Using a bit of cheese-cloth (or similar fabric… I’ve used a number of woven, light-weight fabrics at hand for this task), cover the ugly outside edge of the bound-together signatures. Make sure there is about two inches extending past the edge, as though the cheese-cloth wants to grow into a book cover.

Traditionally, unbleached linen thread is the preferred material for bookbinding, but unbleached long-staple cotton will do almost as well. The key is that it is a natural fiber comparable in expected lifetime to the paper and the cover material, and that it have very long fibers, giving it great strength.

Making Clothing. The extra-fine grade cheesecloth is quite durable in that it can be sewn to make clothing.

Cheesecloth gets its name from its most common use, in cheesemaking. The gauze-like material is perfect for allowing moisture, or whey, to run out of cheese curds, leaving solid cheese behind.

Use fine sandpaper to even pages after repairing spines. If you have a book that will not be kept forever and the spine breaks, I find that a hot glue gun can fix it in a hurry and get it back into circulation. If you want to keep the book, then use liquid plastic to hold it together.

Binding Cloth ( 操 そう 縛 ばく 布 ふ , Sōbakufu?) is the fighting style devised by Shota Aizawa and used by himself and Hitoshi Shinso using their Capturing Weapons.

Easy – Just tear it along the grain into the size you need. (I aim for 24 by 24-inch pieces but also have smaller odd-size pieces.) Snip an inch then pull the fabric apart with your hands. It should tear along its natural weave.

If you need to seal the cheesecloth, like in a bouquet garni for stock, either tie the bundle in a knot or tie the bundle closed with kitchen twine.

Coffee filters make good strainers for cannabutter because they are already set up to be used to filter materials and infuse the liquid. First, run hot water through the filter to remove the paper taste. Place the filter in a mug, a bowl, or a dish. Put the cannabis buds or leaves in the filter.

Since cheesecloth is cotton, other types of cotton fabric will work as a substitute. You can use a flour sack towel, pillowcase, bandana, scrap of fabric, clean cloth diaper, cloth napkin, or jelly bag to strain foods or contain little bundles of herbs.