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DIY Australian Pocket Traveler's Notebook ~ Part 4 ~ TN Elastics & Closure

Hey everyone, Welcome back. We are now ready to add elastics to our pocket TN. The trademark of the TN is that you can add and remove inserts easily by threading them through these elastics. There are a few ways of adding holes to the covers to thread the elastics. I have chosen to place the holes on top of one another instead of side by side. The tool I am using to make the holes is my Crop-o-dile and I am using the smallest hole punch setting. The first hole I make is 3/8" from the top along the centre of cover. The second hole gos directly below it at 7/8" from the top edge. I also created hole in the centre (for the closure) using my Tim Holtz pick and I create the same 2 holes from the bottom of the cover. To measure how much elastic you need, multiply the height of the cover (6" ) x 4. So in this instance, we need 24" of elastic. I am using hat elastic which is 2mm thick. To see how I thread this, please watch the tu...

Fabric Faux-Dori's

Hi everyone, I am back to show you what I've been making since my last book binding in Midori-style post . I just HAD to move onto fabric and pleather!! Look at this gorgeous fabric I picked up <3 <3 So in love with poppies!! Here is the inside : The second material I picked up was this one: Here is the inside: And lastly, here is the pleather look: And here is the inside view: I posted a video flip-thru on YT which you can find here: Thanks for stopping by. :) AmiraInOz