Stitching Signatures into my 5"x8" Lapbook

[@MugsyMakes]

Hi Mike, you totally made this look super easy for something you are not comfortable with. Fantastically done my friend. I really do love this lapbook and all the page prep and now binding you have done on it. I love how well you've produced this video too.

[@elvyescotoescoto355]

Hi Mike! It is my first time, & I enjoy your videos, your Lapbook is beutiful! Congratulations!! Bless you🌺

[@susanjones7872]

You did great! Nice and easy way to sew in the signatures. Thanks for sharing! ♡

[@jasann100]

Thanks forshowing how to do the sewing Thanks so much for showing us how to do this sewing in of the sections of paper, I always wanted to see how this is done, and your demonstration was so easy to watch and learn . Thank you so much and I liked how to do the other side for those pages that are removable. Thanks again for a great tutorial . Jas 🇦🇺

[@diannashort3780]

Love to watch you. Your instructions are easy to follow. Ta.

[@jasann100]

Love this Mike 🇦🇺😉👍🏻

[@joannmartin5084]

Great tutorial Mike. I like that you were honest about feeling nervous; it helps me feel like I can do this too.

[@debsmclaughlin6521]

You made it look less daunting! Fabulous! BTW I love your signatures...way cool.x

[@rochestermanagementservice6082]

Super journal, Mike! I like having a permanently stitched portion and the alternate slide-in section to create a portfolio with flexible use. Thanks for modeling the process! TFS. From Cheryl in AZ

[@sherylchristensen7410]

So easy to understand! Thanks for another great tutorial!

[@chuckkolb1270]

A wee suggestion: use coordinated washi tape for each two strands of signature to tape down. Then the length etc. can come at the end of all stitching when one can make decisions on embellishments, etc. Could it be that Mike may become hooked on stitching, making his own journals. Coptic stitching is yet to come. And down the road multipurpose "journals" could be prepared for steampunk shows and sold along side Ian's sculpture/machines of high imagination. The anticipation grows. Methinks you are a natural at this.

[@claudiacooper1387]

This video is ironic for me. After watching a couple of how to videos on making lapbooks and not being able to comprehend the construction, I had the thought, "Why don't I just sew in things?! SO I have one in process with a file folder cover and I'm temporarily holding things together with a hair elastic but I'm realizingthat it's an option to have permanent and removeable as you have shown. Thanks again for your great work and again for the very clear directions.

[@michellewohlgemuth8847]

Great job. Thank you! For your information a magazine or phone book is great for poking holes.

[@buntysvintageemporium3632]

Fab!!!

[@maryannmcmillin1738]

Hello My Brother, You are a Regular Betsy Ross :) WTG on stitching your Signatures...what a Fun LapBook Journal. Hope You, Ian, Mr Bentley , & Mom and Dad are doing well. Just wanted to Pop in and tell you that yes I still watch you, Always Thumbs-Up and I Keep You All in my Heart & Prayers. Still Playing doing my own thing and trying to stay out of Trouble. I am Heart Sick over Our Beautiful Cali's illness and sending her all the Love, Prayers & Positive energy her way...I just wanted you to Know Old Nana #3 still Loves you a Very BIG Much, Always. Tell Ian to please be more careful taking his Meds...OK?

[@hennieschrama560]

What a nice papier

[@jazlucy]

this lap book is becoming more and more enchanting as u go along TFS

[@lauramurphy438]

Hello Mike, I want to thank you for doing this video. Thank you for making the templates available. I look forward to your next video.

[@vilmakolstad3433]

FINALLY !! A lapbook tute that is actually easy to follow....I had given up making one til I discovered you !! But I cant find the teplate for the signatures !!

[@34purplepower]

Love the idea of using seam binding , and the trinkets on the spine. Thank you, I really enjoyed

[@laurathurston4757]

The pamphlet stitch is a fun and quick way to bind books.

[@Canadaindy152]

Great job at book binding. I bind books as well. Next time, wax your thread, it will make things go easier. Now you do not have to buy a big chunk of beewax, just use a candle and run your thread against it.

[@silvanavivas9728]

Hello Mike, thank you for sharing every step of this lapbook. I find these videos so inspiring that I've grabbed my sketchbook many times to jot down my own ideas. I'm a new suscriber and I must say I'm having a great time watching all your videos. Mr Bentley is soooo cute! Bye-bye from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[@pandorademarco]

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!! That was awesome!

[@tuthillg]

You make it look easy peasy! Great tutorial! TFS, Mike!

[@mayloo2137]

You did it! Me, this is the one part of the lapbook I haven't tackled yet.

[@dorothyradley9391]

A super video Mike. I am going to do this in my lap book. I have the needles, poky tool and thread so I am all sorted. Hugs to all. xxx

[@sandykelley8463]

Quite a fantastic lap book. Looking forward to see how you add to it in the future. Thx for sharing!

[@purplepixie274]

I'm just about to watch this and I have every faith in you. It's prob just the same kind of apprehension I have using a drill, just never done it before

[@LindaJuneDisley]

This looks fabulous and well done on your sewing too! Love the buttons :) Hugs xxx

[@suedragon42]

Love this Mike. Really like the idea of doing it together, it’s fun👍

[@suesweetpea7]

Helo Mike thanky you for sharing this technique, you make it look easy. I will have to try making a notebook/journal using this technique to bind my pages in. Have a great day!

[@dawnkarasaki6172]

good job Mike and your bottoms lined up again.

[@nanwool]

You did a great job. Now you are a professional bookbinder! Lol. I enjoy your videos.

[@donnal.hanrahan2824]

That was fantastic, great job.

[@Hummeline02]

Nice work, Mike! I love this.

[@donna6516]

Love the lap book, Mike! Waxed linen thread is about as strong as any thread you can find for bookbinding, comes in a variety of weights and colors and pretty much will outlast any other option for binding. And an easy trick for grabbing the slippery needle to pull through is a piece of balloon, the type used at birthday parties -- nothing fancy but it really grabs the needle and makes those tough pulls a bit easier. I hope you'll be showing us how you do the wonderful fold-outs that you have in your larger lap book!

[@jennywesterman2405]

Great video! I would also like to learn how to do the foldouts.

[@sarojmaduray6618]

Awesome job Mike. Thank you for sharing. That was very helpful.

[@gwenwiedner3392]

Sure made it look simple! Thanks so much for the video and the PDF templates. Loved this!

[@carinaschembri9802]

very good

[@elisamoore4428]

Love the lab book

[@cindybagley4925]

You did a great job.your a pro mr deakin

[@georgiacorey954]

Love it. Thinking this technique would be awesome for my Family Genealogy project, maybe. A photo & a written bit about each family member

[@beachngypsy746]

THANKS FOR THE WAY YOU SHOW HOW TO DO THINGS. IT WORKS WELL FOR ME THANK YOU

[@DenisePoole-Closet-Crafts]

Loving doing my first work along project. Your video was informative and very clear and helpful, Thank you so much for sharing😀

[@doreenbailey6130]

Bravo Mike TFS

[@bloodlacerose1688]

Hello again Mike, loving a new view on the journals. Was wondering though if you knew any other male crafters on You-tube that need a shout out or a few new viewers. Would love to support more crafters than just the typical ones that I love so dearly. Hmm it looks like you may be a busy man, as I don't see any comments, so if anyone reading this knows of other male journal builders who do tutorials, I would love to check them out too.

[@MikeDeakinArt]

I'm not sure about other males who create journals or do book smithing, but there are quite a few out there making art and craft videos.

[@bloodlacerose1688]

Mike Deakin Thank-you!

[@kathypatterson4630]

Awesome! You make it look so easy! I make a lot of mini books for my 4 grands. I might try your 5 x 8 journal with inserts for that. thank you!!

[@AngelaTopping]

such a helpful, down to earth explanation. I'm going to make one of these today!

[@EvaVilla-pm5mv]

I don't know why I thought you were left handed. My apologies for my blunder. I just joined the 60 club so I'm playing that card lol. This is really a fun idea. I love the buttons.

[@darlenesmith515]

I'm thinking of making a lap book, yours looks great! I haven't used twine before to bind signatures, I've used heavy thread.

[@bonnerdebbie]

Great video Mike.

[@rkug777]

Where’s the template for pamphlet stitching please? I made the basic structure and am following other videos in a sequence that makes sense to me. Just a small suggestion: numbering the videos in the series will help newbies to learn which part is constructed next… step by step. Ty!!

[@Barbara50nl]

I have just used washi tape to bind the book instead of yellow tape. The washi I had to stick down with glue, but am worried the washi tape in the centre won’t be strong enough to put string through to add binded pages. have you experienced this at all? I have added extra layers of washi tape just in case.

[@MikeDeakinArt]

I have no experience using washi in this way, I have used duct/duck tape which is a fabric tape and far more robust! XO

[@ErinneKennedy]

I use dental floss hahaha.