This is part two of a project to put a new cover on an old notebook. In this section I'll discuss the process of creating a pocket flap to store loose bits of papers that always seem to accumulate themselves in my notebook. The original post can be found
here.
1) Take the ruler and align it to the long edge of the page. Take your bone folder or butter knife and score a line to make the fold cleaner. It doesn't have to be the width of a ruler but it's an easy measure to make.
2) Center the page on the back (or front ) of the book's cover and eyeball about a quarter inch in from both sides. Use the butter knife or bone folder and score a line with the ruler.
3) where the bottom fold and the edge folds meet, cut out the bottom square. Once this is done, angle the top with a secondary cut that's about a quarter-inch higher than the bottom fold.
4) Using the ruler, mark quarter inch lines on the side-flaps and accordion fold it. It's the folds that allow the pocket flap to 'open' slightly when you reach in for things.
5) Make sure you fold the flap so that it's bent away from you first, then back and forth until the last fold opens 'out' of the pocket, not in.
6) Using some elmer's glue-all, glue the bottom fold onto the back (or front) cover of the notebook.
7) Using the same white glue, spread it on the bottom of the two accordion folds and press it against the cover. There you have it, a pocket flap.
1) Take the ruler and align it to the long edge of the page. Take your bone folder or butter knife and score a line to make the fold cleaner. It doesn't have to be the width of a ruler but it's an easy measure to make.
2) Center the page on the back (or front ) of the book's cover and eyeball about a quarter inch in from both sides. Use the butter knife or bone folder and score a line with the ruler.
3) where the bottom fold and the edge folds meet, cut out the bottom square. Once this is done, angle the top with a secondary cut that's about a quarter-inch higher than the bottom fold.
4) Using the ruler, mark quarter inch lines on the side-flaps and accordion fold it. It's the folds that allow the pocket flap to 'open' slightly when you reach in for things.
5) Make sure you fold the flap so that it's bent away from you first, then back and forth until the last fold opens 'out' of the pocket, not in.
6) Using some elmer's glue-all, glue the bottom fold onto the back (or front) cover of the notebook.
7) Using the same white glue, spread it on the bottom of the two accordion folds and press it against the cover. There you have it, a pocket flap.
1 comment:
I found you through Notebookism. Congratulations on a good post. But I like this one better! Thank you for this. I've been making up ways of making pockets and some are more successful than others, but I'm looking forward to trying this.
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