ve r ?#.- PAMPHLET STITCH = MIE PAMPHLET or butterfly stitth isthe easiest ail onc of the most versatile techniques to use in bookbinding. The basic pamphlet stitch uses three holes to sew through, but if the book or pamphlet is Large, five jen holes may be used. It's al@Bpossible to sew t atures together using 1 ' i ' ‘ ‘Untied jour, Seren LaPlantPRosECT 3 ‘A good ploce to satis wih a simple treehole pam plot with © cover that hos a folded in fore edge. The fore edge may be folded in either fr srengh or Beouty Tip: In any ype of binding, the covers fore edge takes the most abrasion. Fryou wan! your book to last, make the cover’ fore edge sturdy Materials Tox: 4 sheols, standard size, of ony photocopier, laser printer, or typing paper Cover: 1 shee! of ony medium-weight ait paper, cu! 4s instructed below Tie: 1 piece of narrow ribbon, yarn, woxed linen, or kong twisted paper cord. You'll need @ piece ‘about 3-1/2 times the length of your pamphlet’ spine. Tools Bone folder or similor too! Croft or mot knife Metabedged ruler or ler plus metal straightedge: ¥18 tapestry needle or any laigeeyed, bluntended needle Tea towel or paper towel falded into quarters length Push pin, awl, or equivalent Fig. Fig. 2 Process 1, Measure and cut the cover shest 1/2" (13 mm) taller than the tex! paper. For @ narrow fold:in of the fore edge, cu! the cover 3° (76 mm wider than the tex for @ deep foldin, moke it 10° [254 mm| wider. 2, Score ond fold the cover poper in half. Then mark 1-1/4" [32 mm] in from eoch fore edge foro narrow foldin o 43/4" (121 mm} for o deep foldin, Score ‘ond fold both sides inword fFig, 1). Sethe cover aside. [The fore edge may be folded in as deeply as you wish just allow for that amount when originally measuring ‘ond euting the cover) 8. Fold the four text sheets in half. Slip one inside ‘another unil the four sheets nest together as « signor ture (Fig. 21 4. Open the signoture and place it on op of the fold ed towel. Along the fold line, measure the center ond poke a hole there with an ow or push pin. Then make two more holes, one about 1° [25 ma) down from the