How to make a faux hand bound notebook cover

How to:
make an embroidered faux hand bound notebook cover
kootoyoo … click & stitch

Stitch your little heart out.
You need your base cloth to be at least twice the width of your open notebook & a couple of inches taller.

Lay your notebook onto the wrong side of your embroidered piece.

Wrap the fabric around the notebook & pin to mark the centre of the spine and also the “margin” or inside edge of the spiral binding.
It isn’t necessary to use a notebook that’s spiral bound but it does allow the notebook to be opened flat. This will be roughly 2cm or .8inches from the centre spine.

Unwrap your notebook & lay your embroidered piece flat.
Begin by ruling a line along the centre spine mark.

Now rule a line along your “margin” line which should be roughly 2cm or .8inches below your centre spine line.

Next rule a third line equal distance from the centre spine mark towards the “back” of the notebook cover.

Make a mark to indicate the top & bottom of your notebook.

Now rule a line across all three lines at the top of the notebook & at the bottom.

Make a mark approximately 2cm or .8inch in from the top & bottom indicators.

Time for a bit of maths.
Measure the distance between your two marks…mine was 19cm & divide that number by 3 & make three more marks accordingly.

Now rule lines to mark all these points.

Your spine marks should now look something like this.

Beginning at the base of the notebook stitch all the way along the margin line.
I used stem stitch because I think it gives an effect most like floss or string.

Then stitch your four “binding” lines.
DON’T stitch along the marks indicating the top & bottom of the notebook. Those are just for reference for the “margin” line.

Your finished piece should now look something like this.

It’s time to actually make the notebook cover.
You can find a really simple tutorial on how to do that at…
http://www.kootoyoo.com/2009/03/how-to-make-fabric-notebook-cover.html

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How to make a faux hand bound notebook cover

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