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Book Binding: Create A No Sew Piano Hinge Journal

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About Book Binding: Create A No Sew Piano Hinge Journal

Welcome

The Project

Supplies

Construction Overview

Make A Hinge Template

Small Journal Creating Signatures

Large Journal Calculating Hinge Strips

Large Journal Constructing Pages

All Journals Folding Hinge Tabs

All Journals Hingeing Pages

Cutting Hard Cover Boards

Small Journal Covers

Small Journal Covers 2

Small Journal Covers 3

Cover Mistake Alert!

Landscape Covers

Portrait Covers

Cover Hinge Tabs Portrait & Landscape

Finishing Portrait & Landscape Covers

Attaching Hard Covers

All Journals Binding

All Journals Finishing Steps

Finished Journals & Final Thoughts

What You Will Learn?

  • About This Class:.
  • Join me as I lead you through the fundamentals of creating a Piano Hinge Journal. Piano hingeing is a wonderfully decorative binding with so many possibilites..
  • I love creating my own journals and i've been making them since the 1980's. By making your own journals, customising the paper, size, covers and decorations you get exactly what you need for current projects. .
  • During the class I share my tips for paper and binding options as well as demonstrate how to construct 3 different journals. Following along with me you can make them all or just choose the style you prefer..
  • There is no sewing required and the journal can be dismantled to allow adding or removing pages. Which means you get to customise the content too!  You'll need basic craft supplies and paper for the class there's a supplies list under the project tab..
  • There's also a companion guide book for you to download from the resources section in the class..
  • New to book binding? .
  • No problem. This class is for anyone who's interested in creating a custom journal..
  • In this class you'll learn:.
  • You'll be creating:.
  • You will make your own styled and customised piano hinge journal..
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