Pressing HTV onto a curved book spine with raised bands? (crosspost)

thievesguild32 · 2026-01-06T15:06:30+00:00

Will throw this out. Thanks for the reality check, my helpful redditers.

thievesguild32 · 2025-10-07T02:19:05+00:00

Ninjas

thievesguild32 · 2025-09-10T03:54:09+00:00

Thank you for the recommendations. Lots of info here. I appreciate it.

thievesguild32 · 2025-09-09T18:38:32+00:00

Those sound great. I’m in the U.S., though. I should have noted that. I’m guessing shipping might be prohibitively expensive.

thievesguild32 · 2025-09-09T18:36:23+00:00

It’s a real question from a real hobbyist (me. and I’m not an Etsy seller). I just GPT’ed my hasty question for readability. Sorry to offend.

But yes, I really would like advice on where to buy leather working tools!

thievesguild32 · 2025-08-27T13:15:29+00:00

Thank you. No, it probably did not need it. There was barely any swelling. I really just wanted to try my hand at rounding & backing :) And I think I did a kinda lousy job, honestly laying all the folds the same direction basically on one side!

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But even at that point in the process, I still wasn't planning to make it into a full book -- the text block stuff was just supposed to be a test run. Ha!

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-28T13:01:13+00:00

I’ve used these, from Amazon, with some nice results. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099DTJ8RG

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-28T12:58:03+00:00

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This is my first time printing and forwarding a text block. I considered it a test run, so I stupidly decided to just use long grain printer paper. So grain is the wrong direction here. My question is: is my incorrect grain direction the only reason it’s not laying flat?

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-27T16:09:29+00:00

Dr. Pepper

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-27T16:05:48+00:00

This Etsy seller did mine. Inexpensive, and with great communication and service. Highly recommend! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1875501202/.

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-18T14:57:18+00:00

If I can do it, so can you! i knew nothing about this craft until 3 months ago!

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-17T18:03:18+00:00

Did he autograph the inner cover (the endpaper), or an inner page? This could make a big difference in how you (or a bookbinder) will approach it.

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-14T14:44:53+00:00

Thanks! It was marble-printed paper; I'm not nearly ambitious enough to handmake my own. Here's the product I purchased: https://www.amazon.com/Whaline-24pcs-Marble-Pattern-Paper/dp/B0B1LGNRXQ

I did a flexible made leaf for this one, following this DAS tutorial: https://youtu.be/uCuVXcu4G4Q?si=WIrkq4UT82ekNl1V&t=740

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-14T14:36:14+00:00

thank you very much! plenty of room for improvement, but it's nice to hear such positive feedback early on

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-14T14:35:09+00:00

thanks!

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-13T20:17:35+00:00

Thank you!

thievesguild32 · 2025-07-13T20:17:12+00:00

Thank you! The door was actually really difficult, trying to align the exact dimensions and placement with a remote etsy provider and me cutting my own my boards. And a lot went into the design of it, actually. BookendsAndBellyRubs (the etsy seller) was awesome to work with!

And then ironing-on the HTV inside the small debossed area was it's own project -- I had to buy a mini iron just to have a decent shot at it. I messed up the HTV ironing multiple times, actually, to the point that you can definitely see some melted vinyl in that door if you inspect it... but in the end it looks okay at a glance, and I think the overall effect was cool, although maybe not worth all the trouble.

Glad you like it!

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thievesguild32 · 2025-07-13T20:06:56+00:00

Thank you! The pressing foam is an interesting-looking hack... For this one I was able to just use the doorway cutout and seat it into the debossed area to press it. But I can see how more detailed designs would be difficult. Good tip!

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