HAND MADE NOTE BOOK
Beginner.
Time, Half a day.
You will need:
The Cover.
1. Take a sheet of A 4 Card and fold in half, open out and use this as a template to cut your gift wrap. You will need two bits, one piece 1 cm larger all around than the card, the other 1/4" smaller than the card. On your work area use a piece of scrap paper and lay your A 4 card on it so you can PVA it without a mess on your cutting board. Put some PVA glue onto your card not to much or this will make the card to soggy to work with. Fig 1.
Why not make your own note book & make your mark on a new year ahead.
Beginner.
Time, Half a day.
You will need:
- Gift wrap
- Craft Card 160 grams
- PVA glue
- Pencil
- Cutting Matt
- Paper Scissors
- Bone Folder
- Ruler or Omni grid
- Wax or linen thread
- Large eye needle
- Awl
- A 4 Paper 11 sheets
- Button
- Ribbon Scrap
- Embroidery thread
1. Take a sheet of A 4 Card and fold in half, open out and use this as a template to cut your gift wrap. You will need two bits, one piece 1 cm larger all around than the card, the other 1/4" smaller than the card. On your work area use a piece of scrap paper and lay your A 4 card on it so you can PVA it without a mess on your cutting board. Put some PVA glue onto your card not to much or this will make the card to soggy to work with. Fig 1.
2.
Spread out the glue using a brush, now lay out the gift wrap and place your card, glue side down leaving the 1 cm gap onto wrong side of wrap. (change scrap paper if you need to). Turn over and smooth out gently with bone folder.
Doing this step to hard, could tear paper. Be careful.
3. Now cut the edges off of each corner within 5 mm of card.
Spread a little pva along the edge of the card all around and fold over the cm edge on two sides, nipping in at the side of each fold, then fold over the other opposite sides.
4. With the inside of the cover facing re paste the inside including the edges and lay your small piece of wrap with in the edges, again smoothing with the bone folder. Fig 4. Leave this to dry for about half hour.
Paper inserts
1. Fold all of your sheets of paper into half, lay them all inside each other then open out flat on surface. You need four equal marks along the spine to make your holes. Mark these 1" in from each edge then two more in the middle of this. Using your awl on cutting mat, make holes where the marks are.
Fig 1 A
2. You now need to trim your paper a little so it does not sit outside your cover when sewn in. Fold all the papers in half again and with ruler and pencil mark a line 1/4" from the side and top edge. Using the rotary or paper cutting blade trim the edges.
3. Thread your needle with your wax thread around 60cm long. Starting on the inside and leaving a 3" tail push to outside of spine and return through next hole. Go in and out, at the end go back through like back stitch.
When you come back through to the last hole before tail started, tie in a double knot and cut.
4. With embroidery thread and ribbon, fold over the end of the ribbon and loose the knotted thread inside this. Using running stitch , stitch around the edge and secure. Place button on the front, when you sew this leave the cotton tail, as you stitch down and sew in place then secure and snip ends off. Fig 2 A
Wrap ribbon around button to close your note book.
Mell's ♥