Meander Box

[stamperdianne]

Must be doing one step wrong. Has anyone had trouble making this?

[Beate]

Dianne,

do you mean the Meander book? What part are you having trouble with?

[Island Stamper]

What are the meander box OR the meander book?

[iamcw]

I too am having trouble. I managed to figure out the folding but still can't figure out which end is up. Will you always have an opening facing the bottom and do you just glue it shut so no pocket page at this spot?

How many pages and pockets can you get?

In the sample the edges look so nice yet half of mine will be taped shut is this correct?

Well that is all I can think of right now.

If you are having trouble with the folds. You start at the one end and go up and down ( back and forth) Originally I was always folding to the bottom. But you snake it maybe best describes it.

Probably doesn't make sense I will tryto think of other ways to describe it.

Well good luck everyone. Keep posting any new thoughts or help.

Chris

ps my edges are somewhat missaligned too. Will have to keep trying to perfect this.

[Beate]

I managed to figure out the folding but still can't figure out which end is up. Will you always have an opening facing the bottom and do you just glue it shut so no pocket page at this spot?

Set your folded paper down so you can see the pages. The middle fold will point down.
Now from left to right:
Tape the first page pair on the bottom.
Tape the second page pair on outside.
Tape the third page pair on the bottom.
Tape the fourth (middle, pointing down pages) on the bottom. I made it a pocket with the opening on the side.
Tape the fifth pair on the bottom.
Tape the sixth pair on the outside.
Tape the seventh pair on the bottom.

How many pages and pockets can you get?

It will make 7 pages (14 if you count front and back of the pages) with 7 pockets.

In the sample the edges look so nice yet half of mine will be taped shut is this correct?
Half of the page ends will be taped shut. They can still look nice though if the scoring is precise.

This project works great with the Scor-Pal. That's what I used.

[iamcw]

Thanks Beate,

Great description and more visual for those of us who need that. I did manage to get one book glued and ended up gluing the middle page shut. On the next one I will try a pocket on the front side of the middle page.

Really appreciate your time and help.

Thanks again.

Chris

[giasiana]

Here's a good tutorial on making them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zXKBx4mt3M