STITCHED NOTEBOOK

This hand-bound book makes a stylish journal, sketch- or scrapbook.

Decide on the size and cut two pieces of thick cardboard, board or foam board for the covers. Glue on the fabric using a strong glue, folding over the edges and covering them on the reverse with paper cut to size and glued down. Make five holes through the covers ready for the stitching. Cut 32 pieces of paper that, when folded, fit inside. Make eight paper sections, each with four pieces of paper folded together. Make holes in the spines in line with those on the covers. Begin to stitch together using a continuous piece of embroidery thread. There are lots of step-by-step videos on Youtube for special book-binding stitches such as kettle and coptic.

Daffodil archive cotton-mix fabric, £89/m, Morris & Co. Embroidery thread and paper, from a selection, Hobbycraft