Sketchbook binding ideas

Learn how to make your own sketchbooks with this bookbinding tutorial.

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Four different Japanese Bindings. You can make these on your own with this kit that I created.

Making a sketchbook can be as easy or as ornate as you want it to be. I am going to show two easy books in this tutorial. If you have any problems or questions, please use the contact form at the bottom of the page to contact me. These are some of the tools I use to make my books. You don't need to buy anything special. Most of these things can be found in your house. Upper right and going clockwise: Thin and thick cloth covered elastic (you can use pony tail cloth covered elastics). Bee's…

In my last post, I posted pictures of a few Japanese stab-bound books I had made. Since a few people were curious how to do them, I thought I'd post up a little tutorial for you guys :) There are many different ways to do a stab-bind. Since they are soft-cover you basically always use a heavy-weight paper, similar to card weight. You can either use the paper as is, and cut to size, or you can double them up, or use a full sheet to wrap entirely around your pages. There are also many…