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Check out that hair! This was too funny — I had to share. He loves to ride around in that little car thing. Hours of fun. Hope you have a very merry weekend with your family. We’ll be riding bikes, playing kickball, and laze-ing about if you need us. We went to the fire station with some of our preschool friends.
One of the firemen got all dressed up in his fire gear. The guy on the right is timing him — 1 minute and 16 seconds! Did you know their gear weighs 65 pounds!? That’s worse than being 9 months pregnant.
Yes, my little buddy wore a headband that day. It makes him feel awesome like he’s a basketball player wearing a sweatband.
We had a great time, even though it was during Baby’s nap time.See how he’s already learning how to tease? Afterwards, I made a mistake… I took the boys to the library. Then to the mall. Then to the post office. Then to Target. That was too many things. And I didn’t even find something to wear for our family photos.
Yeehaw. It’s a round-up. I went to the park yesterday (thanks, Les!) instead of getting my tutorial put together so then when Chris came home from work and helped me photograph something on the fly, it was just too dark. So. We ate dinner. I will get organized and share it another time. Here are some autumn tutorials from last year: Autumn leaf garland Here are some tutorials I want to try: Paper Mache Pumpkins via Made by Joel I’d love to know what you are making! Happy Tuesday. Three cheers for Tuesday!
Today’s tutorial is a traditional bookbinding stitch that is used for sewing together single sheets of paper (as opposed to signatures). So before I get started, let me assure you that this is a very handy stitch to know. Think of all the school projects you can now start sewing together instead of stapling! Way better. This is simple enough you can teach your kiddos how to do it with yarn. Ok. Here we go. HOW TO SEW A STAB BINDING SUPPLIES:
stack of paper that needs to be sewn together GETTING STARTED
It’s important to follow the book anatomy outline above. If you get lost, refer back to this photo to get yourself back on track. You will start at the left (station 1) and move to the right. In this tutorial, I am using 4.4″ by 6″ paper bound with waxed linen thread. You can modify this to fit any size book and you can bind it with just about anything. Make sure you always pull your stitches tight after each step.
STEP 1: Use the binder clips to secure your stack together. Mark four sewing stations (aka holes) with your ruler. Mine are at .5″, 2″, 4″, and 5.5″ (left to right). I used a little drill to make the holes, but you can do this by hand with a sharp, pointed awl.
STEP 2: Starting at station 1, sew from the back to the front. Make sure to leave a 3″ tail in the back so you can tie it off at the end. Wrap around the spine and come back through from the back to the front. Pull tight.
STEP 3: Wrap around the foot and enter through station 1 again (from the back to the front). STEP 4: Sew through station 2 from the front to the back. Pull tight. Wrap around the spine and come back through station 2 from the front to the back.
STEP 5: Sew through station 3 from the back to the front. Pull tight. Wrap around the spine and come back through station 3 from the back to the front. STEP 6: Sew through station 4 from the front to the back.
STEP 7: Wrap around the spine and come back through station 4 from the front to the back. Pull tight. Wrap around the head and come back through station 4 from the front to the back.
STEP 8: Sew through station 3 from the back to the front. Sew through station 2 from the front to the back.
STEP 9: Remove the binder clips and tie a square knot with the loose ends. Ta-da! You did it! (I’m so proud of you)
Just in case you were wondering: You can be certain that I love Chris because I go with him to places like this
And you can be certain that Chris loves me back because he takes me places like this
And to top it all off, there is do doubt Chris’ parents love us (Hi Karen and Evan!) because they cared for our munchkins, making it all possible.
I love my family. In our house, Monday night is Family Night. We don’t schedule any other activities or sports. We spend time together — singing, praying, teaching our children about Jesus, eating yummy treats, and usually playing a game of some sort. Family Night keeps our faith strong. And it’s fun. We share the responsibilities… Which means I need a chart to help me keep track of who’s who and what’s what. I know there are a bunch of charts out there for keeping track of Family Night duties… here’s mine.
First, I hand cut a paper person for each family member and glued it to some matte board.
Then, I glued those skinny, super strong magnets to the back.
Last, I glued a piece of black paper on top of the magnets to keep them from falling off and to make the end product look a little more polished.
Now, it’s on my refrigerator. Here’s a recent video we showed the kiddos as part of Family Night.
Howdy. Isn’t that a great photo? Mostly I love that the birthday boy has his hands out in his “ta-da” pose. We have a lot of fun things going on around here… both on the home front and on the Book Bound Bindery front… making blogging a little scarce. As far as Book Bound Bindery goes: + We (Chris and I) are working on a new website that should be ready to launch in time for the holidays. This is really exciting for us. I can’t wait for you to see it. On the home front: + We painted the family room. I feel like a new woman. So… if you want regular, tiny updates on Book Bound Bindery, make sure you are a fan on Facebook. If you want to see what’s inspiring my home decorating projects, follow my boards on Pinterest. And if you want to say hi, email me.
My sister came for a visit. We spent the afternoon writing a comic. It was so fun to put it together… and then it was hilarious (but I can’t tell you why)… but maybe she will?
Visit her blog to read the whole thing. Happy Tuesday! Today’s tutorial is all about snake books. I’ve also heard these called garland books. Quick. Fun. Easy… and snake-like.
HOW TO MAKE A SNAKE BOOK Supplies: square pieces of paper (I used 6 in this tutorial)
Note: I used a paper with a pattern on one side and a solid color on the other side (to make it easy to follow this tutorial). I folded half of my squares so the pattern is on the outside and half so the solid is on the outside. The variations here are endless. Keep reading to see how it affects the end product.
Step 5: Attach together with tape, making sure to attach the head to the tail each time.
Step 6 (optional): Add front and back covers. Follow the directions on the accordion book tutorial for how to make covers and then glue them on your snake book. Step 7: Enjoy. Embellish. Share. I think these make great cards. Or you could make these into invitations for a party. Or a note in your kiddo’s lunchbox.
After you make this, you will feel super cool. Happy book making!
A few of you asked me how I made this paper flower (they were on the garland I posted about earlier this week). It’s just a paper version of my fabric flower tutorial. You can find it here. Instead of sewing the pieces together, I used hot glue.  |
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Step 1: Fold the square in half.
Step 2: Fold the square in half the other way.
Step 3: Fold the square a third time, making a triangle.
Step 4: Invert the fold from step 3 in on itself…
Step 4 continued: …making a square a fourth of the size of your original square. Repeat steps 1-4 with the rest of your paper squares.
