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Title: The Shadow of His Wings

Author: Mirabella  

Fandom: Harry Potter

Year: 2005

Words: 293k

Pages: 864

No story has ever captivated me as completely as The Shadow of His Wings. I’ve read it dozens of times in all the years since it was last updated, and every single time, I’m impressed by its scope, intricacy and beauty.

And if that sounds melodramatic, please consider that I spent two months turning this fic into a book when I’m not even a huge fan of Harry Potter. That’s how good this story is.

So, onto the details.

The text block is made up of 16-page (4-sheet) signatures bound with sewing thread in 6-punch kettle stitching. I don’t own a guillotine, so I focused on keeping the signatures as straight as humanly possible. The process took hours (and hours, and hours), so it’s definitely not a recommended approach for impatient people or anyone with an actual social life.

The cover is vaguely related to a non-standard quarter-binding. But instead of one sheet of paper with bookcloth on both sides, I alternated decorative paper and bookcloth in vertical stripes.

I’ve been wanting to incorporate lace into my projects for a while but could never quite find the right kind. Then...finally...it dawned on me that I bought a Cricut for this hobby and I could make my own. (For certain values of “lace.”)

The endpapers are shimmery gold with black cardstock “lace” glued into the crease. It’s highly impractical but the effect is pretty great.

(Behind the scenes: practice makes perfect!)

Materials list:

20lb cream paper from Hammermill

Italian bookcloth in black from Hollander’s

Headbands in black from Hollander’s

Cover paper and gold paper from my local paper store (they don’t sell online, otherwise I would share it)

Cricut iron-on foil in gold for the spine title

Title font in Sunshine (dafont)

Feather wreath from VASdigital on etsy

Printer’s ornaments from HQDigitalArt on etsy

“Lace” designs from IamPolonia on etsy

Side note: Shimmer paper is lovely but it shows every little crease and smudge of glue. 0/10 would not endpaper again.

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