelf. For the spine only that might work though. Perhaps I could find a good way to deboss, fill the indentation with the glue with a fine paint brush and then do the foil. Perhaps. LOL

Thank you for the suggestions!

just curious... are you using acid-free materials?

Your comment about CD cases made me think about those plastic slip cases that vhs tapes came in. They might be the right size for paperbacks.

Edit: nevermind, I just looked at my SK paperbacks and they're all too thick for vhs slipcases lol

Geminii23 · Jan 26, 2016

no bounce no play said:
just curious... are you using acid-free materials?

Your comment about CD cases made me think about those plastic slip cases that vhs tapes came in. They might be the right size for paperbacks.

Edit: nevermind, I just looked at my SK paperbacks and they're all too thick for vhs slipcases lol

Yes, that is the plan. To make my own Slipcases as close to professional quality as I can. So book board (davey boards) and appropriate papers. PVA glue which is also acid free. Trying to find good quality imitation leather paper like CD's uses (I'm pretty sure they don't make the cases themselves).

Alexandra M · Jan 26, 2016

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Thank you! Wow, you got a great deal at $10 for something handmade! The materials alone could cost way more than that. Best of luck finding a pink one.

It is not common to get them for that price I know. Her mother had passed on and had made over 50 of them and packed them away. They were in
incredible condition. I think she was more concerned of who they went to than the price.

stacy270 · Feb 2, 2016

Does anyone have any advice? I am fairly new to crocheting.The afghan I am working on is made with red heart yarn and the yarn is very "stiff." I am wondering if I can do something with the washing machine to fix this after I am done.And if so how would I dry it? AND.....do the colors tend to run? I am doing rainbow granny squares and am worried about the red running into the orange and yellow.Thanks in advance for any tips or advice anyone has!

Spideyman · Feb 2, 2016

stacy270 said:
Does anyone have any advice? I am fairly new to crocheting.The afghan I am working on is made with red heart yarn and the yarn is very "stiff." I am wondering if I can do something with the washing machine to fix this after I am done.And if so how would I dry it? AND.....do the colors tend to run? I am doing rainbow granny squares and am worried about the red running into the orange and yellow.Thanks in advance for any tips or advice anyone has!

stacy270 - give me a few secs and ck your PM. There are several ways to soften a finished project and even better doing the yarn before you start.

Moderator · Feb 2, 2016

stacy270 said:
Does anyone have any advice? I am fairly new to crocheting.The afghan I am working on is made with red heart yarn and the yarn is very "stiff." I am wondering if I can do something with the washing machine to fix this after I am done.And if so how would I dry it? AND.....do the colors tend to run? I am doing rainbow granny squares and am worried about the red running into the orange and yellow.Thanks in advance for any tips or advice anyone has!

There is a product called Synthrapol that will fix the colors so they won't bleed. You put it in when you launder the item the first time.
JoAnn's might have it or you might need to go to a store that features quilting products. I'm not one to pre-wash my fabric because I don't like all the fraying and have had success with the Synthrapol when I was using a deep red fabric backing.

stacy270 · Feb 2, 2016

Spideyman said:
stacy270 - give me a few secs and ck your PM. There are several ways to soften a finished project and even better doing the yarn before you start.

Thanks so much for the article! I should have done my yarn first...doh! But I am happy it can be saved! It would make for a scratchy blanket.

stacy270 · Feb 2, 2016

Moderator said:
There is a product called Synthrapol that will fix the colors so they won't bleed. You put it in when you launder the item the first time.
JoAnn's might have it or you might need to go to a store that features quilting products. I'm not one to pre-wash my fabric because I don't like all the fraying and have had success with the Synthrapol when I was using a deep red fabric backing.

Thank you.I will definatly take a look at Joann for that product.It will save tears later on.

Moderator · Feb 2, 2016

stacy270 said:
Thank you.I will definatly take a look at Joann for that product.It will save tears later on.

You could also test wash a little piece of the yarn to see if it is colorfast first before going to the trouble. I meant to put that in the original post but got interrupted and forgot. :smile:

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