I’ve had bookbinding on my “to-learn” list for years! It’s reached the top of my list now that I’ve been making my own travelers journals using watercolor paper.
I visited with a friend last week who had a beautiful stack of handmade journals that she had hand-sewn. I was in love! That was just the push I needed….
In January, I made two albums out of watercolor paper and “binded” them with elastic. I work in these two books almost everyday….the elastic works in a pinch, but to really keep my pages together, I needed to stitch them. Thankfully, We R Memory Keepers has an easy to use, affordable tool to punch the holes! I purchased that and also another bookbinding kit through Amazon. Between the two, I have plenty of supplies to try different techniques.
The Saddle Stitch technique was what I had in mind for this journal…and what I envision using the most. Luckily, its super easy! When I read the reviews for the Bookbinding Guide from We R Memory Keepers, the biggest complaint was poor directions. (They were correct!) Youtube to the rescue!
Here’s video I used- easy peasy!!