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Save pennies by binding your own sketchbooks.
Life costs too much already without all the creative supplies we need to keep going. Binding your own sketchbooks could help save you some pennies.
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Step 1Seperate your paper in to equal piles. Make 3 or more piles consiting of 5 or more sheets. You can use any kind of paper you like. Fold each of the piles in half. These are called signatures. Make 3 or more signatures depending upon how much paper you have and how big you want your sketchbook to be.
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Step 2You will need a sheet of card for your cover. This should be atleast 2cm longer than your sheets or paper and about 1cm wider.
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Step 3Draw out the spine in the center of the card. The spine should measure �cm for each signature. So if you are using 4 signatures the spine should measure 2cm etc. Score along the lines of your spine and fold in to the shape of the cover.
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Step 4Mark out 4 lines in on the inside spine of your cover. The lines nearest the edges so be atleast 2cm away from the edge and the rest should be spaced equally. Mark these 1, 2, 3 + 4 working down.
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Step 5Cut slits along each of the lines.
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Step 6Take the signatures and mark the equivelent 1, 2, 3 and 4 points. Make holes at these points using a pin.
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Step 7Thread up a needle with some dental floss. You will need 2x the height of the spine for each signature that you are using.
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Step 8Thread through point 3, leave a long tail. Go around the outside of the signature and enter through point 4.
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Step 9Loop around the bottom of the cover and thread through the back of point 4 on the cover.
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Step 10Thread back through point 4 on the signature.
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Step 11Thread down through point 3 of the signature and the cover.
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Step 12Thread on the outside through point 2 of the cover and the signature.
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Step 13Turn the book over and tie the tail and the thread together.
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Step 14Thread through point 1 of the signature and the cover.
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Step 15Thread up over the top and back through point 1, down through point 2, around the outside of the cover of the signature but not the cover.
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Step 16Thread back through point 3 on the cover, but nor the signature. You are at the point where you started. Take another signature and repeat the threading process.
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Step 17When you have added all of your signatures. Tie the end of the thread around one of the bound pieces of thread and in to a knot. All you have to do now is cover your book. You can use wrapping paper, posters, fabric or even ribbons.
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