My neighbor asked me to bind a book, then handed me a stack of 400 loose napkins.

This was in my garage workshop last Tuesday. She wanted a 'special memory book' for her wedding anniversary, but the 'pages' were just cocktail napkins from every bar they'd visited over 30 years. I spent two hours just trying to figure out how to fold and press them without the ink smearing. Has anyone else had to bind something that was definitely not paper?

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leehall6d ago

What did you end up using for the binding itself? I feel like regular glue would just soak right through a napkin and make a huge mess. Did you have to stitch them or something?

west.casey6d ago

Glue on a napkin would be a total disaster. It would turn into a soggy, see through lump in seconds. I used a thin double sided tape made for paper crafts. It holds the fold without any seepage. A basic stitch would probably tear right through the thin material.

pat7816d ago

Remember trying that with duct tape once, total sticky disaster.