Woodworking Journal

Hello crafty people.
I hope you're having a beautiful day with lovely

weather like we are in the Western NY area.

Today I'm showing you a journal I made for my 

brother.  After he retired he started doing woodworking,

and makes some beautiful things.

He has been working on fold up tables for the patio

and makes little changes each time he makes a new one.
I thought it would be a good idea for him to have somewhere 

to write down his measurements and ideas.

I thought the wood grain on this paper was perfect

for a woodworking journal.

I added metal corners to protect them, as I know it

will probably get knocked around a bit.

I made and added a little note pad on the inside

for making any kind of shopping list etc.
This is held in with a belly band, so when he finishes this

note pad, he can replace it with a new one.

I gave him plenty of pages, some are plain paper that 

he can do sketches on, and some are lined pages to write

on.  Whatever way he wants to use it, is fine with me.

I glued small wood look tiles to the 

spine as a "title" unfortunately, they were all

glued on before I realized that I had made

woodworking two words.  He'll just have to 

suffer with my mistake.

All the signatures (groups of pages) were

hand stitched.  I know it's hard to see the

thread, but it's 2 strands of embroidery floss.

The signatures were sewn together into

one set of pages and glued into the spine of

the book cover that I had made for it.

I think he will appreciate this journal and hopefully

use it for a long time when creating new projects.

Thanks for stopping by today,

if you have been inspired to make any kind of

journal or book, there are a lot or great videos on

YouTube, just search journal making or book binding.

My favorite is 
Nik the Booksmith.
Nik shows and explains techniques very well and

is very enjoyable to watch.

I hope you'll give it a try and

also come visit here again soon.

Until then,

learn a new technique.