... How To Make Your Own Cahier ...

[Diamond Al]

The Tomoe River Cahiers are in hand and are everything advertised and more. Thanks TM for being so innovative and producing such a quality product!
I will be making my next order soon!

All the best,

Diamond Al

[TMLee]

Thank you Diamond Al ,

i am glad you like them. :-)

hope they'll serve you well ....

 

 

[TommySix]

Exquisitely done!

 

Might have to try a few and use them as thoughtful gifts

[Zanshin]

 

 

I suppose the most direct way is to just trim the entire cahier at its leading edge.

 

This will mean losing a few mm in size which I dont want.

 

I trimmed in a different way.

 

I placed the cutting mat inside the middle of the cahier...

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2003%20Green/058.jpg

 

 

 

Ah, now that's a neat idea, I hadn't thought of doing it that way.

 

Do you still get any fishtail this way as the cahier isn't quite fully folded and has the extra thickness of the cutting mat inside?

[Inkysloth]

You know "cahir" is just the French word for "notebook"? This style of book is a saddle stitched notebook. I know companies seem to use the term "cahir" for this kind of simple folded & stitched book, but it's not really a style.

 

(the only reason I know this is my most frequently used sentence in French at school was "Excuse moi, j'ai laisse mon cahir a la maison...")

Edited July 26, 2013 by Inkysloth

[TMLee]

 

 

Ah, now that's a neat idea, I hadn't thought of doing it that way.

 

Do you still get any fishtail this way as the cahier isn't quite fully folded and has the extra thickness of the cutting mat inside?

 

 

I don't think so.

If there's any, it'll probably be very minimal.

[TMLee]

This is a set of 5 Cahiers , made to order , in the exact dimensions of FIELDNOTES 3.5" x 5.5".

 

 

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/035.jpg

 

I picked out the colours for the covers.

I thought might as well make them co-ordinated.

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/002.jpg

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/004.jpg

 

All stitched , no staples ...

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/005.jpg

 

 

Finished with additional end 'guards' at both ends , with matching polyester waxed threads ...

 

Head

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/007.jpg

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/019.jpg

 

and tail end ...

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/008.jpg

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/013.jpg

 

 

 

 

The corners are also rounded .

Large radius , 10mm radius , just like the FIELDNOTES ..

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/009.jpg

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/018.jpg

 

 

and the 'fishtails' trimmed away ..

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/012.jpg

 

 

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/003.jpg

 

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/014.jpg

 

 

Covers

K-COLOUR , 250g

Yellow

Mango

Orange

Vermillion

Burgundy

 

Paper

MARUMAN Report Pad A5 size (on the right) P163 , Plain , White , 68gsm

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/Stationery%20Paraphernalia/MARUMAN%20Report%20Pad%20P163%20A5size/001.jpg

 

 

Inktest here ...

http://s169.photobucket.com/user/TMLee/library/Stationery%20Paraphernalia/MARUMAN%20Report%20Pad%20P163%20A5size

 

 

 

15 Folios , total 60 writing pages.

 

Thread - BARBOUR unwaxed linen thread , #25 gauge , white.

Accent threads - matching waxed polyester threads, 0.8mm.

 

 

I wish I hadn't ran out of TR paper

Edited January 10, 2014 by TMLee

[TMLee]

This is Cahier #06 "Orange" from the set of 5 featured above ...

 

pictured with a PELIKAN M800 Demo Etched filled with SAILOR Jentle Apricot.

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/06%20Orange/034.jpg

 

Its the exact same size as the FIELD NOTES 3.5" x 5.5" notebooks.

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/06%20Orange/036.jpg

 

White unwaxed linen stitches by BARBOUR , #25 gauge

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/06%20Orange/039.jpg

 

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/06%20Orange/040.jpg

 

Added matching end guards by way of waxed polyester threads , 0.8mm ....

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/06%20Orange/038.jpg

 

 

Paper by

MARUMAN Report Pad P163 A5 size , white , 68g

15 Folios, 60 writing pages

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/06%20Orange/042.jpg

 

Covers

K-COLOUR , 250g , Orange

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/06%20Orange/043.jpg

 

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/FIELDNOTES%20Size/06%20Orange/041.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Earthdawn]

Beautiful !!!

 

They came out so nice and professional as always. The colors look fantastic.

 

Thank you again for sharing your work and techniques with us.

[TMLee]

Thanks Earthdawn

[TMLee]

This is Cahier 09 "ITJ 04" made for a small group of FPNers.

 

A6 size

 

 

The requirement was for something lightweight.

and ink friendly of course.

 

TR paper fits the requirements well , being superthin and lightwweight .

Its also very ink friendly.

But shadow can be distracting if you are not used to it.

 

One simple way of going round it , as I have mentioned before, is to place a black piece of paper underneath the writing page - all problems solved.

 

I decided on the tested 20 Folio design.

Its getting a bit thickish and its about the limit.

 

Covers were not too thick , slightly thicker to withstand wear n tear till it gets filled.

198g cardstock.

 

 

Piercing the bookblock

The piercing was a little challenging.

20 pages and the needle struggled to pierced thru.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1282.jpg

 

 

simple stitching

I used thinner thread

Linen thread unwaxed by BARBOUR #25 gauge

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1289.jpg

 

 

very quick job

had a little fun on making a pattern out of the stitch stations - just for a little interest.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1286.jpg

 

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1290.jpg

 

 

 

The fishtail effect was severe due to the 20 folios

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1295.jpg

 

 

so trimming off employing my technique of placing the cutting mat in the middle of the book.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1294.jpg

 

 

Done

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1296.jpg

 

 

 

Decided to have a little fun embellishing the covers to suit the theme ...

I stuck on very high quality MT masking tapes from Japan.

Great range

and really high quality tape - the adhesive is very good - very strong yet wont damage your surface when you peel it off to re-position it.

I was very impressed.

Front

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1301.jpg

 

 

Rear

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1300.jpg

 

 

Full spread

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1307.jpg

 

 

Inside front

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1310.jpg

 

Rear

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1314.jpg

 

 

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1315.jpg

 

 

 

Since this is their 4th Journal , I thought a while about how to number it.

Several ideas came to mind but I settled on this one ...

Kinda like the perforations in your passport ...

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1305.jpg

 

I decided to place it in that corner for easy reference , especially when shelved.

 

I hope the future subsequent journals will continue this method of numbering their journals.

Just to be aesthetically consistent.

 

 

 

 

I hope they like it

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2009%20%20ITJ%2004/DSCF1309.jpg

Edited December 6, 2014 by TMLee

[rogerb]

Well, I, for one, do(like it), TMLee ... it looks like a great job, as always.

I look forward to trying the TR paper ... will probably at first stick to 'dry & fine' inks and nibs(of which I only have a few) ... unless I am feeling adventurous

ITJ03 should be en route to France after the weekend.

[alc3261]

You can use ANY ink & pen on Tomoe River paper!!

[TMLee]

Well, I, for one, do(like it), TMLee ... it looks like a great job, as always.

I look forward to trying the TR paper ... will probably at first stick to 'dry & fine' inks and nibs(of which I only have a few) ... unless I am feeling adventurous

ITJ03 should be en route to France after the weekend.

 

 

You can use ANY ink & pen on Tomoe River paper!!

 

 

Thanks rogerb,

yes, you can practically use any ink on TR paper.

You would enjoy it.

 

 

[TMLee]

This is CAHIER 10 ITJ 05

 

A6 size

 

Its designed to continue from ITJ 04.

 

For those of you who are attempting your own Cahiers ...

 

If you want very evenly spaced stations on the spine, this is one way you can do it ...

 

Make a piercing a template like so ...

Design your own piercing intervals ...

Here it is placed into position , onto the signature , on the DIY piercing cradle and ready for piercing.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/001.jpg

 

I usually clip the signature onto the cradle to prevent any movement at all

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/002.jpg

 

Pierce only half of the spine...

Up to near the midway of the spine but not over the midpoint.

Then flip the signature and pierce the same way to complete the other half of the spine.

Here you see the signature already pierced halfway of the spine, then flipped and clipped into position for the other half of the spine to be pierced.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/003.jpg

 

 

 

Here the cahier is fully pierced along its spine

This technique is a simple way to get very symetrical piercing stations on your spine.

The exact midpoint of the spine may not have the precise piercing interval but its not at all noticeable.

What your eye naturally notices, are the both ends, head and tail of the cahier - whether its symmetrical or not.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/004.jpg

 

Here you can see the exact midpoint where the interval is unlike the rest

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/007.jpg

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/008.jpg

 

 

I decided to loop over the head and the tail .

You can improvise on this, you can use different coloured threads here for your own labelling needs.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/009.jpg

 

 

 

You can start to decorate your Cahier to your liking ...

using stamps, washi tapes , etc

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/010.jpg

 

Back

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/014.jpg

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/016.jpg

 

 

I continued the numbering of the ITJ 05 in this manner

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/011.jpg

 

 

I decided to use my Washi tapes to decorate the insides...

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/021.jpg

 

What is interesting is that the tapes are a light beige , translucent hue.

It is very close to the Cream of the TOMOE RIVER paper.

So when you stick the tape there, the backgrd beige hue of the tape almost becomes invisible !!!

Very nice effect !!! :thumbup:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/022.jpg

 

 

Some pages have rubber stamp prints ...

( yes my daughter had a hand in this journal , she did the front cover too ! )

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/019.jpg

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/026.jpg

 

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/024.jpg

 

 

20 Folios

TOMOE RIVER paper, 52g, Cream

 

 

 

The Albatross III ...

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/TMLee/CAHIERS/Cahier%2010%20ITJ%2005/012.jpg

 

 

 

A Cahier is not difficult to make.

Try a simple basic first one, then let your imagination fly as you make your second, and third and .....

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TMLee]

This is CAHIER #12 - MONTHLY PLANNER

 

There are very nice planners (month to a view) esp by the Japanese.

But those are stocked only in good stationery outlets.

It may be hard to find where you live.

 

So this is a ready solution.

 

For those who want to make your own planner, to suit your specific requirements , this is do-able.

 

This one uses B5 size paper folded into half.

 

So its B6 in size but slightly smaller, after trimming away millimetres here and there .

 

I bought from DAISO those $2 notebooks which are Made in Japan.

( in my other thread, I have explained which DAISO notebooks are ink-friendly and are really worth buying. )

 

This one is 5mm gridded paper.

Cream colour.

Very smooth paper and thickish - I reckon 90g or 100gm.

and as mentioned above , perfectly ink-friendly. :thumbup:

Make sure you look at the back cover to see if its 'Made in Japan'.

 

 

Just cannibalize any high quality magazine covers to make the cover for your Cahier.

 

 

 

The stitched spine is done using dental floss.

Any brand will do, the $cheapest you can find.

 

 

 

 

Here are the writing pages inside

What I have done is to make the daily boxes as large as possible,

There are only 2 months in 2017 which require 6 rows , so in these two months , the boxes are smaller.

The rest of the months , you only need 5 rows, so theres bigger space for each day.

since there are 7 days, you need only 7 columns, Saturday and Sundays are larger - to my preference.

Saturday is in blue coded

and Sunday is Red coded. (DIAMINE Ancient Copper)

 

 

 

one page.

The grids are printed in grey.

Its a good idea cos its not distracting.

I decided to buy a fine point grey ink gel pen , like SARASA 0.5 , and annotated the necessary.

So annotations stay an undistracting grey hue.

Since the paper is gridded, you dont need to draw every line, just marking the corners of the boxes are sufficient.

My entries are colour-coded (not shown here for privacy reasons)

Reds , greens , blues , greens etc

 

 

I am not sure whether this fits into a MIDORI leather travellers folio.

( I dont have one)

but you can experiment for yourself and make one that suits your unique preference.

 

 

For this planner of mine , I used 8 folios.

so that means 16 spreads , ie, two pages needed to display one month.

There are only 12 months , so this gives you some blank pages to :

- either let them remain blank , or

- draw in the month for next year

 

I recommend 7 folios .

That should be enough to yield 14 spreads to contain 12 months.

Make another fresh Cahier for the next year.

 

Have fun.

 

Feel free to ask anything.

 

 

( why are my pics so tiny? )

Edited August 7, 2017 by TMLee

[TMLee]

This is Cahier #15 - Sumatran Siborong-borong Coffee

 

A quick DIY project , re-purposing a nice packaging box.

To be gifted away as a small token of appreciation.

 

From years ago , I asked for this box that would otherwise go into the bin.

Its a coffee box that looked interesting to me .

Its got this neat cover flap that had this cutout that looked like some kind of fretwork.

 

Opened

 

Partially closed

 

 

 

Nice coffee

 

Its unique blend

 

 

So yesterday , as I was de-cluttering a small part of the house , I came upon this and decided to quickly do something with it.

I decided to make a cahier using the nice lattice-like cover flap ...

 

I detached the cover flap from the container part ...

 

 

I decided to use good ink-friendly paper from Japan, but from DAISO ...

B5 size.

A treasure if you can find.

High quality paper that is smooth and ink-friendly.

I reckon its about 80g or 85g ? Not that thin.

 

 

The cover is slim but tallish around A6 size

 

So I had to trim the paper down to size.

 

 

Its a simple stitch that threads in a zig-zag fashion, in and out of the spine.

 

So using a piercing template from long ago,

 

I pierce up to just before reaching the midpoint of the paper.

(shown marked on the writing page)

 

 

This is what it looks like pierced ... halfway up to before the mid point.

 

 

 

Flip the entire signature around and repeat the same piercing procedure up to just before the midpoint.

You should see this...

 

 

 

Return to the midpoint now and pierce anyway you want to make this part symmetrical, or even pierce more holes to add interest .

Here I just pierced one more hole dead centre , to make the entire spine stitch symmetrical ...

 

 

What the spine looks like pierced

 

 

 

 

As usual, start stitching from the inside.

(see my earlier posts here on how to start with a dead knot on the inside.)

After one pass from top to bottom, it will look like this.

Eliminate the slack in the stitching, by pulling the thread tight.

I used an awl, to pull the stitch in the direction of travel.

You do this, so that the threads stay tight and taut on the spine.

 

 

This is how much slack you can see when you pull stitch by stitch.

It can take away pretty much slack.

 

 

BTW, I used a bright yellow linen thread by Guttermann , pretty fine thread.

I wanted thin thread so that the cahier will stay flat.

The thinner the thread, the less space it occupies inside the cahier, centrefold.

 

 

 

Next,

after the stitching, trim the paper to suit the cover size, its easier this way to get precise sizing.

(I started out with slightly larger paper , in preparation to trim down at final stage.)

Here you see the inside , centrefold. Stitching completed.

In the pic, the top of the cahier is at the bottom with the dead knot you see there.

This is also the same short length of thread that you will use to tie off, after stitching down the spine and coming back up to end at the start point.

 

 

Darn , I forgot to take a pic of the spine stitch ...

As in my other cahiers here, the threads go round the top and bottom of the spine, just to give it a little more protection.

 

 

I kept the flap, thinking of doing a flap to insert at the back, but couldn't figure out how to do it.

The paper is quite thickish, around 250g not that flexible.

so I abandoned the idea.

 

 

So now the flap works like a page marker.

I thought about adding a flyleaf , maybe yellow or red so that it forms a nice background to the cutout pattern.

That would be nice.

I think I was lazy

I wanted to complete a quick job.

 

 

clamped under high pressure

 

 

 

a few hours later

You can see a bit of the yellow stitches here.

I vary the station holes along the spine for interest.

You can come up with your own desired intervals.

 

 

 

Back side if not using the pagemarker flap

 

 

 

6 Folios only ,

total 24 writing pages

 

A small carry about notebook for scribbles and such...

 

A coffee journal ?

 

A quick DIY project about 20mins ? (not counting all the time thinking and doddling over decisions ...)

Edited April 14, 2019 by TMLee

[mhguda]

Lovely, TM.

I did not know you are a coffee lover, too. You must get some really nice ones from Indonesia, yes?

Here those are not commonly found, but we have some south american and caribbean coffees that are very nice too. Not always easy to find either. Belize, Honduras, Haiti... and of course, Jamaica, Colombia, even Venezuela and Suriname... all produce relatively mild coffees.

Enjoy!

[TMLee]

Lovely, TM.

I did not know you are a coffee lover, too. You must get some really nice ones from Indonesia, yes?

Here those are not commonly found, but we have some south american and caribbean coffees that are very nice too. Not always easy to find either. Belize, Honduras, Haiti... and of course, Jamaica, Colombia, even Venezuela and Suriname... all produce relatively mild coffees.

Enjoy!

 

Thanks 'mhguda' ,

 

Well , not exactly a coffee lover . I drink coffee yes daily but I kind of don't seek out more exotic blends.

Still, I am guessing those blends you mentioned are all unique in their own right.

[TMLee]

Bought this beautiful print from Victoria & Albert Museum in London a few months ago in July.

 

Its a design by the prolific artist William Morris .

 

Beautifully organic graphic designs .

 

Under electric lighting

 

 

Under daylight ...

 

 

 

 

I wanted to make a cahier that was covered in this nice graphic.

Something like a FieldNotebook - sized.

This one is A6 tall but slimmer - like Moleskines width.

With thin soft covers that are bendable.

 

 

I figured might as well use good inkfriendly paper like TOMOE RIVER paper.

Its thinness means that I can cram in more writing pages.

I decided to go with 15 Folios instead of my usual 10 Folios.

 

You get Moleskine width by trimming off an inch off the long edge of A4 paper.

 

I used a template guide which I DIY out of thicker greyboards.

 

 

Placed it under a cutting mat ,

and push the stack of paper against this template.

Placed the straightedge against the template too.

(the steel straightedge is exactly one inch wide)

Then trim off an inch.

 

 

 

 

 

The steel straightedge removed ...

 

 

Folded the Folios altogether as one Signature .

I made 2 matching ones.

and decided to distinguish them thru the use of coloured flyleaves.

One is Mango and the other is Olive Drab.

 

 

 

Since the soft covers are gonna be wrapped in fabric, I have to observe a certain sequence.

1) the Cahier has to be stitched first but partially, in order to

2) glue on the fabric print, before finally

3) stitching again the accents - made of coloured threads.

 

 

 

Piercing first

the middle part of the spine but leaving both head and tail of the Cahier unstitched to allow the glueing of the cotton fabric.

Pierce from one direction, but stopping before the midpoint of the spine .

 

 

Turning the signature around , and pierce exactly the same way.

So as to achieve perfect symmetry ...

 

 

 

Now stitch the pierced holes

 

 

The inside spine ...

 

 

I used Barbour linen thread

#25 gauge

white natural ...

 

 

Its a bit too thick ...

Next one will use dental floss.

 

 

Trimming away the fishtail ...

Its about 3mm

 

 

Fishtail trimmed away ...

ie, making the pages all the same size as the mango flyleaf

 

 

 

 

Now ,

trim the cover to match the size perfectly.

( I made the covers wider than necessary in order to now trim away to achieve the exact size. The white represents the covers that need to be trimmed down to size)

 

 

 

After trimming ,

re-punching the rounded corners .

a Cahier of same size pages / flyleaves / covers

Note that the deadknot is tied on the outside of the spine.

I wanted to keep this knot out of the inside spine middle page.

The knot occupies space, doesnt allow the Cahier to stay closed.

 

 

 

Now , glueing the fabric onto the covers ...

 

 

 

 

 

This is the part which explains why I didnt stitch the head and tail of the Cahier ...

Roll away the Signature , in order to allow working space to glue the fabric behind the head and tail of the Cahier.

Since TOMOE RIVER paper creases so easily , I had to take precautions.

Used an adequately sized tube to curl the paper out of the way without causing a crease.

( The 4 corners are all left unglued to be turned-in in a later operation. )

 

This technique is significant becos it means you can make Cahiers with DIY custom wrapped covers, compared to the many Cahiers and (premium) refills whose covers are not wrapped in a covering.

 

One may question why bother with such extra effort in a slim , quickly filled little Cahier, but I can imagine it being a very nice impression in a given situation. ....

 

 

 

So the corners now all turned in ...

 

 

 

 

Not bad ...

Taking shape ...

 

 

Clamping the corners to flatten the turn-ins.

Edited October 10, 2019 by TMLee