How to make a notebook yourself?

A notebook is a thing that practically everyone has. At someone it is simple, in the form of a notebook, someone has a big diary, others have a nice personal diary for recording thoughts and ideas. This article is about how to make a notebook in the paperback with your own hands. Let's briefly describe the stages of this manual work and its nuances.

What is needed?

In order to make a notebook yourself , you will need:

- paper format A4 or A5 (the format depends on what size of the notepad you want to receive, the amount of paper affects the thickness of the notebook and also depends on the desire of the master);

- tight bound bookboard of the right size for the cover;

- thick paper (possibly scrapbooking paper) for fly-sheets;

- universal adhesive "Moment";

- a nylon thread and a needle of medium thickness;

- cutting tools: clerical knife, scissors;

- fabric and sintepon for the cover;

- if desired - ribbons, laces, flowers and other decorations for the cover.

The first stage: create a block for a notebook

This stage is considered the longest and most boring. The sheets available for you can either be aged or left white. You can also print pages with any pictures or phrases.

If you decide to grow old paper, you need to brew tea and soak in the baking white sheets of office paper. After the paper lies in the brew, it must be dried and ironed. When the paper is ready, the sheets are folded in half into double ones, after which books for the future block are formed from them. As a rule, one booklet is made up of four double sheets. When everything is ready for the tailoring of the block, the nylon thread and the needle are taken. There are a lot of ways to create a block. When the block is sewn, the root is smeared with glue and left to dry for the time of making the cover.

The second stage: create a cover for a notebook

Those who ask "how to make a notebook" should understand that the cover is its most important element, this is his face. That is why its creation should be given special attention. In order to make a cover, take the bound cardboard and cut out three elements: in front of the covers, its back part and the spine. You already know what the size of the notebook will be and its thickness, so there should not be problems with determining the size of these elements. The spine and parts of the cover are connected together by adhesive tape or thin paper, and a distance of a couple of millimeters should remain between them for easy use. If you want to make a soft cover, glue the sintepon before tightening it with a cloth. This can be done with a double-sided adhesive tape or hot glue.

Tightening the cover with a cloth is also not an easy process: the corners first, then the parts along the perimeter. It is very important to monitor the tension of the tissue. It should neither hang, nor tighten the cardboard too much. When the fabric is glued (silicone glue), you can decorate the cover to taste and move on to the next, final, stage.

The third stage: we connect the block and the cover

How to make a notebook easy to open? This issue should worry the master at this stage. To begin with, pre-prepared fly-leaves are glued to the finished block, and here the most difficult begins. If you make a mistake while pasting the flyby, the notebook can either open badly or not close. In advance, consider the size of the flyby and glue them to the cover, then close the notebook. Use only strong adhesive to make the product practical and durable.

So, now you know how to make a notebook, and are familiar with the main stages of this difficult process. The thing created by hand is exclusive and original, and if it is also made by the owner for a loved one, it will only please him! Do not be afraid to experiment, because the manufacture of notebooks is a very interesting and fascinating activity!