Hi friends! here is a little gift together a little job, hope you like them. Come on then.
Did you bind any book? Do you know what is a booklet? This is the job (it is not a very difficult hand job).
Download the attached tale and print it, both faces, the whole tale –it has eighteen pages in A4 format, here is the common home printers' size–
Once printed, look for a page numbered 10-11. You'd have a bunch of papers from the first to the tenth (B1 on the scheme) and another one which begins on page 21. These will be the booklets.
Fold carefully in the middle each booklet.
- Put together both booklets and make four marks on the back with a pencil,marker,...
- Take a needle with a cotton thread and begin to sew the first booklet (ten papers are not so thick, but if you need help use a cork plug or a little spoon to push the needle. It's easier if you make the holes from inside to outside, firstly. Thread may be tighten.
- Add the second booklet and continue your sewing (anyone could understand the last horrible drawing?)
- At the end make a knot.
You must have a little book ready to read :–)
if you want a weight cover use another weight paper and fold it as your book. Tight it with a pinch of glue to the back.
Let's go then. Hope you can enjoy.
My opinion about the tale for the next blog, now I'm coming back to my job.
Ah! Yes! The tale: "The fisherman and his soul" by Osacr Wilde. It's in Open Source and I made the booklet. I'm so sorry in advance for those who need glasses to read %–”)
Comments
Hmmm! that's so beautiful Anele, let's go then!–)
Oh I can only print a sheet of paper only. Even I find it sometimes complicated to set the margin page hehe..
Thanks for the link, but wouah, it set to print already! But still I prefer to read it from screen though it will be a bit complicated.. :S Thanks thanks thanks for the link
Wow! It was worth asking... What a great link you gave me!
By the way, our printers think the same way. ;)
Oksana, it was a little joke because your post about commas and punctuation rules was very interesting, but now I think I can't talk about commas, colons, etc, but I love those long phrases linking thoughts, descriptions and ideas.
And, yes, I don't know your printer but with the mine I print always the odd pages, turn faces down and print all the even pages.
If you prefer to read it on the screen...below to this comment a possibility ;–)
I've found lately "The Fisherman and his Soul" inside a work called "The House of Pomegranates", a collection of short tales written by Wilde. You can find it in feedbooks.com/publicdomain in different formats.
Have a good day or night
=) I didn't check each particular comma but the reading was okay. So, I conclude that all of them feel comfortable on their places. ;)
The reason I asked you about printing was that I got confused with numbers of pages. What is the order to print them? First all the odd pages and then turn faces down and print all the even pages, right?
hehehe!
Oksana, of course you are right, two-sided printed sheet (I used "both faces"). That's happen because my mistakes.
A comment, did you have notice how much I like commas?–)
Hi Javier,
What a marvelous idea for creating a hand-made present! Thank you so much! It was very kind of you!
I wanted to clarify if it should be printed just on one side of a sheet. I didn't find where it was mentioned. Though I suppose it should be two-sided. Am I right?
Thank you my friend for the booklet,maybe I won't print it out(as I am short of ink cartridges),but surely I will read it,I love Oscar Wilde.
Your idea was a very thoughtful one ,anyway,thanks once again!