How to sew a book together by machine

• Make the stitch length as long as possible ( one-fifth inch or five millimeters) so the book is not weakened by too many perforations.
• Have a book assembled by a print shop if it is too thick for all the pages to be sewn together at once.

  Tip:	A manual home sewing machine can usually sew through about 10-14 pages.

Optional

• Tape over the stitches.

• Task module: How to sew a book together by machine
• In task module: Sewing a book together
• In task module: Binding a book
• In task module: Putting together a book, by Anne Klaassens (contributor), Robin Rempel (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Diane Wroge (contributor)
• In task module: Producing printed materials, by Anne Klaassens (contributor), Robin Rempel (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor, contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), Diane Wroge (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
• In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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