October 2013 meeting photos + recipe

Photos from the Binders Guild October 12 2013 meeting are on Flickr here. Christine showed us how to make Hedi Kyle's Diagonal Pocket Folder booklet.  Sheila has posted the tutorial here.
 
 Our next meeting is November 9, 2013.

Here is the recipe for Tomato Spice Tea Bread that I used to make the mini-muffins I brought:  

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar (packed)
2 large eggs
1 pound tomatoes, peeled, seeded and pureed to make one cup
1/4 sliced unblanched almonds (optional - I never have them on hand)

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter and flour a 9×5 loaf pan. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and mix. Combine the oil, sugars, and eggs in a large bowl and beat with mixer until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the pureed tomato. Gradually add flour mixture, blending well after each addition. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and sprinkle top with almonds if you're using them. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until knife inserted into center comes out clean. (If you are making mini-muffins reduce cooking time to 20-30 minutes - you may have to experiment.) Transfer to rack to cool for 5 minutes, then remove bread and continue to cool on rack.

Creating Hedi Kyle's Diagonal Pocket Fold Book

Hello everyone!

Sorry for the delay, this is from our October 12th meeting.  (Sick child at home.)  

We had a great meeting on the 12th.  A big thank you to Chris Klein who demonstrated our book selection this month.  And a thank you to Carolyn for the Spicy Tomato Muffins!  They were delicious.

Here's what we did to make Hedi Kyle's Diagonal Pocket Fold Book:

Materials:
                  For folder:  12" x 20" text weight paper
                  For signatures:  3 - 6 sheets of 
                                            5 1/2" x 8" paper folded in half

Ruler
Pencil
Bonefolder
Awl
Needle
Thread

Step 1: The folder

Put the 12" x 20" face down and measure and mark the center of the 12" side of the paper.  Fold each side to the middle mark.  It will look like this:

Then unfold and keeping it vertical, you need to make a mark 8" up from the bottom and fold the bottom up to that mark.  You will need to fold that fold over two more times.  So you will have three 4" folds on one end of the paper.

From there, you need to reverse fold the #2 fold up to #3.  Hopefully you can see it in this picture. 

Now, (see picture above) fold both corner to the first vertical long folds.

You then need to take those folds and flip them up, so the corner folds you just made will be facing down.  

You will need to fold the bottom corners in to the horizontal folded line.  (My picture isn't too good, but I'll show it.)

Flip the horizontal fold down, over the two corner folds you just made.  


Refold sides to the middle along those first long vertical folds.  When you turn it back over, it should look like this:

That is one side.  Now you will need to fold the other side.

Fold the two corners to the middle.  Then fold the middle edge up, so that it aligns with the edge of the paper.

You will need to take a bone folder and score the edge of the last fold, like this:

This step is very hard to explain.  Unfold the last two folds and sticking your finger inside, pop the fold out and flatten it along the scored line into a kite shape.  Hopefully pictures will help.

Tuck the two ends into each other.

Tuck the top edge of that inside.  So the edge looks like a triangle.

Now you can fold it into a folder.  Using the edges of the pockets as your guide.

Then fold over to form the folder.

Next, you will want to sew in your signatures.  Start by piercing three holes (about an 1" apart) into your signatures.

Then you will need to align the signatures on the inside folder and pierce holes through the folder.  Using a simple pamphlet stitch and waxed thread sew in your pages.

I did the tie on the inside, but you can choose to put it on the outside, simply by changing where you start your stitch.

And the booklet is complete!

I did take a picture of the insides folds.

Thanks again to Chris.  This was a great book.  Very inspiring.
Thanks too, to all who came and shared.

Save the Date!  Our next meeting is November 9th.

Quote of the Week:  "When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen.  When they're finished, I climb out." - Erma Bombeck

Hand Printed Paper

For my book project next week I decided to hand print some paper.  So here's my inspiration for you:

I took Pinata Inks, Strathmore drawing paper, a piece of old plexiglass:

The plexiglass doesn't really show up in the photo but its there.

Then I drizzles the ink over the surface of the plexiglass.  It has kind of a water effect.

You do have to make sure you put on enough ink and work fast because the ink has a short drying time.  I also did put on a few drops of retarder to help with the drying process.  

Then just carefully put your paper on top of the ink.  The ink should absorb into paper, so you print both sides at once:

You will also need to make sure the you carefully press on the paper to make sure it absorbs all the way in.

Then you remove it from the plexiglass and let it dry and here's the result:

It's very organic and I think it will look interesting with the Diagonal Pocket Folder book that we are going to make at our meeting Saturday, Oct 12th.

See everyone then!

Quote of the Week:  "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."  - Carl Bard