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nyan cat notebook
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nyan cat notebooksewing tutorial
nyan cat notebook
difficulty:
before you begin:
makes:
materials & toolsscissors, iron, needles, pins, fabric marker, seam ripper)
• Appliqué supplies:• Scrapsofappliquéfabrics
(cotton,felt,etc.)invariouscolors:red,orange,yellow,green,blue,purple,cream,pink,gray,black
• 5”x12”pieceoffusibleweb–eitherlightweightforsewingorheavydutytoskipsewing
• ¼ yd. of light weight fabric for cover (broadcloth or linen would work – I used quilting cotton)
• ¼ yd. of light weight interfacing• 8¾” x 5¾” piece of poster board• 8¼” x 5¼” piece of decorative paper
(like scrapbook paper) for inner cover
• 10 sheets of rainbow colored printer paper (I used 2 of each: pink, yellow, blue, green, lavender)
• White, pink, & silver fabric paint• Rubber cement (optional, but
suggested)• Craft glue for fabric & paper• Basic sewing tools (sewing machine,
onenotebookthat’s43/8”wideand5¾”tallandcontains40pages.
Thereactuallyisn’tmuchsewinginvolvedinthisasidefromtheappliqué,soifyoucandothatyou’reset!
ThisprojectwasofcourseinspiredbyNyanCat,theadorablePoptartcatthatrocketsthroughspace!Itfeaturesrainbowpagesandscrapbookpaperlining.Thoughyoucanalsousethispatterntomakeanyotherkindofsimplenotebookusingasewingmachineinsteadofworkingbyhand.
4. Markthefabricpieceswiththeguide-linesfromthepattern
1. Printouttheprojectpattern,pages10-12
2. Assembletheprintedpatternpieces3. Layoutthepatternpiecesonyour
fabric/paperandcutthemout
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ThefirstpartisprettifyingupyourbookcoverwiththeNyanCatappliqué.
Applyyourfusiblewebtoyourfabric,thenarrangeall
thepiecestoformthepicture.Theguidelinesonthepatternwillhelpgiveyouanideaofwheretoplaceeverythingasfaraslayeringgoes.Thispartcanbealittleheadacheinducingbutit’salsokindoffun:BWhenallyourpiecesareproperlyplaced,youcanironthemalldown.
Ifyouwentwithheavydutyfusiblewebyourpieceswillstaylikethat
justfine:DIfyouwentwithlightfusibleweb,you’llneedto
sewthepiecesinplace.Iusedaquickzigzagstitcharoundeachshapesothestitchesdon’toverwhelmthefabricpieces.
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Tomakethenextstepseasier,you’llwanttorein-forcethefabric.Takeyourinterfacingandironittothebackofyourfinishedappliquédbookcover.
Withthefabricniceandsturdy,thisiswhereIaddedinthesmallerdetailsthatsewingjustcouldn’tdo:BIusedthehotpinktopaintsometinysprinklesonthepoptart,thewhitepainttocreatelittlereflectionsonhiseyes,andlastlythesilvertomakeaseaofstarsinthebackground.Ofcourse,letthepaintdrythor-oughlybeforegoingtothenextstep.
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Takeallofyoursheetsofpaperandcuttheminhalfwidthwise.Allofyour
sheetsshouldnowbe8½”x5½”.
Nowtakeallofyoursmallersheetsandfoldthoseinhalfagain.Ifyou
haveabonefolderthatworksoutnicely.Tocreate
therainboweffect,layerallyourpinksheetsintoonestack,thendothesamewithyouryellowsheets.Slipyouryellowsheetsintothemiddleofthepinksheets.Repeatthiswiththegreen,blue,andpurplesheetstocreatethefullstrataofcolors.Youshouldhaveafullstackofrainbowcolorswhenyoufinish:D
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Nowbacktothebookcover.We’reabouttocovertheposterboardwiththefabric,andthelinesIdrewfromthepatternguidelinesindicatewheretheposterboardwillgo.Tomakethecornersveryclean,you’llwanttoclipthefabrictogetridofexcessbulk.Makesuretoclipthefabricwithin⅛”ofthelinessoyoudon’tcliptoofarbyaccident.
Nowyoucanaddyourposterboard.Ipersonallyreallylikerubbercementforthisjob.It’salotcleanerthanotheradhesives,andit’sstrongwhilestillbeingatempo-raryhold.Ifyougoforit,applyathincoattoboththebacksideofyourcoverandonesideoftheposterboard.Whenthesurfacelooksslightlydry,pressthemtogether.Youcouldalsouseregularcraftgluehere,thoughIwouldbesuretobrushitonwithafoambrushtogetaniceevencoatingofglue.
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Nowwe’llusetherubbercementagainforeachoftheedges.Oncethose
arereadytoadhere,foldtheedgesovertoaffixthem
inplace.Ithelpsheretouseamalletoranothersimilarheavytooltogetthecornersandedgesniceandflatandcrisp.Onceagainyoucouldusecraftgluehereifyouprefer.
Togetthecoverlookingmorelikearealbook,you’llneedtofolditinhalfwith
wrongsidesfacing.Thisismucheasierifyouscorethe
paperwithabonefolderasyouseemewithhere,butanotherpointedblunttoolalsoworkslikeapenwithoutinkorachopstick.Scorethepaperdownthemiddlealongthefoldlineindicatedbythepatternguideline,anditcreasesthepapernicelyforyou.Dothesamethingwithyourliningpaperfromthenicesideofthepapersoitfoldswithrightsidestogether.
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Withbothpiecesnicelyscored,youcangluethemtogether.Here’swhereyou’llwanttouserealcraftglue,asrubbercementisn’tstrongenoughforthebondweneedhere.Centerthepaperliningontheinsideofthebookwithwrongsidesfacingandglueitinplacewiththecraftglue.Waituntilitdriescompletelyuntilyoumoveontothenextstep.
Nowhere’sthepartwhereit’sreallybecomingabook!Takeyourfoldedrainbowpapersandcenterthemalongthemiddlecreaseyoujustmade,soeverythingalllinesup.Itshouldlooklikeyou’vegotarealbookgoing!Exceptforthefactthatthepapersaren’theldinplace.Todothat,we’regoingtodoaquickseamdownthemiddle,rightintothatfold.Besuretousearatherlongstitchlength(8-9stitchesperinchshouldbegood),asshortstitcheswillperforatethepaper.
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Yourbookistechnicallydone!Socongratulateyourself:DButyoumight
noticethatitdoesn’twanttoliethatflat.That’saneasy
fix^-^Justgatherupsomeofyourheaviestbooks(orweightsifyou’vegotthem),andstackthemonyournotebook.Leaveitlikethataslongasyoucanmanage(Iusuallydoovernight),andinabityourbookshouldbelookingniceandsmoothandflat!
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RAINBOWCut 1 each from red, orange, yellow, green, blue, & purple