The back cover is cut with strips for sewing.
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The front cover is just a square with slits for the strips to poke through.
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The attachment of the front cover piece to the back cover surprised me, but it works. It just folds over the spine and is stitched in place. I used PVA on there too.
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Then the strips are used as closures on the front, attaching to buttons on the wrap-around flap. Very medieval-looking.
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These are my new favorite books. Since I've never made a book like this before, it seems really neat and novel right now and I will certainly be doing more them. But I still plan to do all the different CSBs - I think the CSB Linked is next.
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