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Meander Book
by Beate Johns

The meander (or maze) book gets its name from the way the paper is cut and folded to make the pages. This size
book is great for a single event!
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One 12" x 12" sheet of patterned paper
Four 3 1/2" squares of patterned paper
Two 3 1/2" coaster squares or matboard
Cardstock to decorate and make tags
Circle punch
Paper cutter
Paper scoring tool (Scor-Pal used here.)
Adhesive
Binding tool and wire
(Bind-It-All and 1" wire was used here)
Sanding block
Stamps, Ink and Embellishments
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Step 1
Score 12" x 12" paper at 3", 6" and 9".
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Step 2
Turn paper 90 degrees and score again at 3",
6" and 9".
Step 3
Fold and unfold all score lines.
Step 4
Use paper cutter to cut paper as follows:
On the first vertical score at 3", cut from 3" all
the way to 12".
One the second vertical score at 6", cut from
the bottom to 9".
One the third score at 9", cut from 3" all the
way to 12".
Cut the first and last square off as shown.
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Step 5
Start folding paper up from one of the sides
with a missing square.
Fold it up accordion style, stopping at the end
of row.
Step 6
Tug the accordian pages of the first row under
the second row.
Step 7
Fold the second row accordion style like the
first one.
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Step 8
Tuck your accordion pages under the next row.
Step 9
Fold the third row accordion style.
Step 10
Fold pages under the last row.
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Step 11
Now fold up the last row accordian style.
Step 12
For pocket pages, punch a half circle on the
top of one page.
To determine the top, unfold the accordion
pages a little. The top will be the side that has
two neighbor pages opening on top, one on the
bottom.
For no pockets, just adhere two adjoining
pages together.
Step 13
Add adhesive to the bottom of the page.
Tape pages together.
You won't need tape on the side. It will be held
together with the binding later.
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Step 14
Punch a half circle out of the second page.
Step 15
Add adhesive to the side this time for a pocket.
Step 16
Continue to turn pages into pockets.
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Step 17
Stamp pages if needed.
Step 18
Punch holes in the side of the book pages for
optional binding.
A Bind-it-All" was used here, but a different
kind of binding machine or a Crop-a-dile
could be used, too.
Step 19
Tape 3 1/2" pieces of patterned paper to
coaster pieces. Stamp those if needed.
I used a Carl Rotary cutter to cut the coasters
to size.
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Step 20
Punch holes in covered coasters.
Step 21
Stack front, back and pages the following way:
Pages, front cover face up, back cover face
down.
Insert wire through the holes and then close
them with Bind-it-All or other binding
machine.
Step 22
Cut tags for pockets. These were cut to 2 1/4"
x 2 7/8" before rounding the corners.
Decorate the inside pages and pocket tags.
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Step 23
Decorate front cover.
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Alternate binding
Use Crop-a-dile and ribbon for the book binding.
No binding
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Just adhere top and back cover to the pages directly without binding the book.
More pages
Don't tape pages together for more pages.
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