WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.440 Hi, I'm Christine of Christine's Crafts and in this video I'm going to show you how to make these super cute DIY pocket notebooks 00:07.240 --> 00:11.500 Whatever you want one for these are ideal. There is something special about making your own 00:11.940 --> 00:19.300 You can make them from card or this fabric paper which is the video coming up that will show you how to make that and let's get started 00:20.140 --> 00:29.600 All you need is something for your cover in this case I'm going to do a cardboard one but it could be the fabric paper and you can have that as thicker as thin as you like. It's up to you how you need 00:30.000 --> 00:35.680 rigid you want your notebook and here's some of that fabric paper so there's a video on the screen 00:35.680 --> 00:40.240 now that you can click at the top and you can find a video to make your own fabric paper 00:41.680 --> 00:46.720 and you're going to want some paper to go in your notebook and that's up to you you can use just 00:46.720 --> 00:52.160 ordinary pads a four letter pads that you'd normally do your notes at school on or you could 00:52.160 --> 00:56.880 use some plain paper from your printer or sketch pad and you're going to want some thread and 00:56.880 --> 01:04.760 a needle to just sew your pocket notebook together I'm using embroidery thread, but you could just use some string or strong cotton 01:05.760 --> 01:10.360 So your cover is where we start. You're going to decide on the size of your notebook 01:11.060 --> 01:15.160 And however wide you want your notebook to be, you're going to cut your card twice as wide 01:15.480 --> 01:21.120 So I'm going to leave mine. That's perfectly okay for me. And then decide how tall you want your notebook 01:21.460 --> 01:25.300 And that's the height you're going to cut your card or whatever you're using 01:25.980 --> 01:29.980 I'll keep referring to it as card. So I'm going to make this one five inches 01:29.980 --> 01:34.240 all so I'm just going to mark it at five inches. Now if you've got all the equipment 01:34.240 --> 01:41.280 and you've got your rotary cutter and your mat and everything this is probably a lot easier and a lot quicker but I like to show you with really basic tools then 01:41.280 --> 01:48.480 everyone can make them. So you're just going to mark that and cut it out so that 01:48.480 --> 01:54.720 you've got a cover. It's that simple. Just be nice and accurate so you get a nice 01:54.720 --> 02:14.992 tidy job and then fold your cover in half. I do it just by much muching by matching up the edges And then you want a nice clean crisp fold So I going to use something called a boning tool but you can just use the back of the ruler the back of a pen 02:15.112 --> 02:19.832 anything. Just be careful you don't catch your cardboard, that's all. Then we're going to make 02:19.832 --> 02:26.812 some pages. So I'm just going to take a few off this sketchpad. How many pages is up to you 02:26.892 --> 02:31.932 Now I'm going to tell you when you've seen this, I use 10 pages. You can use more, but if you're going to 02:31.932 --> 02:35.552 use a lot more you might want to make your notebook a little bit differently and I'll explain 02:35.552 --> 02:41.412 about that towards the end of the video don't make your pages as wide as the notebook because 02:41.412 --> 02:49.812 they'll stick out so what I recommend is that you make them half an inch narrower so where 02:49.812 --> 02:56.012 these this cover was eight and a quarter inches I'm making my pages seven and three quarters 02:56.012 --> 03:01.912 so I'm just going to mark the whole page at that widget 03:01.912 --> 03:07.612 And then when it comes to the height of your pages, I'm going to do the same thing 03:08.252 --> 03:13.932 So for mine being five inches high, I'm going to make my pages four and a half inches high 03:14.232 --> 03:25.972 So what matters is that you're half an inch less than the cover. And this should make them sit nicely and you're not going to have any worries about your pages sticking out and getting damaged 03:28.352 --> 03:38.332 So once you've marked it up, if you've got a rotary, that's ideal. If you haven't, just cut them out with scissors. And what I would say is 03:38.872 --> 03:43.092 I didn't, but I'd recommend just clipping them together with a bulldog clip or a paper clip 03:43.092 --> 03:47.832 or something like that just to keep them steady. Because whilst you're cutting, they tend to 03:47.832 --> 03:52.532 wander a bit if you're cutting more than one at a time. And then they can end up slightly different 03:52.912 --> 03:58.812 So it's do as I say, not as I do in this little instance. I should have clipped them together 03:58.812 --> 04:06.432 And just repeat for as many as you want. Then we're going to mark up to make our actual notebook 04:07.352 --> 04:21.305 So on the cover along that fold in the middle you want to mark the centre Should the little pencil dot is fine And then one inch at either side of it So it going to end up with three little dots 04:23.865 --> 04:28.285 And then you're going to repeat that on the pages. Now, I've not folded mine yet 04:28.905 --> 04:34.785 Far too many to fold in one go. It just doesn't work very well. So I recommend you do a few pages at a time 04:35.645 --> 04:40.585 Fold them in half. Make a crisp fold. Do the same with the others 04:41.544 --> 04:46.385 And then you're going to mark the centre. Now, I would only mark one page 04:46.445 --> 04:51.825 You don't need to mark them all. You'd be there forever. So you're just going to get one page 04:52.725 --> 04:57.544 put your ruler back on, make sure you're on that centre fold, mark the centre 04:57.785 --> 05:02.745 so you're looking how tall it was, mark the centre, and then one inch either side 05:04.085 --> 05:11.525 And all that matters here is you're making sure you stay on that fold. And then we need to make 05:11.525 --> 05:18.905 the holes. Now some people say use a fancy tool here you can do if you've got one but if not just 05:18.905 --> 05:24.365 use the needle that you're going to sew with so it should be a nice quite a wide fat needle with a big 05:24.365 --> 05:30.005 eye but it does need a sharp point and you're just going to pierce it through the cover through 05:30.005 --> 05:37.065 those three holes now be careful don't stab yourself be incredibly careful you could put 05:37.065 --> 05:41.385 your cover against a foam block so that you're pushing it into that and you cannot catch your 05:41.544 --> 05:45.544 What I recommend is that you make sure the needle goes all the way through 05:45.544 --> 05:49.544 And when it comes to the pages, just do a few at a time 05:49.544 --> 05:56.544 Otherwise you can get in a bit of a pickle and they wander around. And again, ideally if you clip them together to do this 05:56.544 --> 06:04.544 So once you've got all your holes, it's time to sew. So get yourself a length of your chosen thread 06:04.544 --> 06:10.544 Just a normal sewing length we'll do. Um, maybe a foot, a foot and a half 06:10.544 --> 06:16.544 foot and a half that sort of length will be plenty and thread up your needle and then we're 06:16.544 --> 06:32.197 going to sew but don panic it something called a pamphlet stitch and it is really really easy anyone can do this so we going to take the thread and we going to go in through the centre hole So we lined up our cover and our pages 06:32.957 --> 06:38.677 And sometimes you've got to wiggle it a little bit to get it through, especially the first one, if things aren't lined up quite right 06:39.737 --> 06:49.117 And then through the cover. And then back through one of the other holes that you made 06:49.117 --> 06:57.057 It doesn't matter which one. Just make sure you come back through the cover and through the pages 06:57.317 --> 07:01.177 If you have a bit of trouble, just separate them and take your time to get it through 07:02.177 --> 07:06.197 If you're enjoying this video, please give me a thumbs up so it spreads to more people 07:06.497 --> 07:10.377 And then everyone can make their own little pocket notebooks, whatever they use them for 07:10.777 --> 07:16.237 I'd love to hear in the comments below what you use your notebook for. My most recent one went on holiday 07:16.837 --> 07:23.277 Put my key information in it and then recall. what we did on holiday. It was lovely. It was really nice to write rather than just use your phone 07:24.157 --> 07:27.997 So once you've got that back through and you can see I had a little bit of trouble 07:29.197 --> 07:34.957 we're going to take it back down through the pages through the other hole that we haven't used yet 07:38.157 --> 07:42.797 A bit of wiggling. Don't worry, so you have to do this. It's perfectly normal 07:46.557 --> 07:53.717 And then you keep pulling in it. it tight. We're keeping it nice and tight, nice and tidy. And then the needles coming back up 07:53.717 --> 07:58.397 through the centre hole, but make sure it comes the other side of your stitch so that you're 07:58.397 --> 08:04.797 going to tie your tails off over that stitch. And then just tie them together. Just use a 08:04.797 --> 08:08.957 reef knot, a granny knot, you know, just any knot you like, just so it knots them together 08:10.557 --> 08:17.597 And then cut the ends off, but I recommend leaving some end. And then one little option you've 08:17.597 --> 08:21.597 got now you've completed your book is you could clip the corners so it's got nice rounded 08:21.597 --> 08:27.437 corners you could decorate your notebook whatever you do enjoy your notebook and if you fancy 08:27.437 --> 08:32.157 making an art journal please click on the video on the screen now and enjoy