Paint Chip Notebook Tutorial

Today I'm bringing a small, fun tutorial. These are Paint Chip Notebooks. They're really cheap to make, paint chips are free from most hardware stores, one ream of paper will last you forever and a little thread. The idea is based off of Asian book binding specifically Asian Stab binding (only our way is much easier).

Traditional Asian bookbinding, very beautiful but also time consuming.
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What you'll Need:
Larger Paint Chips (I used the ones from Home Depot they seem to be the biggest and thickest)
10 sheets of nice paper (notebook paper would be to flimsy I used Drawing paper from creatology)
Heavy Duty Needle used for sewing Denim (70/10)
All purpose thread.

Step One: Cut your paper just smaller then the dimensions of the paint chip. If you have access to a paper cutter then all the better.

Step 2: Fold the Paint Chip and the paper down the center. Take your time to really crease the pages.

Step 3: Put your machine on one if it's decorative stitches. I find that this one (H on my machine) works really well with the paper. 

Step 4: Unfold the paper and paint chip and put it all together. Center the crease in the center of your machine. Slowly sew down the flattened notebook being sure to keep everything centered. This part is a little tricky. The paper wants to shift around so just take your time.

Step 5: Refold the notebook and Voila! You have your very own notebook, the prefect size for a small portable sketchbook or notebook for your purse or bag.