Jeans notebook. Jeans notebook cover

Materials:
paper with a density of 80 g / m2 - 25 sheets of white and 25 sheets of blue;
designer cardboard or scrapbooking paper;
binding cardboard;
paper with a density of 300 g/m2;
kraft paper;
glue "Moment-Crystal";
silicone sealant;
threads "Iris";
waxed cord;
threads;
cotton fabric;
old jeans;
synthetic winterizer;
ribbons, ribbons, lace, plaster decorations, etc.;
white acrylic paint.

Tools:
mock-up mat and paper knife;
metal ruler;
scissors;
paint brush;
stamps, acrylic block;
stationery clips;
natfel;
sewing machine.

How to make a denim notebook with your own hands.

We divide office paper into 5 sheets, alternating white and blue, bend the sheets in half. We collect all the sheets in one block.

We put a sheet of cardboard on top and bottom of the resulting block, clamp it on the sides with clerical clips. We leave the block to lie down for several hours. Then, using a triangular file, cut out 6 small indentations at a distance of 3 cm from each other and from the edge of the block.

We proceed to the binding, for this we take out the block from the clamps. We collect sheets in notebooks, 5 sheets of the same color, alternating white and blue notebooks. Next, we need two strips of cotton fabric, a little less than 3 cm wide.

We sew the first notebook with a “forward needle” seam with a single thread “Iris”, bend the fabric from above, leave the tip of the thread outside.

At the top we put the second notebook (do not forget to alternate colors), insert the thread into the hole of the second notebook and also sew the needle forward with a seam. We hook the thread above the fabric to the thread of the previous block.

At the end of the notebook, we tie a thread into several knots with a tail left. We sew the third notebook, over the fabric we cling the working thread to the thread from the previous notebook. At the end, you need to tie a knot between the current notebook and the previous two. To do this, we skip the thread between the previous notebooks, make a loop, skip the needle and tighten the knot. In the same way, we sew the remaining notebooks into one block. We fix the thread at the end with the help of several sewing knots.

Then again, on top and bottom of the resulting block, we put a sheet of cardboard (we clamp it with clerical clips on the sides). Using a sponge, carefully coat the spine with silicone sealant.

We put clamps around the perimeter of the spine. After a few hours, the block can be trimmed at the print shop, but can be left as is. Then we glue the captal. Next, before gluing the flyleaf to the ribbons, glue a piece of kraft paper.

Let's get to the flyers. We cut out A4 rectangles from designer cardboard, bend them in half. We glue the flyleaf, glue a piece of kraft paper with ribbons on top of the flyleaf.

For the binding cardboard cover, we cut out rectangles so that on three sides they go beyond the block by 5 mm, and on the side of the spine they are 5 mm less. From white paper with a density of 300 g / m2, cut out a rectangle with a height equal to the height of the cover and a width of 10 cm.

Glue the spine to the cover. We cut out a rectangle from the synthetic winterizer according to the size of the cover and glue it on top of the cover. From jeans cut out a rectangle 2-3 cm wider than the cover. For additional decor, you can cut out a small front pocket of jeans.

Glue the fabric to the cover. It's okay if the piece of fabric was not solid, but with a seam, it's even more interesting. We sew the cover along the edge on a sewing machine. With a brush, we put blots of white acrylic paint on the cover. After the paint has dried, we put background stamps. With the help of lace, sewing, ribbons, plaster decorations, we decorate the cover. We sew the pocket so that a pencil or pen can be inserted into it.

Advice.
In order for the spine to bend beautifully, it is necessary to make several creasing at a distance of 2-3 mm from each other. The distance from the first to the last creasing should be 4-5 mm more than the height of the notebook spine.

The material is taken from the magazine "Basket of Ideas" No. 9 2013.

An interesting cover for your notebook. The practical and convenient finishing format will make the diary more durable, pleasant to the touch, and also protect it from rubbing and unwanted dirt.

To get started updating your notebook, have the following materials ready:
notepad on A5 spring;
a piece of jeans (a trouser leg from any old jeans is suitable, but always with a pocket);
two small colored ribbons + a narrow openwork ribbon of light colors;
voile fabric or a piece of transparent tulle;
dense green fabric;
green marker;
button
sewing needle and brown thread No. 30;
scissors;
universal polymer adhesive.

Remove the cardboard base from the front and back of the notebook, carefully opening its fastening mechanism.

Then circle the cover on the denim and cut it out along the outlined outline (without leaving any allowances or fabric for the hem).

Now sew the back pocket from the former jeans to this part. To get some contrast, it is better to turn this denim blank to the other side (wrong side up).

And soft and airy fabrics will help brighten up such a cover. From the veil, you need to make a small flower, for which cut 5-6 round blanks of different sizes.

It is better to make leaflets from any elastic fabric (you can take artificial leather or suede of a suitable color), so as not to additionally process or hem the edges of such small details. Just draw the veins with a felt-tip pen and your leaves will look quite decent.

Now grease the cardboard surface with glue and put a soft base with a pocket on it (and on the back of the cardboard cover without a pocket).

Sew the flower in the lower right corner of the pocket, fixing the thread inside it. Leaves can be simply glued on.

When the two parts of the cover dry well, take an awl or nail scissors and pierce the fabric at the points where these parts are attached to the springs.

Then carefully return the cover to its place, first stringing the back (after and the front) wall back onto the spring. At the end, be sure to close this mechanism tightly.

Glue the openwork braid to the pocket, and make a bookmark from the remaining ribbons (optional).

Hello, dear readers of the site cutting and sewing site. One cannot but agree that you can make quite creative products from old jeans with your own hands. Such products include purse, For example. Stylish old jeans bag also a relatively creative product. Actually, everything that was considered creative on the resource. Maybe jeans too. patchwork... too utilitarian, like all kinds of . But with such democratic clothes as jeans, their stocks in the house can be quite large. Something needs to be done with them. It's like a suitcase without a handle, it's inconvenient to drag it and it's a pity to leave it. Today we are making a journal cover. In principle, it can be a cover for both a photo album and a cookbook. The principle is important. So, the topic of today's material is "Do-it-yourself diary cover from old jeans."

Items needed to make a journal cover.

1. old jeans
2. Diary (diary, album)
   
3. Scissors
4. Sewing thread and needle
5. Maybe decorative flowers
6. Glue

If all this is there, then the cover for the diary is almost ready... ;)

Step 1: Diary measurement

The measurement can be taken without a ruler, simply by attaching the diary to the old jeans being reworked.

But with a ruler, and in this case with a tape measure, it is more convenient. First, you need to measure the length and width of the diary, and write down their values. When transferring to a fabric, it is necessary to add 4 cm to both measurements. This will be an allowance that will be folded. The lines can be drawn as standard with a small, textile marker, remnant. The main thing is that the traces are removed after the product is ready.

Step 2: Cutting the jeans

You can't make scrambled eggs without breaking eggs. You can't make a cover for a weekly magazine without cutting open old jeans.

After measuring, place the diary in the open position on the jeans. This way you can get an idea of ​​where the cuts will go, and how much and where the jeans will be shortened.

Let's not forget about admission. Additional margin of 4 cm for both length and width.

It is reasonable to first cut the flap approximately. Then cut it in place, attaching a diary. This will give you an idea of ​​how it will look when completed.

Step 3: Placing the Denim Flap

The photo shows the placement of fabric for making the cover. We must try to fold the fabric so that the back pocket falls entirely on one side of the diary for which the cover is being made.

Apply some PVA glue. The tucked edges of the denim flap are glued from within diary. Then cardboard is glued on both halves of the cover from the inside. Now the diary is left alone for a while. After about 20 minutes we can work with him again.

I repeat. When placing the allowance inside the diary, we need to keep in mind that we want to release the entire pocket.

Step 4: Sewing decorative stitches

Stitches made by hand often look much more profitable, decorative than laid with a sewing machine. The color, texture and thickness of the thread also affect the decorative effect.

After gluing, you can see that the additional canvas remains on the left side of the diary. Sew it on with a needle and thread. If you don’t try too hard, then, oddly enough, it can turn out to be more decorative. We put a bartack at the beginning of the line and at its end. According to the principle of machine stitching. Our product from old jeans is approaching the final.

Step 5: Add Flowers to the Denim Cover

This step, of course, should be defined by functionality. Although crafts from old jeans will endure everything. Let's add flowers to our project.

Now, in the last step, you can decorate the cover for the diary from old jeans, which we made ourselves, with anything. Rhinestones.

If your favorite jeans are torn, and your hand doesn’t rise to throw away, you can make a very beautiful mini album out of them.

For this we need:

— Old jeans

- Scissors

- A piece of chalk or dry soap

- Ruler

- 2 sheets of scrapbooking paper

- 2 sheets of cardstock (textured cardboard)

— Cardboard

- Pencil

- Jewelry (I took 36 flowers, and for the middle I used halves of beads)

- Eyelets 16 pcs and a tool for their installation.

– Glue 2pcs

- Sewing machine

- Threads of the right color

- sewing needle

- ink pad

- Shaped edge puncher

Double-sided tape

Cut off the top of the jeans and all the seams. We cut each part from the legs in half, we get 8 segments, then we cut each part in half again. As a result, we should get 16 segments.

On each segment of the jeans, we draw a rectangle measuring 16x14.5 cm with chalk.

We cut the cardboard into 16 rectangles 15.5x14 cm in size and glue fabric on both sides to each of them.

We make a velvety edge for each page.

We sew everything on a sewing machine, and so that the edge does not bloom before cutting off the extra threads, we tie them into two knots.

We take a drill and drill holes for the eyelets. Carefully cut off the excess fabric in the resulting holes with nail scissors, insert the eyelets and fix them with a tool for them.

We “age” the edges of the pages with an ink pad.

From two pieces of paper for scrapbooking, we cut out 14 borders measuring 14x7.5 cm. At each border, along the edge on one side, we pass a figured hole punch and age them with an ink pad. Then we sew everything on a sewing machine. And so that the edge does not bloom, we push each thread from the outside with the help of a sewing needle inside, from the inside we hook the thread and completely pull it out from the outside, tie 3-4 knots and fix all the threads with double-sided tape, cut off the excess. Then we glue or sew lace to the border.

From 2 sheets of cardstock we draw substrates for photos sized 10x11.5 cm. As a result, 14 pieces should be obtained. We “age” the edges of each substrate with scissors and an ink pad, then we sew all the substrates on a sewing machine and fasten the threads, as indicated above.

The photos are also “and we print them out with a size of 9.2x10.5 cm, then we sew each photo on a sewing machine, and we fix the threads, as indicated above.

Glue all photos with double-sided tape to the substrates.

Now it remains to decorate the cover of our album and fasten all the pages with a waxed cord, you can also hang a bead on each end for beauty.

Our album is ready.

Happy creativity!