Take your time to stash all materials in
an order that you’re happy with and make
sure that all foldings are on top of each
other. Clamps are useful to make sure
that everything stays in the right position.
When using smaller pieces of paper, take
note of where they are, so that you bind
them together properly later on.
After stacking all envelopes and flyer’s
mark out the five holes for the seem, remember that every piece need at least one hole to
stay in place.
There are different ways you can put
the envelopes and flyer’s together. You
can either sew them together or take the
easy route and staple your junk journal
together.
First how to sew them together: flip
the heap so that the spine of the journal
is facing up, mark out the position for
the five holes where the thread will go
through, and make sure there is at least
one hole through every paper as noted
earlier.
Use a utensil with a sharp point to make
the holes. I used an awl. Now it is time to
get needle and thread to sew it all together. Measure out string that is more than
twice the journal height in length. Thread
the needle, beginning from the outside
through the center hole (see the illustration on how to sew) next exit out using
the center hole once more, tie a knot and
leave the ends for decoration.
Use some utensil with a pointy end to
make the holes, notice the clamps used as a
pair of ”extra hands” holding it all together.
Masking tape make cover the string, this
make it easy to later put a layer of primer on
the pages.
To use staples, a stapler with an extra
long arm is very convenient, it should
reach from the edge to the center. Always
staple from the outside and put a piece of
masking tape over the staples, that way
you can paint over them later.
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