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Ever wanted a unique sketchbook project for your high schoolers? A new journal for yourself? A gift for a family member or friend? All without spendin...
Find an old book! I found a bunch at an old book relief sale, but you can find them in your own house, at library sales, thrift stores, or garage sale...
Using an Exacto Knife or Box Cutter, make a slit along the first page of the inside of the book. Repeat with the last page.
The pages should come out very cleanly, all connected!
Measure the height of the pages you removed. This will be the height of the pages you will need to cut. Measure the width of the pages, and multiply t...
Cut computer paper to the height of you old pages by double the width. I used blue computer paper, but you can use any color! you can also use thicker...
Fold all of your newly cut pages in half. If you do this individually, the folds will be crisper and more exact.
A signature is a section of book pages that makes it easier to sew! With copy paper, I usually like to fit 8 folded pieces together to make a 16 page ...
Since you are fitting so many pages into a signature, your edges will probably not be very even. I always trim them up on a papercutter.
You will also need a little bit of cardstock. I cut mine to one book pages size 8"x5.5" to start, and then cut that in half longways, leaving a 8"x2.7...
Because we want our signatures to be sewn together evenly, we need to poke some starter holes that are in the same spot in each signature. To make our...
Open up your first signature and place the template into the fold. Use your sharp object to poke holes through the template and through your first sig...
Because we will be using the coptic/ chain stitch to sew our signatures together, we will need and end paper to hold it all together. Make the same me...
Tie a knot in the end of your thread and insert the threaded needle into the first hole from the inside of your first signature.
Place the end paper on top of the first signature and insert the needle and thread from the top down.
Go back through the first hole and back out of the second hole, both inside the first signature.
Go through the second hole in the end paper from the top like you did in the first hole. Continue this stitching process until you get to the final ho...
Instead of going back through the last hole in the first signature, put a second signature under the first, and go into the first hole of the second s...
Bring thread out of the second hole of the second signature, and (like we did with the first signature and the end paper) insert the needle between th...
Continue this pattern until you get to the last hole in the second signature, and instead of going back through the last hole, go through the first ho...
Good question! If you run out of thread, simply stop sewing once you are on the inside of a signature. Take a new piece of thread, and tie it to the e...
Once you are on the last hole of your last signature, simply reenter the last hole and tie the end of the thread off in a knot. Trim the excess and se...
If you would like a book mark or book ribbon for your book, simply glue the ribbon (I used a piece of lace) along the inside of your book cover before...
To reattach your new pages to your book's hard cover, either coat the first and last page with rubber cement or spray adhesive (I used spray adhesive)...
If you have a boring book cover, why not decorate it with acrylic paint, magazine collage, or glitter? I used pencil erasers and other circular object...
Enjoy your book, give it away, or use it in a classroom project! It's hard to stop at just one!
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