Making A Leather Bound Journal

Link to matt karl s first attempts at journal making.

Making a leather bound journal.

The stitching techniques used are long stitching. I ve made ones simply by covering cheap composition notebooks with fabric book cover style using paint pens to draw cool designs on the cover plastering with stickers stenciling my initials and even pressing dried and pressed flowers into the inside cover for a really unique flair. Hi the journal it can be as big as you want using the same steps. I made this journal for about 6 including the leather and the awl which i got from amazon so there s no excuse not to give this a try.

Thanks so much for the excellent instructions. Just use a sturdier leather if you make it way bigger and you may want to make more holes for stitching in each booklet like instead of 4 may be 6 depending on how much taller the pages are going to be. I show you the process that i go through to make a complete leather journal. In this tutorial i will show you how to make a pocket sized leather bound journal complete with decorative inner lining to personalise it to your own tastes.

I have been wanting to make a leather journal just like this one. I love making my own leather bound customized journals and the possibilities are always unlimited.