Hi! What have you been doing in your free time? I have been doing all the usual stuff like cleaning, laundry, and cooking. With my free time I have been crafting and I wanted to share with you my latest project. You all loved the "READ" book folding project that I did so I thought you might like to see another book folding project I just completed. This one is a gift but I will be making one for my house. I thought this might be a fun project for you to do even if you need a little help from your parents. I love book folding so whenever I run across free old books or ones that are fairly inexpensive, I look for ones that I think might be the right size and store them for future projects.
If you are interested in doing one, all you need is an old book or one that you have permission to use, a pattern, a ruler with cm/mm markings, a pencil, and something to help crease the folds like a popsicle stick or a used gift card. I googled DIY Book folding tutorial to learn how to do it. I watched it a couple of times to be sure I knew what I was doing. There are several on the web. Once I was comfortable with it, I then looked at all the patterns that are out there. Some are free and others you have to buy. The "Read" one is one that had to be bought. The "Phillips" one is a custom pattern that I paid for. Once you find a pattern, it will tell you what size book you will need - how tall and how many pages. I usually do my project in two sittings. The first one I mark all of my pages according to the pattern. The second sitting I fold all the pages.
Good luck and happy crafting! If you make one, send me a picture via email or twitter.
Miss you all!
*Do you see that thing next to my book? That is a Book Troll who loves reading. It was a gift/souvenir from a trip to Gatlinburg. I LOVE it!