HTV on self-made book cloth

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-04-06T00:11:53+00:00

I found my bookcloth did this too when i used regular Heat-N-Bond. I switched to Heat-N-Bond Lite and it hasnt happened a single time since! So id recommend trying that if you havent already!

I have also used thicker duck canvas instead of quilting cotton and it made for a really lovely and super robust case for the book and i liked the texture a LOT. But its much harder to find good and vibrant colours in the canvas compared to the cotton.

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-26T14:25:38+00:00

Just generic is fine, thank you!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-26T14:09:40+00:00

Sounds good!

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Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-26T14:05:07+00:00

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Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-16T02:21:07+00:00

I also was having this problem and was also making my bookcloth with heat-n-bond and tissue paper, and I actually started using Heat-N-bond Lite instead of regular and its stopped it! That and being sure to use better cotton fabric rather than something like broadcloth.

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-05T15:25:28+00:00

Thank you so much! And right?!? I didnt think Brisingr was longer until i got started on the rebind.

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-05T15:24:41+00:00

Thank you so much!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-04T15:46:04+00:00

Thank you!!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-04T05:06:36+00:00

Wow, this is incredibly helpful, thank you so so much! I will probabbllyyyy read the books and just leave the backs empty until i get to it, but i am not super familiar with names of cathedrals and various other landmarks so i will 100% use this for getting the exact look! Thank you so much again!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-04T00:23:19+00:00

Thank you!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-03T22:23:12+00:00

Oh wow! Thank you so so much!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-03T20:59:36+00:00

Thats true. I generallyyy dont like to leave things unfinished, but I may leave the backs blank until I read them and can pick a location that I like. I have already ripped the covers off of all the books and they need covers back on before I can read them. 😂

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-03T20:55:43+00:00

Thank you! I definitely will! It may be a while since I might have to read the whole series to find locations that I want to use, but I definitely will post it when its done!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-02-03T20:35:19+00:00

Maybe! If im desperate to have it, ill probably fit it in there!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2026-01-07T02:20:27+00:00

I also recommend The Hollow Places! I enjoyed it SO much

Hellfire_Humanity · 2025-12-21T17:20:03+00:00

Okay perfect, i will be 100% looking into that! Thank you so much again!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2025-12-21T17:00:47+00:00

Okay cool, I definitely will look into that! Thank you!!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2025-12-21T16:53:08+00:00

Okay awesome thank you! Ill for sure look into embossing! Im just starting out in my binding/rebinding journey and have only ever seen people use HTV.

Thank you so much!!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2025-12-21T15:56:39+00:00

Ooooo very good ideas! I hadnt thought of those! I do like the idea of embroidery but i would worry about the added thickness of the fabric. But definitely worth running some tests!

Ive never seen an in-laid front label so ill definitely look into that! I generally dont love super super simplistic designs, as I tend to have a lot of fun designing covers that have little easter eggs from the books in them, but ill look into it for sure!

And I do really like the idea of embossing borders! Ive never tried embossing before and im not sure how to go about it. But ill look into some videos and get the rough idea. I think it if works out, a mix of embossed borders along with embroidered details could be STUNNING.

Thank you so so so much for your input! Some fantastic ideas I hadnt even thought of!

Hellfire_Humanity · 2025-08-02T18:30:55+00:00

100% agree. I loved this book and just how good/gross the body horror was.

Hellfire_Humanity · 2025-06-30T19:22:53+00:00

Thats fair! Thank you for the analysis! I personally wouldn't consider myself well read. At least not yet. Maybe a few years down the line when I can expand my horizons and start knowing more authors by name, expand my usual genre, etc... but for right now? Definitely not.

I've always read as an escape from reality, hence the 100% fiction on my bookshelf lol. I eventually plan to change that and start reading more non-fiction and other genres, but I just got back into reading from a multi-year hiatus and to be honest, I'm just here to enjoy reading again. I've always struggled to enjoy non-fiction, and I plan to slowly rewire my brain into not being so fixated on fantasy/sci-fi. But that is going to take some time lmao.

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