"Art is my vehicle through life; may we share the ride together." Ron Wickersham

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Mini vintage photo album and tab binding

Happy August everyone! Can you believe it?





This is a cute little vintage photo album (approximately 3" x 4") that I saw on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Vrs5GWL4o&t=1006s.
The cover is a printable from the artist (Artymaze). 

I loved the binding on this little book. It is very simple and just requires some strips of muslin (mine were tea-dyed and torn). This would work for any size book and you would just add more strips depending on the size of book and number of pages. I think it requires an even number of pages.

I used four pages inside and a total of 8 muslin strips. Here are the steps to gluing the strips to the pages. I started with strips approximately 1" wide by 2" long but once they were glued, I cut them shorter.


Step 1: front cover with two muslin strips glued on


Step 2: turn over front cover and glue one strip to center of first page


Step 3: turn page over and glue two muslin strips from front cover to back of first page


Step 4: glue two strips to second page


Step 5: turn second page over and glue the center strip from page one to the back


Step 6: glue one strip to center of third page



Step 7: turn third page over and glue two strips from previous page to the back



Step 8: turn page over and glue two strips to next (fourth) page


Step 9: turn page over and glue center strip from previous page to back of fourth page



Step 10: turn back cover over and glue two strips from previous page to back

I love this little album. It really looks like an old vintage one!


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