I suggest a tab binding for the book you were wondering about how to bind. You can make fabric tape with your choice of fabric and double-sided tape and create the tabs to be any size you like. There are videos on KZread. I have used the tab binding because I dislike the rings. Then there’s also elastic. I’m teaching a class right now to beginners where we are simply using elastic around a hard spine. This produces a book structure that allows you to take pages in an out or rearrange them, kind of like a traveler’s notebook. In fact, I was binding pages into a traveler’s notebook using elastic while watching this video!❤

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Joyce. I’m going to look into tab binding a little more closely. 😊💜

Thoughts...the twine can be purchased at the Dollar Tree An easy no sew method often used with travelers notebooks is to make your signatures, slip as many large elastics as you have signatures over your cover and center them into the fold, then slip each signature into one of the bands until all are nearly tucked inside your journal. You can slide them in and out as you need to, as they get full or need to be replaced, or you can add bands and signatures as long as the spine is wide enough. I love this method. For the rings, I would suggest using smaller rings so the book isn't so floppy. As you fill the book, you can add a larger ring. The gummed tape you showed is being used in a class I'm taking right now to make our own washi tape. We are painting, stamping, doodling, etc on lengths of it. You could do the same to use as your binding for your book. You could cover the tape with fabric or whatever you wanted to create the external spine after you attached all your pages together. There is a lady I follow and have taken a class from, Ali something, Vintage books or Pages or something... I'll get it for you, who is brilliant when it comes to making and binding books! Oh, and cheap 11x17 copy paper from Staples would be an easy way to play with different larger zine sizes, unless you wanted to go really big then I would use butcher paper. ❤

I love #8 - no binding at all, just a lovely collection of beautiful gorgeous papers. Why not? And the upcycled life insurance document journal - love that you discovered items stashed in there.

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!! 😉💙👍🏼

Nick the booksmith show’s excellent ways for you to glue those books…love your artistry 💞

@MargareteMiller

11 ай бұрын

I love her channel. I'll go have a look. Thanks!

Love the use of playing cards! ❤

Love your mini card books ..held with jump rings..want to try that.

Love seeing your beautiful gluebooks & journals!! Great ideas for no-sew...TYFS!! ❤🤗

Thank you for doing this video. I was one of the people who asked you to do this. I actually started the first page of my journal yesterday.😊

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Yay! Have fun with it 👏🏼💙

@diannelevy9179

Жыл бұрын

@@MargareteMiller Thank you so much.

So many beautiful journals!

As to the book you haven't bound, I have found this works--clip your pages together very tightly so you have a nice, even book block. Then put Tacky Glue all over the left edges you want in the spine and smear it around evenly. Add a piece of cheesecloth to the glued edges. Let it all dry and then glue the cheesecloth to the book spine. In your case, you will have to make a spine for your covers. The glued cheesecloth does a good job holding all the pages together.

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

I like this idea, Donna, but what happens when you start turning the pages? Won't they wiggle loose eventually? I wanted to do something like that, but thought the pages wouldn't be secured enough with just glue. 💜

@DonnaVintageSnippets

Жыл бұрын

@@MargareteMiller Hi! I've made two smaller books with this type of binding and they are in my personal collection so I don't turn the pages a lot, but nothing has come apart yet. I have, however, only done it with regular copy paper as pages. If your pages are heavier, I really can't say what will happen, but I figure it's not much different than the way they make glued bindings nowadays. Maybe you can try it on something small and see how you like it.

I love seeing your journals!!! Just gorgeous!!! Thank you for sharing!❤

The black leather like journal had a very unique binding. I think it would be fun to try to recreate it for a travel journal. Thanks for the great examples. The inkbox book from the 12x12 card stock was also super cool. I'll have to try that, too. Thanks so much for sharing!!!

Travelers notebooks are my favorite followed by a manuscript type binding. I love the playing card book you have here❤

I would love to see a flip through of your scrap paper junk journal with the stapled binding. I have watched your videos of your first trashy junk journal many times over and would love to see your progress on the current one.

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

I need to work on that one more. I've got too many blank pages in there 😁

Great video! Lots of good information. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the great ideas Margarete :) I make junk journals and even though I sew, I don't sew in signatures. I use elastic, twine, ribbon etc to bind them in or use the tab binding which is great as your pages lay flat :) There is also a document binding which is just the top and bottom of pages for something diffeerent also. Collage is so realaxing and fun :)

@MargareteMiller

7 ай бұрын

I've just discovered the tab binding and am getting ready to experiment. I got the material and everything. 😉 Now I just need to find the time!! 💜

You have so many great ideas! I really like the small ones using jump rings. (I love small books and journals.) Thank you for sharing all of these ideas. ❤

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so o much for stopping by! 💜

Great ideas thank for sharing 😊

Margarete: I’ve been lucky enough to just find some good looking 3 hole binders. They can hold a nice size page, especially for collaging. Also, I’ve found smaller ring binders. It works! Carol from California

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

I love the idea of using binders. Thanks, Carol! 👍🏼💜

I absolutely adore your work, I have masses and masses of papers, card etc, but not the interesting stuff that you have, I can't seem to get it together for some reason 🙄🙄🙄 I am going to sit with laptop and go through all of your videos, ...I do make books but they are too random, like my brain, toooo many options, so i need to sort that one too. Tks Margarete, love your work 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I need to incorporate your goods that I buy into my work and not keep them as precious items 😁😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰

Thanks for all the binding ideas. Your journals are beautiful and inspiring.

@MargareteMiller

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 💜

So many ideas Margarete. I recently saw Susanne Rose Art channel making home made painted and stamped washi with that glue backed tape. There's another idea if you didn't want just brown tape to join pages.

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Neat!! Thank you. I’ll go check that out 👍🏼

Thank you for sharing this information. I learned a lot. I have made only one junk journal (glue book), but that's all so far. I just glued items in without much thought. It was fun, and I liked the way it turned out. But now, I would like to learn how to think through a little bit better about items I collage. Thank you for your lovely tutorials and for showing us what you've made.

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I’m glad you got some new ideas to work with. Continue to make them and have fun with them!! 😉💜👍🏼

I enjoyed your no sew binding video. I was going to suggest the tab binding, but it looks like someone beat me to it. I have used it and really liked how it turned out. I loved your ideas for reenforcing holes. Thank you!

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Nice!! Thanks for watching 💙

I use the 3 hole pamphlet stitch and I think elastic is a good option.. Also the ring binding.

I’ve also reinforced using used dryer sheets and drywall tape. The drywall tape adds a lot of bull and the dryer sheets can almost become transparent

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Interesting! Thanks for the idea 👍🏼💜

Oh such inspiring view!!!

Tab binding is also a no sew. Might be somewhat similar to what you plan to do with packing tape. End results of tab binding are super cool. Tfs.

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

I’ll look at tab binding more closely. Thanks!! ❤️

Another no-sew is Laura Denison's "stacking the deck" book, which is lots of fun! However, pages are not removable. The are pockets, tho, and I have made lots of these, too!

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I’ll go check that out 👍🏼💜

The loose binding is like a file folder. A cool feel! I like to use a twine or small elastic and put it through eyelets, or just wrap around the spine, and put the signatures through on the inside. This is my favorite, and I use for my monthly journals, with pages being added or removed according to the need! I start with 3 signatures and 3 o4 4 pages double-size folded and put together for each of the signatures. My current one just has the "jewelry" hemp just wound around the spine several times, and tied. A gutted book works well for this, with spine reinforced with a good paper. I love the old Readers Digest covers. Glad to share! Hugs! Peggy

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Oh! I forgot about elastic binding. Thanks for the reminder 👍🏼💜

I have done a couple of small journals with tab binding. I like it because the pages lay flat when opened. It does require a bit of forethought for the assembly. I think there’s a formula, like an even number of journal pages, including front and back cover, and an odd number of tabs, from top to bottom. The fun part is you can make the tabs out of different patterned paper, tap or fabric, creating a more eclectic look 😊

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

I'm going to look up tab binding. Thank you, Sharon! 💜

The unique one toward the end is like a modified midori style, which has been my preferred method as I never can commit to a permanent composition. I love being able to change it up...keeps it fresh and like I always have an ongoing project to work on. :)

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Being able to change things up is really freeing. 👍🏼💙

Great ideas. The crisscross binding is beautiful! I just use the 3 hole pamphlet stitch. I have also done the washi tape binding which turned out pretty cool!

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

I want to try washi tape binding. That would look so cool. Thanks for the idea! 💙

Lovely

Use elastic bands to bind.

@MargareteMiller

6 ай бұрын

Yes! That’s another idea I didn’t mention. Thanks for suggesting 💜👍🏼

Great videio!! I've done a good few of the bindings you've shown here, but I can't figure out the small cards with Tyvek? I'll have to watch again. Another easy one is folding an accordion style journal. You can use any papers or even patchwork together your papers to make them work, then glue to cardstock or cardboard front and back. One more is accordion folding a paper binding making hills and valleys and then gluing your pages into it. I'm horrible at explaining so good thing I don't have a KZread channel! 😀 Thanks for this video!!

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

Yes, an accordion fold is also a good one. 💙👍🏼

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Thank you for all the 0:08 helpful info and lots of options! I'd love to know where you got the clear organizer for longer papers. I've never seen that one and could definitely use it.

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

I just added the links in the description. Here they are, also: small desk organizer: amzn.to/3Yvvlgg -large desk organizer: amzn.to/3RU4He9

Just found your channel. I have seen people doing Margaret’s Miller challenges. How would I participate in one?

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

2ways: join the “Collage Art Collective” where the assignments are posted every week. Or, purchase the entire list (52 weekly assignments) for $5 from my shop. I’m actually on vacation (sorry for not responding sooner!) so my shop is closed at the moment, but I’ll be back in a couple of weeks. Links are in the description box. Thanks for asking 💜

Would you please direct me to the video of the journal SOAKED IN WATER. Thank you.

@MargareteMiller

Жыл бұрын

www.margaretemiller.com/my-washed-and-worn-journal-making-experience/