Easy Binding Tutorial For Beginners 

"don't be scared. It's not hard it's just new" I pretty much have been avoiding starting for a week because I'm scared. I'm going for it. 😬

i'm really broke and i didnt know how i could ever afford a gift for my best friend for christmas and she loves writting so I thought I could make her a book like yours :) i love them! and all of your videos are so easy to understand and I really can't wait to start doing her gift! thank you so much!!

Me: *assembling everything while watching* "I'm ready" Johanna: *starts* Me: "okay I'm not THAT ready"

Could you do a video on making covers and the different things you can use for a cover. Thank you!

once you have made enough signatures, stack them together squarely then just make marks on the folded sides so they are all in the same place. much easier than making a template x

actual binding starts at 6:50

First, your tutorials are amazing, I just finished a cute little notebook, you were so helpfull. Second, your voice is SO UNBELIEVABLY CALMING. Thank you very very much for your video :)))

Oh my gosh! I did it on the first try!!! I'm over the moon excited about it. Lol. I didn't have the correct string (I used sewing thread) or proper sized needle but I did it! ☺️ thanks so much. Loved this tutorial.

Thank you so much for this video and your other tutorial. I have honestly no clue how I came across it, but it inspired me. I just spent the last 6 hours creating a very elegant sketch book. To be honest, I'm so in love with how mine turned out. Thank you so much!

I have literally look at about 50 different tutorials on notebook binding and this has by far been the easiest to follow and understand. Your absolutely right! It’s intimidating at first which made me stay away from doing anything “binding” related until now. Thank you so much for this all your tutorials.

Absolutely love this you’ve helped me immensely (word of the day) mommy said I couldn’t do it but I made her a Christmas journal so easy and fun also saves your pocket money cos you can get big pages and cut them down with mommy’s help with her guillotine paper cutter make more pages than you buy in the shop. Thankyou so much love from Rachy xxxxx

I'm so inspired by your videos. definitely gonna try making journals for my mom and sister for Christmas this year! 💜

I just made my first junk journal and used your technique ! Whew. I needed it perfect , as it was a gift. Your clear video and explanation made it possible. Thank you for your time, and knowledge.

I can't believe how excited I am that I sewed my very first signature together while watching your video, thank you! I could kick myself for waiting so long to try this.

I've been wanting to make little books for years & have enough paper left over from scrapbooking for hundreds of them so hopefully I'll actually do it now! Thanks for sharing - I've been following your channel for years. I love your accent & your free & quirky style xx

Wonderful, thank you for sharing! I have never made a junk journal. All types of other books but I can't wait to use your tutorial for my junk journal. Shared it so maybe my friends might see it and learn too.

Just followed along to this video and finished my first signature in my first handmade junk journal! I literally shed a few tears of joy. I LOVE journaling so much, but in recent years have really lost my spark for it. This is the most fun I’ve had with a journal in a very long time and I’m so grateful to have discovered this side of the journaling community. I think I’ve finally found my journaling “home” 🤍

Thanks for this basic and easy method of binding method, Johanna! I just used it to make a 5 folded sheet with watercolour paper cover for a special card! With great results! I appreciated the encouragement plus suggestions for substituting with materials that I had at hand.

Love your videos. You made it look so simple and love your soothing voice. ❤️ And thank you for actually showing us how to do it instead of bragging about all of your brilliant pages like so many do. Honestly I think a lot of them like to hear the sound of their own voice, respectfully. Keep up the great work. 💕

Wow! Thanks so much! I literally "tried" to follow about3 or 4 other book binding video tutorials before I miraculously got to your channel! This was EXACTLY what I was looking for!! You rock! You have certainly gotten yourself one more subscriber! Here's to more learning!!

I am so grateful for this ! I have been wanting to do this for years now and didnt know how . I really appreciate this , thank you , so much xoxo

This was really helpful I've always wondered how people do this! Thanks :)

This is sooo helpful, thank you! You've made it easy and do-able! Much appreciated!

Ok so I just realized I'm 4 years late but I just came across your video and it seriously gave me the confidence to bind my first signature with nothing but a metal kabob (used to poke holes in the paper) and some thick twine from the dollar tree. Lol. And I just carefully threaded it through the holes by hand just using my fingers to get it through to the other side just enough to be able to pinch it as it came out and finish pulling it through. It actually turned out super legit and I'm pretty proud of it! So guys really, if this is something you've been wanting to try, don't be afraid! This video explained it so well I just got in there with what I had and made it work! Thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️

It really does look easy. My granddaughters and I enjoy watching your videos and since they are small it is perfect, not slow at all. You are a great teacher.

What a wonderful tutorial. My daughter and I have both been wanting to make our first journal, but have been intimidated by this step. You explained it and demonstrated it so well. I really appreciated that your video has captioning, as my daughter was born permanently profoundly deaf. The first time I watched it without any sound and it was so clear in the demo on how to do this step. Thanks so much.

Thank you for doing this! I'm using tea stained paper, and I'm making a small book to display pressed flowers :)

Love this, the measuring was what I think has had me stalled , your method is easy, thank you for sharing 🙂💕

Best tutorial on this I've come across in the past year!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

Thank you, Johanna! I've been very inspired to make a wee journal for a friend's Christmas gift. I've never done one before, so this was super helpful! Many thanks and Blessings

I just started researching bookbinding. This tutorial was extremely helpful! Thank you very much for posting it! :)

2 videos and I will be going for it later today. I have wanted to do this for along time with having a huge craft stash and no idea where to start. I am so excited. Thank you so much for teaching so well❤️

Thank you! I️ love how positive you are.

Going to give it a go after watching your video, been thinking of making my own watercolour journal for a while. Thanks for sharing.

I have been thinking of running a book binding workshop at my daughter's school (NZ) and this little video makes it seem so simple. Also good for compiling school projects, which I am about to do with my mini me.

Awesome video! Watched it once and created the cutest little journal. Thanks for sharing your talents!

Loved it, Johanna! Very helpful! Thanks.

Thank you so much for this series of making a junk journal for beginner. You are such a good teacher!!! It has halped me so much in making a journal for my granddaughter for her 8th grade graduation 🎓

Thankyou so much, easy and clear, can't wait to get started! 💗

I've seen your work before and still i liking it. I'm going to try it today!

I use this technique all the time! I'm glad to see that I could use it on a larger scale for full books!

Wonderful Johanna,your tutorial explains the mysteries of binding well and I will use this system,thank you.

You make it look so simple. Thank you for the video.

Your videos are soothing. You sound like an incredibly nice person. You're very encouraging too. Thank you😊

super inspiring tutorial, thank you so much for sharing this! Love all your videos 😁

Hi Johanna, I was so inspired by your video "Making a journal for beginners" and last night I've bonded my 1st journal following this binding method and I LOVE the results. thank you so very much for your video and inspirations!

Omgosh I've been waiting to learn how to do this!! Thank you 😊. I'm getting ready to make my first journal and was actually experiencing anxiety 🙃 😅. Yes you were right. I've procrastinating for a week now, I'm so worries I'm going to mess it up..sighs, but thank you again for making and sharing this video.

Ok this is absolutely one of the most informative, delightful and cool videos I’ve every seen.. And the perfect match with the eyeballed one and the measured template is Excellent. Bravo !

Thank you very much for taking the scaryness away from binding.

I use a similar technique all the time! I'm glad to see that I could use it on a larger scale for full books!

You are such a kind encouraging person thank you so much for this

Thank you bunches for making this video! I think I can do it now!!! I've been intimidated for so long and just kept watching video after video with envy thinking something must be wrong with me--- but you've given me confidence to move ahead and just do it now...and who knows... I might be making more sophisticated books/ journals in the future! But for now... I'm taking it simple just as you showed. I have a big smile of gratitude on my face for you! Thank you so so much! Hugs and love! Joyce

Wonderful video, explicit instructions. Thank you so much !

I love this! You inspired me to try it! You're awesome Johanna

Thank you so very much for this tutorial. This was just what I was looking for! God Bless!

Thank you for this video, I’ve quite a few old magazines I need to stitch bind and now feel a lot more confident. You have a beautiful accent too.

This is so helpful and clearly explained, thank you!

This is the best video I’ve seen on an easy way to bind. Very well done!

This video has helped immensely with a project I'm working on! Thank you for making it. ❤

I'm gonna make myself a flippin journal today! And experiment. Loved the motivational talk at the end too!! Thanks Johanna! :^D

This is soooo helpful! I made my own and I love it, made it with a fake leather cover and now i have a beautiful sketchbook😍😊

That was a fantastic simple explanation! Thank you so so much!

Thank you so much! I may try this soon, I wanted to try stitching my journals for a while now, and now it looks like something simple, that I can easily do! Yay :)

Looks really interesting and easy, I will definitely try this out! Thanks for the tutorial!

This video was a huge help!! I'm learning and working on making my first one. Thank you for sharing!!

thank you so much for taking this as simple as possible...you have left it clear and easy to follow, so thank you

I know this is an old video but thank you so much for posting it! I saw it last night and just finished making my first book! Super excited to see how it holds

Great tutorial! Easy, straight forward and not intimidating because of the way it's explained. Thanks!

Oh my what a great tutorial. Simple. Thank you for making this.

Loved this! Thank you and made perfect sense.

I did it!!! Thank you for such easy instructions!

Thanks for the video. So easy to follow. Very helpful.

Thank you for the details of this video. It was exactly what I was looking for. My biggest problem is getting the pages done so I can bind them. I keep adding embellishments. I am wondering if I am prolonging the binding part of this project. LOL Thank you

Love this! I've already make one christmas present 🎀 original and beautiful

Thank you! This was perfect. Answered all of my questions! 💗

Very good diy- I have watched several. This is the best !

tfs your a great teacher, you do really make people want to try and think they can do it x

thank you for all the encouragement Three years later than this video, I am binding my first book..

Following the tutorial right now. Been waiting for so long to make it.

Thank you Johanna for this tutorial! It was easy and to the point, and I did it! Yay me!

Thank you!! You saved my life because i had an homework of making a book and the other vids where to difficult!! Thank you!!

This was the simplest tutorial I could find in 2020! Thank you :)

Definitely subscribing to your channel! Watched 2 of your videos. Which were recommended. I've learnt how to find a book & make a journal. Although the video for beginners guide I couldn't see the binding in the link your shared. Said content isn't available. Was glad when I saw this video. Thank you so much. I'm always on a budget & art stuff can be so expensive. Hope you make more videos!!

You’re a really kind person thank you for this

Thank you, thank you!! I am no longer afraid to do more binding. You are an excellent teacher...and I love your videos! Cynthia Jo

Thanks for breaking down the steps. Now it seems so easy!!

Thank you for sharing. You make your videos easy to follow.

Thank you so much for doing this video!! Bless you.

This was so helpful and easy to follow. Thank you for posting it for all of us

Makes total sense!!! Thank you once again.

Great video, I have tried to figure it out and was about to give up, I think I can do this now. Thanks so much.

Thank you just what I needed to know adter watching your beginner video, this will be my first journal I am going to make Janet

Thank you for making this process so easy!

Thank you for this. You are a good teacher!

I just like your tutorial! Helps alot. Easy to understand and not complicated. I personally do not have the patience to watch videos with detail measure and strict rules will wear out my intentions for starting! Also like the way your open mind for telling that we can adjust to the processing way. Thanks for the tips and method!

Thank you for this video! You explained everything so well. I subbed! 🥰

Excellent. Clearly explained. I'll give it a go

Thank you! I can't wait to try one for the first time. 😀

I hope you get this... I just sewed my first book like this from watching this video! I just wanted you to know! Thank You so much! :) I wouldn't have been able to do it if you wouldn't have made it so easy to follow. :)

This is great, super simple. Thank you!