How to make a notebook at home (with photos) - tips

Video: DIY NOTEBOOKS from scratch - no stitching

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The cover should be 0.6cm wider than the inner pages and 1.25cm longer. If using printing paper, the cover will be 22x31cm.

Fold 6 sheets of paper in half. Then, sew them up in the fold with the close stitch, remember to start and end the needle at the same point and the knot is inside. This way, you have the back of the booklet.

0.6cm is the appropriate width for the spine of each stack.

Stack stack of 6 sheets of paper on each other. Make sure the stacks of paper are lined up neatly together. Pose the stack of papers down with heavy books and measure the width of the nape now.

After the sheets are pressed tightly, stitch them in the same sewing pattern as above.

Cut a long piece of fabric. The piece of fabric will be the length of the paper and 2cm wider than the nape of the neck.

Apply adhesive to one side of the cloth. Use a lot of glue, but don't take it too much to drain. Attach the cloth to the spine of the book and pull it tight. Use a ruler to press along the fabric to press a flat surface.

Place the notebook between the two stencils and place it under one or two heavy books. Wait for the glue to dry. This takes about 20 minutes.

Stick 2 pieces of cardboard onto the first and last pages of your notebook. Before you do that, make sure the glue in the fabric is dry. In addition, the two cardboard pieces should be lined up, neatly aligned with the back of the notebook.

Cut one more piece of fabric. The length of the fabric should be equal to 2 pieces of cardboard and 2cm wider than the first piece of fabric covering the nape. Wrap the fabric glued to the back of the notebook including the first cardboard and cloth.

Again, place the notebook between the two stencils and under some heavy books. Wait for the glue to dry.

After the glue dries, cut a piece of decorative paper. The paper size will be 5cm wider and longer than the cover and neck.

Make a fold about 2.5cm on the decorative paper on the top and bottom edges. Cut 4 gaps in the paper to fit the spine of the notebook (which cannot be folded), and discard the cut pieces of paper.

Cut the paper so that the spine is wrapped evenly, but with no excess paper on the top or bottom. You should now have 4 creased edges - 2 at the top and 2 on the bottom.
Fold these edges in and stick them inside the cover.

Cut 2 pieces of paper. Paper will be 0.6cm narrower than paperboard and 1.25cm shorter. Attach the paper to the inner cover to cover the unattractive paperboard inside, and the paper will be glued to the level of the spine of the notebook.

Once the glue has dried, you can decorate the notebook to your liking!

Method 2 of 2: Making Japanese style notebook

Prepare material. Anything that needs to be used can be bought at a craft store and isn't too expensive. Clean the countertops and gather the following:
- White paper (30-100 sheets, depending on the book thickness)
- 2 cardboard
- 2 beautiful patterned sheets (2 different types)
- The ribbon is long, about 6mm wide
- Punches
- Dry glue
- Drag
- Ruler
- Butterfly clip
White paper arrangement. Depending on the type of notebook you are going to do, you want a thick or thin notebook to know how many pages it should have. With photo book about 30 pages. With a periodical journal, about 50 or more pages are needed.
Get the scissors. Cut 2 pieces of cardboard the size of white paper. No size is too big or too small. However, if the notebook is too big, it will be difficult to carry with you, so your design is not very reasonable.
- Draw two lines on a piece of cardboard. Draw the first line from top to bottom, 2.5cm from the left edge. The second line is about 3.5 cm from the left edge and parallel to the first line. Do the same for the rest of the cardboard.
  - These two lines are very close together. This separates the closure from the body, creating a hinge.
Cut along two lines. This means cut a piece of paper about 1.25cm between two lines. Remove the cut cardboard. You now have 2 pieces of cardboard with 1 piece 2.5cm wide.
- Using a paper knife is easier to cut than using scissors. If you have a knife at hand use it.
Make the outer cover of the notebook. Take two beautifully patterned pieces of paper to decorate the cover and cut it based on the book size. Each piece of paper will be about 3.5cm longer and wider than the inner page. If your white paper is 20x25cm, you need to cut 24x29cm decorative paper.
- Place the paper with the pattern facing down, which means you will only see the white side. Using a pencil, draw contours 2cm from each edge.
Paste the cardboard on pattern paper. Line up the cardboard neatly according to the outline you made in the previous step (that's why you have to). Remember to apply the adhesive to the entire surface of the paper, not just the edges. If you use dry glue, the fins will not be messed up in this step.
- This is the back cover of the notebook. A distance of 1.25cm on the cardboard that you cut out earlier will be the "hinge" to make opening and closing the notebook easy.
  - Apply glue paper if you are using gift wrapping paper (or thin patterned paper). This will prevent the paper from wrinkling and swelling and allow the paper to absorb the moisture in the adhesive before placing the cardboard.
- Do the same for the front cover. Remember to stick the pattern in the right direction!
Fold the edges of the paper. With the cardboard on top of the paper, fold the corners close inward. Paste it neatly, you will have triangles on the corner of the cardboard.
- After the corners have been folded, fold the edges of the paper next. Fold the corners first to create a straight fold with sharp corners. Same as when wrapping gifts.
- Fold the remaining edges and stick neatly. Keep the same distance between the two cardboard sheets.
Next is the inner cover. Cut two pieces of decorative paper that are 1.25cm smaller than the inner page. If the white paper inside the book has size of 20x24cm, cut the paper to decorate the inner cover with size 19x23cm.
Press two holes in the binding. Depending on the type and amount of material you use, punching can be easy or difficult. You should press the hole about 3.5cm from the edge.
- If you don't have a puncher (especially a single puncher) you can use a drill. Before you drill a hole in the table, however, place the notebook on something to make it easier to drill a hole, like a thick phone book. If you are using a drill, you should put the inner cover out so that the hard edge is inside.
- Use the butterfly clip to secure the notebook.
Insert the ribbon in the hole in the Japanese binding way. The ribbon would have to be 6 times the length of the notebook. If your notebook is 15cm long, the ribbon should be 90cm long. When the piercing is done, you are done with the notebook!
- Stringing down from the hole above. Leave a ribbon on the right to tie the bow.
- Put that end on down hole same as above one more time.
- Put that end on down hole below.
- Similar piercing down hole below one more time.
- Wrap the ribbon near the nape of the neck and thread the end of the string down hole below one more time.
- Pull the end of the string up and insert it into the hole above. (There will be a diagonal string pattern at the back of the notebook at this time.)
- Wrap the string in the top corner of your notebook and tie it to the other end of the string for a knot. The knots should cover the upper hole.
- Finally, tie a bow.
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Please measure accurately.
If you are making a journal, you can wrap more string or ribbon around the front cover to attach loose paper or pictures to it.
You can also use old cardboard or wooden material to make your notebook cover. Close the window with round hook, hinge or bolt and nut