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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Project #11 - Index Card Notebook

I love notebooks of all kinds and I've got dozens squirreled away, just in case. They're like toilet paper: no matter how much you buy it will all eventually get used. I have a notebook to go with almost all of my major life events. I had a real estate notebook for house hunting, and a wedding notebook full of guest lists and cost estimates for when I got married. I'm not sure what today's notebook will be for yet, but it's a good size for carrying around.

Ingredients:
6" by 9" blank index cards
binder clips
thread
needle
something sharp for poking
2 inch wide tape
pretty tape (optional)

I like the weight and standard sizes of index cards. I've tried to size my own paper, but without the right equipment I never get it right. Though if index cards aren't right for your project, Kinko's will size your paper for about a dollar a cut.

First, I lined up my index cards and cliped them with my binder clips to keep them in order. The cards are held together by a line of stitches, so I marked off where each perforation would be, placing them about 1 centimeter apart along a straight line.

Next, I used an old sewing machine needle, tapping it with a little hammer to make a hole in advance of adding the stitching. My notebook is about 12 cards thick, so the sewing needle wouldn't be able to go through on its own. I laid two lines of stitching, doubling back for extra hold.

After that, I covered my stitches with a piece of brightly colored tape and then added two more decorative pieces of washi tape that I picked up from Loft in Nagoya. Lastly, I cut the overhanging tape to make it even with the edges of the notebook.

Labels: papercraft, projects

posted by Alison 1/11/2009 11:02:00 PM : (0) comments : splink

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