I like using cheap composition books for various writing, research, and class planning projects. What this has meant is when I've needed to write something down, or look up something, I've had to sift through a pile of notebooks to find the correct one. You know how that went, right?
So, I pulled the covers off of the composition books I was using and extras I had on hand, and bound them into two journals. The composition books became the signatures of the journals. (the sections/stacks of folded papers are called signatures, individual folded papers are called folios.)
I wanted to make a smaller journal of this style, and decided this would be a great chance to create a tutorial for those of you who might want an inexpensive, lined-paper journal.
This will be a 3-part tutorial.
The tutorial format is predominantly photos & text, with one video (of the sewing for the book), which is different than my typical bookbinding classes. I really wanted to be able to post this tutorial, and that meant working on it over the weekend with house full of children at home. This binding is very easy, which means a tutorial with mainly written instructions and photographs (except for the sewing video!) will work quite well.
Part One of my Compound Composition Journal Tutorial!
Part Two of my Compound Composition Journal Tutorial!
Part Three of my Compound Composition Journal Tutorial!
