To say that @arca9 is a central part of my fandom life is to put thing mildly. This brilliant human manages to be the kindest soul I know and a stunning fucking writer.
Critical Rules for Not-Dating is from the Love Live! School Idol project, is novel-length, and so is perfect for binding.
Summary
“It’s just sex,” Nico says, and she hears Maki groan in embarrassment from the other side of the closed door. “It’s not a big deal. It’s just like being friends with benefits? Except, you know, we’re not actually friends.”
Nozomi just blinks, her gaze soft but judgemental.
“Ah,” she says. “That sounds… healthy?”
[Because what could be simpler than casually sleeping with someone you don’t even like?]
Poking
Turns out book presses and rulers really help with drawing straight lines
Sewing, gluing, and rounding
We’re going to do a kettle stitch with two cloth bands to allow for flexibility. This gives us the flexibility to allow for a rounded spine (yeah, I love a good rounded spine).
Fun fact: you use a hammer to round the spine. Sacrilegious right?
Cover
The cover of is done with a bright green book cloth and one of my favourite papers ever from the amazing ElLibroRojoBCN (Etsy shop linked) and book cloth from Bookcraftsupplyco (Etsy shop linked).
There’s also an intro of sorts you can read herecalledlet’s be friends (so we can make out).
Please look at how talented Amy is at book binding! This is so gorgeous and I’m sorry I didn’t reblog it sooner, but I was a little distracted showing a lovely Canadian around. Thank you so much @amywaterwings for not only creating such a beautiful book of a fic I’m actually pretty proud of, but also for hand delivering it. I miss you already!
