Book Binding a new/old craft

Remember how we used to use thread or string to make little booklets of our own poems and pictures when we were kids?  Weaving the string carefully back and forth and tying a neat knot and bow in the middle of the 'spine'.  It is not so far from what you can do with paper today and adding a cover makes it even better.

You begin by folding the pages into signatures which are just 3-4 folded sheets nested together.  Mark and pierce the folds with an awl.  I used foam board that I had in my sewing room for the covers.  Then after the buttonhole thread sewing is done I covered the spine with a piece of fabric.  Viola!

Then after the buttonhole thread sewing is done I covered the spine with a piece of fabric.  Viola!