How to Make Hardcover Journals
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Over a year in the making, this video will reveal my process in creating handmade journals from beginning to the end. Whether you are a beginner making a notebook to keep for yourself or to start a small business, see how it is done step by step and learn from my tips and tricks.
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I'm back at this video again. Never gets old
Aw thanks, glad you like it! ❤
thanksss lot of. very usefull and helping
Thank you for this tutorial. I made 2 books already and this will help me to improve my work as I move to the next phase
I’d love to learn more about the various paper covers to choose from!!
Wow ur such an inspiration! I hope your business is going great and growing. You deserve it 💖💖
Thank you very much for your excellent video! The video quality (lighting, camera angles, etc.) made each step of the bookbinding process very clear. Your commentary was also top-notch!
Also, speaking as an old grandpa, I loved seeing glimpses of your baby and hearing the gentle cooing sounds in the background 😀
Aww, thank you very much! I appreciate your kind feedback :)
Excellent tutorial ❤❤
Your note books are beautiful and now I would love to try and make one 🙂
Please can I check the gap between the spine and the back and front of the chipboard when you are glueing it to the cover paper….i think you said 1/8” but it looks bigger than that and you use two spacers 🤔. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent with us 😊
Oh goodness gracious I think I made a mistake, Wow thank you for noticing that! You’re right, i used two metallic rods. I thought i was using two 1/16” rods, which equals 1/8”, but I think in the video 1/16” plus one sligthly thicker rod. I need to clean my rods, they have a lot of dried glue on them they’re starting to look the same sizes to me. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
Anyway, if you use a width a little less than than 1/4” you should be fine. The important thing is to make the width of the cover hinge (the gaps from the spine) is more than the width of the chipboard which is at least 1/8”. Basically, use a width anywhere between 1/8” to 1/4”. Does that make sense? So sorry for the confusion!
So informative!😊Tfs💗
You are so welcome!
Thank you for sharing ❤
Amazing video… very detailed. May I ask What items did you use to create the head band?
Glad you like it! I used Nylon Cord and a strip of cloth used for quilting that I cut into pieces. Ive also used elastic cord, they tend to come with better patterns, like metallic stripes but can be a little harder to sew with the strip of clothe. The Nylon cord is much easier to sew but usually only comes in solid colors.
I love the video❤. Very informative
Pls could you make a video of the various paper cover
Yes definitely, though Im not sure when I would love to make a video featuring different types of paper covers. Will keep you posted!
Beautiful notebooks. Thank you for this. I appreciate you. This was very detailed. Do you add anything to your PVA glue?
Thank you, no i use a regular PVA glue. Purchased a gallon of it from Amazon :)
Thanks for your video. What is the brand and model of the guillotine cutter?
You’re very welcome! I purchased “HFS (R) Heavy Duty Guillotine Paper Cutter 400 Sheet Capacity | Solid Steel Construction (A4-12'' Paper Cutter)” from the HFS Store through Amazon ;)
You can also purchase replacement blades and parts from there. Incase you were wondering.
Lovely books! Could I ask how you add additional thread when sewing the signatures together, and you run out of thread? Thanks!
Thank you! So what you do is before you run out of thread, make a double knot to finish the old thread (you can do this even before you reach the end of a signature, i actually prefer doing it not at the end of the signature bc it gets a little confusing, you’l know what i mean if you try both and see the e difference). Anyway, do the double knot inside of the signature, then move the knot outside to the spine like how you would if you were at the end of the signature. Then cut the old thread.
Rethread your needle with a new thread (dont forget the knot at the end of your new thread) then move it through the last hole you were in from the outside in. That’s it your ready to continue where you left off.
Please let me know if this makes sense, i find its always easier to show things rather than explain into words, but hope this helps!
Did you glue the spin of the of the text block to the cover?
Hi Katina, thats a good question. No, i did not glue the spine of the texrblock to the cover. If you glue the spine, the notebook will not open because it will prevent the spine from folding open. The spine needs to fold in order to for the notebook to open. Only the endpages needs to be glued to the cover.
Hi, do you sell your books
Hello, yes i do! My online store is: www.amethystatelier.com . You can find all my products there however purchasing is currently on hold until my next launch date which is still in the works. If you go to my site, scroll down, and sign up to my monthly newsletter by entering your email address, you would be notified of future purchasing opportunities including exclusive sales and discounts ;)
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More videos pls.
Love the video and how can i buy some book cover to put than on my books I made 📔
Hi Hector, by book cover do you mean cover paper? Are you looking for paper to wrap the cover of your book or are you looking to purchase an already made book cover to put on a textblock you made? You can pretty much use any designer paper as a cover paper to your book. Joann’s Fabric Store is a good place to start since they have a variety of single sheets you can practice with and they have a lot of branches, hopefully you have one close to where you live. I know they also have some artisan papers, because I use them for my softcover notebook collection. They also have a variety of fabrics you can turn into a book cover if you are interested in experimenting with that.
Beautiful notebooks. Thank you for this. I appreciate you. This was very detailed. Do you add anything to your PVA glue?
You’re very welcome, im glad you liked it :) No, i use regular PVA glue, bought a gallon of it from Amazon.