If you need to make an original personal notebook, then there is no need to spend money on printing services - an attractive and practical binding of a notebook like a book can be made with your own hands.
Materials for home creativity
To make not only exclusive, but also high-quality binding that will serve faithfully for a long time, you need to responsibly approach this issue and prepare a basic set of tools and materials:
- A4 sheets;
- tape measure or ruler;
- school pencil;
- gauze or medical bandage;
- stationery clips;
- scissors for cutting paper;
- transparent glue;
- ready kaptal (can be bought at the store);
- strong threads with a needle;
- boot awl;
- thick cardboard.
Notebook paper can be used both standard - white, and with the effect of "aging", which can be achieved by immersing the sheets in liquid solutions based on tea or coffee.
The process of creating notepad and hardcover
First you need to make 12 notebooks - each of three sheets of A4 format, and carefully fold in half. After that, you need to open the first notebook and make six identical marks in the center of the fold with a step of 3.5 centimeters (1.5 cm should be retreated from the edge of the notebook) using a pencil and a ruler, and make through holes with an awl.
Laying out each notebook is not necessary at all - you can use the top sheet with ready-made holes as a template. The first notebook should be closed (folded in half), put outwards on any hard surface, then the thread is threaded through the holes with a needle. A similar operation to do with the rest of the prepared notebooks, combining all sheets of paper in a single "design".
The final step in creating a binding
When the block is completely stitched, it is necessary to make bookends from thick cardboard on both sides - for this, each sheet is folded exactly in half (it is desirable to fit the width of a notebook or book), and then glued to the finished block. After that, it is necessary to attach dense cardboard or chipboard on both sides, securely fixing them along the edges with the help of stationery clamps, and gently smear the root (end face of the block) with threads with transparent glue.
At the last stage of work, you need to glue the captal pieces along the edges of the spine, and gauze or a bandage is used to glue the entire block. The binding of the block is completely ready, and in order to give the notebook a finished look, you just have to come up with and make your own original cover.
