# Quillfold Studio

> Quillfold Studio publishes the Quillfold Studio Handbooks: step-by-step, diagram-led guides to making zines and other paper things. Free guides, templates and reader bonuses. Publisher of "The Complete Zine Making Handbook" by Margo Quillfold (Book 1 of the Quillfold Studio Handbooks).

Quillfold Studio writes plain, diagram-led, step-by-step guides to making zines. Every guide opens with a short direct answer, then numbered steps, original diagrams, troubleshooting and FAQs. Facts are checked; prices are given as rough ranges. Margo Quillfold is a pen name. The full text of every guide is at https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/llms-full.txt.

## Guides
- [What Is a Zine? Meaning, History and the Kinds You Can Make](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/what-is-a-zine): A zine is a small, self-published booklet made for love, not profit. Learn what zines are, where they came from, the main kinds, and how to make your first.
- [How to Make a Zine: A Complete Beginner’s Guide](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/how-to-make-a-zine): How to make a zine from idea to finished copies: choose a format, plan the pages, make a master, print, fold, bind and share it. Clear steps and diagrams.
- [How to Make an 8-Page Mini Zine from One Sheet of Paper](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/how-to-make-a-mini-zine): Fold an 8-page mini zine from one sheet of Letter or A4 paper with a single cut. Page layout map, 8 illustrated steps, troubleshooting and a free template.
- [Zine Layout and Imposition: Page Order for 8, 12 and 16 Pages](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/zine-layout-imposition): Why zine pages are not in reading order on the sheet, and exactly where every page goes for 8, 12 and 16-page zines. Maps, a formula, layout tips and checks.
- [Zine Sizes and Paper: Letter, A4, Half-Letter, A5 and Paper Weight](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/zine-sizes-and-paper): Every common zine size from US Letter and A4, how many pages each sheet makes, which paper weight to use in lb and gsm, and how paper grain affects folds.
- [How to Bind a Zine: 7 Bindings Compared, from Staples to Stab Binding](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/how-to-bind-a-zine): Compare 7 ways to bind a zine: long-reach staples, the foam-board trick, side staples, pamphlet stitch, five-hole stitch, Japanese stab and rubber band.
- [How to Sew a Three-Hole Pamphlet Stitch for Zines](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/pamphlet-stitch): Step-by-step three-hole pamphlet stitch for binding a zine with needle and thread: hole spacing, thread length, the thread path, the square knot and fixes.
- [How to Print a Zine at Home or at a Copy Shop](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/how-to-print-a-zine): Print a zine double-sided without upside-down pages: duplex flip settings, booklet printing from a PDF, copier settings, cost per copy, paper and risograph.
- [Zine Ideas: 50 Prompts for Beginners, Students and Friends](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/zine-ideas): 50 zine ideas sorted by who you are making for: yourself, a class, a friend, your town or a cause. Plus how to shrink any idea into an 8-page zine plan.
- [How to Sell, Trade and Give Away Zines: Fairs, Shops, Libraries and Mail](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/how-to-sell-zines): Price a zine from its cost per copy, sell at zine fairs, place copies in shops on consignment, donate to libraries, trade, and mail zines without overpaying.
- [How to Run a Zine Workshop: A 60 or 90-Minute Lesson Plan](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/zine-workshop-lesson-plan): A tested zine workshop plan for classrooms and libraries: learning goals, materials for 20, a 60-minute and 90-minute timeline, fold script and access notes.
- [Free Printable Zine Templates (US Letter and A4, Actual Size)](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/blog/free-printable-zine-templates): Free printable zine templates in US Letter and A4 that print at 100%: one-sheet mini zine, mini comic, booklet masters, planner, lettering sheet and hole guides.

## Book
- [The Complete Zine Making Handbook](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/the-complete-zine-making-handbook): 130 pages, 8 × 10 in, 25 projects, printable US Letter and A4 templates, imposition maps for 8, 12 and 16-page zines, 7 bindings, printing, selling and workshop plans. Coming soon to Amazon (paperback and Kindle).

## Free reader bonuses (no sign-up)
- [Reader bonuses page](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/bonuses): all downloads in US Letter and A4.
- [Actual-Size Zine Template Pack (US Letter PDF)](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/downloads/quillfold-zine-template-pack-letter.pdf): One-sheet mini zine (guide and line-free master), 8-panel mini comic, half-sheet and quarter-sheet booklet masters, accordion strips, thumbnail planner, lettering sheet, and hole guides for pamphlet stitch and Japanese stab binding.
- [Imposition Cheat Sheets (US Letter PDF)](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/downloads/quillfold-imposition-cheat-sheets-letter.pdf): Page maps for the one-sheet 8-pager and for 8, 12 and 16-page folded booklets, sheet by sheet, front and back. A formula for any page count, a blank planner and the five checks before you print.
- [The Zine Prompt Deck: 96 Ideas (US Letter PDF)](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/downloads/quillfold-zine-prompt-deck-letter.pdf): 96 prompts on cut-apart cards in eight themes, including new Classroom and Together themes, plus 12 constraint cards, a page on shrinking any idea into eight pages, and a dice game for picking one.
- [Zine Workshop Lesson Plan (60 or 90 Minutes) (US Letter PDF)](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/downloads/quillfold-zine-workshop-lesson-plan-letter.pdf): Two timed plans, learning goals, a materials list for 20, a word-for-word fold script, access and safety notes, a photocopiable student fold sheet and exit slips.
- [Edition Checklist, Fair Packing List and Cost Sheet (US Letter PDF)](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/downloads/quillfold-edition-checklist-cost-sheet-letter.pdf): A checklist from finished master to bound stack, a copy-shop run sheet, a zine fair packing list, and a print-run cost sheet with a worked example and an edition record.

## Site
- [Zine making resources](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/resources): Printables, guides, zine libraries, free fonts, open images and free software.
- [About Quillfold Studio and Margo Quillfold](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/about): Who makes the guides and how they are checked; Margo Quillfold is a pen name.
- [Colophon](https://quillfoldstudio.pages.dev/colophon): Fonts, colours and how the site is built.
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