 Hi my dear friends, welcome back! Yesterday I made, this is just click that, just slide that, yesterday I made this tag from that Frankon paper and today when I woke up I actually knew what I want to do with it so I took my sewing machine and I did so all around, I skipped this circle and this gear, I just started you know from here and went here and then started from here and went here and I actually like those strings on the side and then from strip of paper and also I used zutr machine and I put those holes here and then from strip of paper I used that zutr machine as well then I ripped piece of that you know that long piece so I ripped it to make this beautiful edge and then I placed my paper to make those holes kind of and it's similar distance or you know similar position and I folded over the edge it's not glued yet I just wanted to show you and I've got here again cotton metal glued on serrally box or you know pizza box and then I embossed those numbers and I put this small strip I put those corners if you will notice all those corners are coated a little bit because I don't like those sharp corners there they don't look vintage same I did on these pieces I will explain later so what I'm gonna do I'm gonna create cover for my next journal and hopefully we will get also to the sewing I want to show you so first I'm gonna finish the cover for this journal and then somehow we'll try to put it all together what I have in my head so I'm gonna glue this it's more like decoration here I needed something and then I'm gonna glue this on the top and I'm gonna move on to I'm gonna just slide it behind let there those numbers but slide it behind that circle so I've got probably all finished and what I did here I'm gonna copy on other two pieces so this can be maybe back cover and I've got exactly similar two pieces I did put two pieces from some you know normal box from food one it's gonna tell you measurement one is six and one quarter yeah one is six and one quarter and then I do have smaller one which is five and three quarters yes five and three quarters so one is six and one quarter by I'm gonna take it this way eight and three quarters and second one it's five and three quarters by seven and no eight and one quarter so half inch I do have a half inch smaller top that top piece so I do have one quarter inch frame all around so this side and this side are half inch smaller than on that bigger piece so I've got those two pieces could take those two pieces one I do have here two energy cans which I glued using double sided tape just here in the middle now I'm gonna I'm gonna use first double sided tape and I'm gonna fold those edges and glue it together with that box not always we have to you know use some fancy supplies mostly I'm using for making my covers I'm using boxes from food from what we buy from pizza from serralli from any kind of you know cookies chocolate mostly I'm gonna cut just slight angle to the corner not too big just slight angle and here also slight angle to the corner and here it will be same slight angle to the corner and slight angle to the corner and similar here slight angle like this way angle not that way this way angle so when I will fold it it will be nicely sitting in that in that cover it will be not over the edge of that cheap board this I'm gonna not yet I'm gonna take off this packing paper from my double sided tape and put same here double sided tape if so but good good good sided tape here oh come on not me don't glue it I'm gonna press it to the metal and to all falls I'm gonna take it off packing paper and I'm gonna start to fold over the edge and here it's good to take the time to make sure I'm actually folding it over that cheap board because it's still it's metal and I can be very fast on a wrong you know wrong spot here and then that opposite side and again to make sure I am on the edge of that cheap board put it over and press it with my bone folder and same it will be on those long sides make sure I'm folding it right like this and what I did next I took my scissors and I cut all corners all those top corners I could off because I think it looks more vintage when you don't have sharp corners so I'm using it on all of my uh tux journal covers mostly sometimes not mostly sometimes on pages as well so I'm cutting those sharp corners those top corners off because for me it looks more more vintage so now what I'm gonna do I'm gonna take embossing folder and I'm gonna emboss this metal piece as well like that piece before I'm gonna use again that embossing folder from Tim Holt that 3d this one 3d embossing folder call it mechanics mechanics 662715 so I'm gonna use that embossing folder and embossed all that space and once I have embossed all that piece I start it to sand it with sanding block and because this is kind of long process I'm gonna pause my camera and come back when it's fully sanded from that color so I do have sand all that color I left just here and there that black color because it looks amazing and now with the bigger piece I put here just simple packing paper which came with some box so what I'm gonna do I'm gonna use that paper for my background paper of cover I'm using uhu glue uhu glue stick because it smells so good and I'm gonna wrap it to do paper because I will use some decorative paper inside I don't even mind that it will be not even and I'm gonna make for myself template I'm gonna fold that paper over the edges to make folds so then I know how to cut and with my scissors again small angle to the corner and because I will cut those corners again I don't even mind that there will be not enough paper probably there will be enough paper I mean that I will don't have those folds over that corner because I'm gonna cut it anyway and again with glue stick I'm gonna glue that paper to my part make it nice and flat the last one and I will use my sewing machine and I will sew all all around for this paper close to the edge like I made on that first one like this and distress it with walnut stain but before I will do that I'm gonna cut those corners a little bit just those top corners just like this and now I'm gonna use my sewing machine sew it all around and use distress ink so I have finished uh that one cover now I do have two large two smaller wrapped in can metal and embossed and I do have one piece for top cover and I'm gonna start with the the back cover I think I'm just gonna glue it here and put eyelets into those four corners probably eyelets or brats what I'm gonna use I think I'm gonna use brats no eyelets I like eyelets more so I'm gonna glue it first just gonna use tacky glue tacky glue on my piece and glue it first and then two corners I will put eyelets to secure it properly I should take brush and put that nice amount of that glue with brush not like this it's very fine tip so I don't have too much okay I think I've got quite a lot of glue yeah I do have quite a lot of glue so now I can make a good position of this small piece press it from here hopefully all that glue will spread nicely like this I'm gonna take my hole punch this crocodile and with that 316 I'm gonna punch the holes in the corners of my metal piece all four of them and I will fix there those eyelets so I do have finished that back cover I put also inside after I fixed those eyelets I put inside decorative paper I didn't want to have holes in in those corners through I wanted to have you know just secure those two pieces now I'm gonna move to that front cover before I will glue those two pieces together oh I forgot to distress it I need to glue this on my metal piece and I already put foam double sided tape on this on this tack but I would like to secure it a little bit more than just with double sided tape I'm gonna use also brats to secure it to keep it together I know this foam double sided tape keeps like really strongly I use it on my door door letters letters door numbers so I know it holds really well so I took off all that backing I'm gonna place it the way I would like to see it on my cover and I would like to have there all around some nice frame of that metal to make it looks like this it's going through but it's this one so I'm gonna place it here hopefully I'm straight with that am I or am I not um oh yeah and it it it holds already okay so I'm gonna leave it there turning you the double sided tape that foam double sided tape it's like really strong okay now I'm gonna make holes and put the brats I think I'm gonna use those fasteners those bigger fasteners I've got here because I already colored them using alcohol inks one two maybe three four so I need my poking tool and where is my poking tool so I'm gonna make a holes one here through to all those layers definitely I like that look one here another one no powder yes I will change this one I'm gonna give it try yeah it's possible to take it off so another will be here like this yes that's better and maybe one small and here's exactly this one or one big one big I'm gonna place it right next to this teeny tiny small piece right here hopefully they are all all work together it doesn't look bad I guess it looks like it's supposed to be there so now I'm gonna make exactly same I'm gonna glue this here put the eyelets in the corners and glued that backing paper from the side but first I have to distress distress here those edges I put those eyelets I still don't have the decorative paper here because here I need to cover my coating of that end of that circle if I will know that I will use it for cover I will probably leave it there but I didn't know so what I came up with are those wooden pieces which I can use like decoration and I will probably use them this way and one here to make it like wave on all that cover so I'm gonna use tacky glue and also brats to fix it through all those layers and then I will put their decorative paper from other side and we will start to sewn papers all together so I do have done my front cover it looks like this and like this from inside and I do have my back cover it's pretty simple and I do have four signatures I'm gonna show you a little bit different type of sewing or binding of my journal I'm not sure if I I found out this way but it's it's easy for me I already made tutorial while ago on this type of kind of kind of ish this type of stitching so what you need to do make two holes on each side of your signature make sure that they are on same position no matter how large signature you will have like this one it's bigger than those others but the holes are on the same position two on each side I've got three centimeters gap between which is about one and one quarter of inch yeah one and what is it three sixteen of inch gap between those two holes so I've got two on each side in each of signatures and I'm gonna take the top cover and here here will be my binding so I'm gonna flip it over I'm gonna take my signature this is bottom of my signature so I'm gonna flip it same way like will be you know like it will be in in the journal and here I'm gonna try to make a nice position because that cover it's a little bit bigger than my pages and I want my pages inside of my cover not on the bottom and here big gap but I want to have my pages nicely in the middle sit in the middle of my cover so I'm gonna make a beautiful position which I really like and then where are the holes I need to take a different one I'm gonna take this signature here I can see that much better yeah no I can't I need to take the bigger one take the biggest one I'm sorry take the biggest one so I'm gonna draw it here to make sure I can see here I used sport tape that fabric tape because I glued two envelopes together using that fabric tape so it's not seen properly so take the biggest signature from your journal make nice position of that signature on that cover how you would like to see that in your journal and then make a copy those marks where you've got those holes make marks on your cover like this like this I've got four dots here on my cover I'm just gonna have a look if they are kind of on the same distance same distance like from this edge if they are at the same distance each of one to make sure that it will look nice so this is your front cover this is back cover so place it face the face make sure you've got the right side of binding so if my back cover will be this way here will be signatures and this will be my top cover then I'm just gonna make this so I've got binding the size of binding on the similar way and then make a holes using your hole punch where you've got those marks and put their eyelets to all eight of them on the front cover and on the back cover as well so I do have prepared the holes in my signatures now place them the way you would like to see them in your journal like this and then leave that the back cover down on the table and flip this this way so then you will take always the signature you would like to have you will need some thread and four needles and that's two threads long one so when I'm counting my thread how long I will need it I'm counting about twice folded but twice in the leg of my journal probably it will be probably too long but rather I will have a longer thread than short I don't like to you know to what is it extended in the middle of my sewing so folded two folded very long strings like this take one make sure you have folded half then put each of these ends of that string to one side of your journal cover to those holes I'm gonna untwist it and probably like this put your threads to make sure you've got a similar end here and then take this hold one hole one hole one side of those holes and take that opposite side and go with the thread under here i'm gonna move this one to make sure it's not on our way under here and in that hook in that eye here and pull it very carefully make sure you will make beautiful knot on the top like this and do same take this one pull it under and through to that eye here like this and do same on that opposite side so put that thread through to those holes make sure you've got similar ends then hold one side so you will don't move it take one side under that thread and here to that to that loop here and pull it so you're making like a knot knot on the end and similar on that opposite side under that thread and here to this eye and make it nice and tight so if you need just pull that thread and make it nicely tight it's better if you will use probably wax thread but i would like to have this journal in grungy style that's why i use that yuta so i do have prepared the base and i'm gonna take first signature first i need to try to put all those four ends all those four ends to my needles so each of one will be hooked into the needle i hope it will go well because this is kind of fat thread that yuta thread has many many ends so i do have needle in each of one that was very very long process i'm gonna take that last signature and i'm gonna open it in the middle and i'm gonna take this thread string and because here i do have that you know that sport tape here it will probably take a little bit longer time to go through oh no good and i'm gonna go inside i'm gonna take second one and go through that hole uh-huh here it will take a longer time come on go through and pull it you know if you will have a normal thread not yuta thread it will go much more easily believe me always make sure that you will pull that thread beautiful that you will don't have any leftovers here like you know those twist of that thread where is the middle make same with that bottom of your cover go through to all your holes and with last needle i need to sort out my thread then nicely tight your signature make sure it's not too tight but it's not too loose to make sure it's sitting there pull that thread the way you need it to make sure that the signature will sit on that cover open it and make a knot here believe me it will help it will help to sit your signatures properly do not move too much and keep the shape you want to have in there i'm not sure if i have to do it with this yuta thread because that yuta thread will don't allow my signatures to slide on it it's too fluffy so maybe i don't have to make knot but i made the journal using a wax thread here hear it how it looks like that's sewing when you do have some all signatures and i made thread in each of these signatures in the middle i made a knot not thread not on my wax thread because that wax thread it's slidey and those papers will you know move so it's better if you will make a knot here in the middle of your signature and then go outside with the thread go back to those holes i'm gonna make it like before to make sure i will have some result some good one do not tide it too much and do not make it too loose of course if you want to make like big decorations on your journal pages then you will need a little bit more loose sewing or binding and go outside with that thread like this and with this one here it's going worse because that yuta thread it's really fluffy then take another signature place it on the top and just follow the holes here with this thread go to this hole and continue exactly same and i think i've got my signature upside oh hopefully i've got right holes now i'm not sure this one was upside down so i made good good holes through to my signatures oh mama i will have to go one by one hole by hole to make sure i am on the right spot open it go through here you can secure you know one side straight away so make it sit down nicely pull that thread if you need so make it sit down then open it and make a knot straight away if you want so so one side will be secured and then you can sew on the other side maybe that way it will be much more easy for you like this so now i can go with those others and i need to sew there this one around just slide down and one more okay make sure you are going to right hole here i made a cross you can make also cross here and then make a knot that way you will secure that cross and then again to cross so you will have cross stitching that will be much more decorative so i'm gonna try to go with right one and first i have to put my needle on again so i do have my needles on the right spot i'm gonna make sure my signature is sitting nicely not too tight not too loose and i'm gonna make a knot and go back with my thread and take another signature so this way i will sew all those signatures i do have all my signatures sewn by the way that cross stitching i wanted to show you in some different tutorial and you can also can make a middle cross stitching so i will make those tutorials in some other videos but you already can imagine how which way to go so i'm gonna go outside with my threads again and we will fix the top cover to this sewing and that will be it so i'm gonna take that top cover and i'm gonna start with this top hole so what i'm gonna do i'm gonna go from top to the hole here around the thread and try to tie this to make it sitting beautifully and tied it around and go one one more time from this way around that thread there and here to the loop it's like i'm going from here the inside here and i'm making a loop and you will tie it with this properly to make sure it's not moving too much and it's sitting just accurate and again from the top here and like inside and nicely tied and again from here around that thread from here around the thread thread here i need to catch my needle just bear with me where is my needle and here i'm going to inside of that loop and pull it and again from the top to that hole to this side around the thread and pull make sure you've got nicely tied all that thread pardon me and again with the thread around this thread here between signature and cover i need to catch up my needle so so bear with me where is that creepy needle i've got my needle and here it will be like i'm going to that loop here and again from the top to that hole around the thread and tie like this go around the thread one more time into that loop and tie pardon me and now you can make some decorative you know bows here or you can go back to your first signature pardon me i need to sip a little bit of water so you can go back with that thread into your first signature and use it here maybe like decoration to hang there some tags do not make a too tight knob right now on those ends of your thread you can you know you can mess up your stitching so just make that knot and put that thread that's all and i think i'm gonna use some decorative and so i'm gonna probably leave it a little bit longer oh no i'm gonna keep it short and here it will be same make a knot you don't have to tie it here too much because you already have some your signatures so just nicely and we have sound the journal i hope you saw something from that stitching so this is my tag on cover totally inspired by tina stainhouse i love her so much her style is amazing and her her tutorials are wonderful and she gave me so much inspiration with everything all ideas she has so thank you so so much for all your inspiration tina this is my sharing for today thank you so much for staying with me oh it's a really long time you stayed so hopefully you enjoy it have a wonderful day take care about yourself and see you next time bye