Your class project is to Bind a Pocket Journal!

This course will take you step by step with clear explanations and detailed shots to help you in the binding process to create your own unique Pocket Journal. You can add any extra upgrades to your liking.

Through the lessons you will learn how to:

Cut the materials into size
Round the corners
Cover the boards with cloth
Make templates
Prepare the spine for sewing
Fold paper into signatures
Pierce holes for sewing
Sew the signatures, step by step
Connect an Elastic Closure
Make a Pocket & Connect the Endpapers
Adding upgrades to your journal
Complete the process of the Pocket Journal

To assist you, I’ve attached PDF files in the Class Resources with a list of Tools & Materials, Templates for piercing and more…

After finishing your Pocket Journal, upload photos of your binding to the Class Projects Gallery. I am eager to see your Binding and design choices and curious to see how you upgraded the project.

If you wish, you can add your Instagram username to your class project. From time to time I might be featuring student projects in my story on instagram.

Thank you for sharing your project

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Hannah Gensmer

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