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Fanbinding account of @Stefanyeah Secret Belgian Criss Cross Fan <3 Bookbinding Blog: hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book_cryptid

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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thank you. :D
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Progressing on the Under Ostentiferous Stars bind. :D #bookbinding #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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The Spine is Spining!
Finally sat down to do the spine for my Under Ostentiferous Stars. And finally I've found something to round my spine stiffeners! 🙌🏻 I also remembered to pretty up the inside. So if you peak into the ...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Almost forgot to post my new and finished BuJo. #bookbinding #BuJo #BulletJournal hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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New BuJo finished!
It is done! Just in time. 🙌🏻 I found cloth that came coated from the outside in our little local craft store. It's not very resistance to pressure, though. Put the two coverboards over each other to d...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
An earlier post from today, because I've received the fancy papers I want to use for that bind. hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Fancy Papers!
My fancy papers from Papiers Prina finally arrived. :D »I am Daniela Prina, a paper marbler, and I find inspiration in the dialogue between tradition and contemporary creation. PAPIERS PRINA is my per...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Finally Printed! Whooo! #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Finally Printed
Aaaand, with the fancy endpapers having arrived I lacked any apology to procrastinate the printing chore. All printed, A4 quarto gooooooo! And only one of then ten sheet batches had to be reprinted, b...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Aaaaand, it's done! 🎉 #sewing #TravelersNotebook hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Gig Purse Finished!
I've finished the gig purse thing. First, the booklet had to be made, so I have something to measure the rubbers against. Hammer time! Well, the hammering of the eyelets had already happened. Only needed to attach the little metal thingies that keep the closing elastic inside. ------------------
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Work on the cover has begun. My second time doing bias binding looks a little better than the first time. I even got one corner done really well. :D #sewing #TravelersNotebook #Upcycling hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Giving an old Bag a new Purpose
#sewing #TravelersNotebook #upcycling Did some foldy-squeezy testing with the SnapPap and decided it would work fine as inside material. Also, Mum found an old bag I used to use a lot somewhere, so I'...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#Sewing #TravelersNotebook Much despair happened, but I am happy with this now. :D hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Second Attempt: Success!
#Sewing #TravelersNotebook The second attempt is finished and I'm happy with it. :D Turning it inside out went so much easier and quicker as with that snappap variant a few days ago. :D Decided to do ...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Just a quick little longstitch. Nothing hard, surely nothing would go wrong. Right? Right? #bookbinding #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Just a Quick Little Longstitch
#bookbinding #fanbinding Nothing big, just a quick one. The signatures were already printed. So I finally cut them. And did a quick longstitch before the dogsite. Yeah, well… The holes were a little c...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Since the books have arrived where they belong, I can now post photos. :D #fanbinding #bookbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Fandom Trumps Hate 2025
#fanbinding #bookbinding Finally my bind for Fandom Trumps Hate 2025 has not just been finished, but also arrived in it's new home! Thus, I can post photos and the video. :D My auction winner only wan...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Unexpected Mini Supply Haul hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Material Haul
Had an unexpected trip to the mall and went to Tedi and the craft store for some supply shopping. (I was holding back on some things. Please be proud.) Some metallic and flowery papers from Tedi. I've...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Thank you. :D
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Okay, now with the actually actual correct link… hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Photos! Videos! Freedom!
And here we are, photos and the little video. My little trilogy, writing this was the work of two years. Binding only took a little over half a year. I will now put them on my bookshelf and let them r...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Reposting with working link. And here it is, the pretty photos and a little video. #bookbinding #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
No glamour shots of the finished books yet. (Need to edit and upload the video still.) But a last progress post, because of course, I still had to do some fixing before being done done. #bookbinding #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Before we get to the Glamour Shots
The very chonky number three didn't want to play nice with the glue. I do think rounded and in-boards would've worked so much better than this flatback where the textblock is also only attached with t...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
And mostly finished. :D The glue is still drying, so proper fancy photos hopefully tomorrow. #fanbinding #bookbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Glued and Drying
It is done! 🙌🏻 🎉 Well, almost. Still needs to dry, but the textblock has been glued into the case. Chonk pile! My red foil likes to be weird and randomly not work at all. That of course effected the s...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Getting closer to finishing binding this trilogy! A little update and an early recap of mishaps. #bookbinding #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Dragon Rider Progress
Did some progress for my Dragon Rider trilogy.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
And because I'm finishing a lot of projects and one of them has also arrived, have a second post today! hub.hubzilla.de/hq/d1f30067-... #bookbinding #fandbinding
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
And it's finished! #bookbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Swiss Binding Done!
Final Photos of my Swiss Bind. :D
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Slowly filling my Hubzilla place with progress. I think I really might get used to that as my main place to dump big #bookbinding posts. (It might move some months down the line when/if I get into selfhosting for realz.) Anyways: Today's progress! hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Quite Some Process
I was procrastinating glueing this, because of my preference for building the case around the textblock instead of first creating the case and then glueing the textblock in. But I'm on a deadline for ...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Finally managed to not only film, but also edit the little catchup of what I've made in the past year. makertube.net/w/q1kX8ESWfY...
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A Little Catchup
So, what have I been up to, this past year of radio silence on this channel? Lots of IRL stuff, and then not feeling like filming and editing. Talking of editing, I still can't listen to my own voi...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
And, as I realised after glueing the spine to the textblock, this was not supposed to be built around the block. I was supposed to create the case and glue the textblock into it… And I was wondering why I they looked so different from the in-boards bradels I've been doing for a few months now.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
With the books I'm doing for others winding down and being almost done, I went back to an older project, I had lost the drive to continue with. Did some miscutting of coverboards and thus only one was finished and the other remained waiting. #fanbinding #bookbinding
Photo shows three books in various states of finished. One book is clamped with two C-clamps as the spine dries. The other is finished and the third and thickest is just a textbloock.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I wondered if my problem with the index function was due to some weirdness in the file. So I made a new one. And guess what? The moment I click "Insert Index" #Affinity is gone. Poof. Shut down. Disappeared. I'll just recreate the whole thing in V2. Thanks for nothing, V3.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Thank you. :D We all really need to embrace that motto into out lifes.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
And here it is, my quick little octavo with leftover cloth to keep track of Gojira's tricks. (It's much needed so I don't use two commands for one thing, or one command for two things. Happens far too easily when you're dabbling in a lot of dog activities.) #Bookbinding
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Might be addicted to this 3-signatures bind. Did a little gift I can't post about yet and then had to quickly do a little octavo for tracking dog tricks. (It's drying and being pressed, so photos later.) Cute little octavos are also great for using up leftovers. youtu.be/Yn9Fu5TvlzQ #bookbinding
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
…I overestimated the page count. It's a lot slimmer than planned. Also, a little tracker for tricks with stars on how well Leia can do them. Prefilled some in parts for Mum to get an idea. Maybe I should do one for Gojira and me as well. *off-to-Affinity*
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
This one I finished a few days ago, but only took photos today while waiting for the hot foil pen to heat up. A sewn boards adventure log for Mum and her dog for Christmas. I would've liked to also use in-boards bradel for it, but as so often, /2 #bookbinding
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Even the endbands are… very individual. Look at the special effect in the middle of the book! It's twisted! 😅 I also learned that the curtain I used for the spine is not good for filled bookcloth. It's all learning and practising here.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
And now, everyone please join into the mantra of "Done is Better than Perfect" But you know, I'd rather have the wonky shit happening on my #BulletJournal than on the books I'll do for others. This is an in-boards bradel bind and I *really* needed a refresher for it. #Bookbinding #BuJo
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Let's try and get those edges to look a little better and less jagged. *makes everything even worse* 😭
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Cooking and sieving paste and spines, spines, spines! #bookbinding
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Filled bookcloth experiments. Curtains and my old PJs. Not surprisingly at all, the curtains lost the sheen when being filled. Both for the new BuJo, because I couldn't possibly pass up the chance of a tartan BuJo. :D #bookbinding #bookcloth #filledbookcloth
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Gojira also has a little spot in the bookbinding studio. (And chooses different spots more often, of course)
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
New place and a proper space for the binding courtesy of the prior renters who left the table, chair and monitor in this little attic room. I've still got to evolve a system where to store which things, but I'm getting there.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Also, doing new things like filled bookcloth and cooking my own paste, so experimentations going on as well.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Been a while I posted something, as some IRL stuff paused the bookbinding endeavours for three months at least. So I'm now working on 7 books simultaneously and not taking vids or presentable photos. :P One book's finished, as it's a Crimbo pressy and my new BuJo needs finishing before the 27th…
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
My supervisor, making sure the books come out alright.
An Miniature American Shepherd lying beneath a workbench and sleeping. I'm visible sitting cross-legged on a the chair at the bottom of the photo.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
*cries* It is printed. Finally. If something turns out to be wrong or I do a cutting mishap, I will ugly cry for real.
A stack of printed papers that soon will become a book.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The pages I needed to print vs the misprints because of my stupid HP printer. I should charge them for the paper wasted. #PrintersAreNotYourFriends
Two piles of paper, one slim with only ten sheets, the right one being a lot higher.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Ink Cartridges finally arrived! 🙌🏻 And of course, I put in the already printed signatures wrong, or miscalculated what I've already printed. 🙄 More waste sheets for furture projects!
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Asked a friend for advice and alu-foil and WD40 helped getting it a little more silvery again. I went at it a few times, so I guess that's all I can achieve right now. [Photo descriptions: Three photos showing the same compass as above, with a little less black spots.]
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Mum found Granpa's old compass during the move and I immediately claimed it as mine. [Photo descriptions: Three photos showing a silver mathematical compass covered by black spots that may be rust.]
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
However, new place new setups. This metal thingy serves as a ruler when cutting signatures, provides something to push signatures against and thriples as a press. #bookbinding
A folded textblock is held by screw clamps between a table and card board and a long metal bar.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The fuck, printer? #PrintersAreNotYourFriends #PrintersBeingPrinters
A sheet of paper, the lower third has text printed properly, the upper two thirds are covered by randomly coloured stripes.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Once again, the printer taught me to not trust it. Printed AAAALL the signatures in one go. When doing the backsides the printer grabbed two sheets. Thankfully it happened within the very last signature, so only three sheets of paper were wasted. #bookbinding #PrintersAreNotYourFriends
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Sean Leahy @thepunningman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Welcome to Bookbinding for Beginners, please make yourself a tome.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
How could one ever do a #bookbinding without your dog?
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