How to sew in your signatures with a pamphlet stitch • Junk Journal Tutorial

It's time to get those pages stitched in to your cover using a 5 stitch pamphlet stitch! Woo hoo! This is so fun and fulfilling. You'll just need a stack of paper folded into a signature, a cover, an awl, and some string.

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[DarleneWassman]

It's 3 years later and I have just found this video and THANK YOU!!! Bound my journal with no problems!!! Also subscribed, too!☺️

[sandragrover]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Have been searching for a detailed visual forever. Some of us need visuals.

[Amy-]

I want to let you know that as a number-averse person you have made this doable for me. Thank you so very much, I don’t have to measure!

[DebS]

It's February 2025 and I am very new to jj...so thankful for you and this video. The few times I've sewn in signatures I always consult this video and feel like we are having so much fun together as I do this part of the project. Thank you!

[quittintime]

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Using an opened envelope as the center page to hide the binding is genius!!!! Tysm for the great idea!

[JamieAndrick]

I've never done a junk journal, I will now! This is the best video explaining these steps! Clear, concise and love your excitement! New Subscriber! :)

[barbaragorin]

Thank you so much for this tutorial - I sewed 3 signatures in my cover using your video each time - this is my first journal and your video helped me so much. Thank you very much!

[deborahclatworthy]

You have made it so easy to understand…it’s the ‘fear factor’ of sewing in all those precious works of art.

[I_give_I_give]

this video is right on time for me...even though it's three years old! thanks!!!

[Jennifer-journal-through-grief]

Thank you. I am completely new to junk journaling. I'm still gathering tools and materials to junk journal ❤

[mycreative_calm]

Thank you for the detailed instructions! Can’t wait to try this! And love your journals 💕

[lyndamccarthy]

Thank you! Thank you !Thank you!. I struggle ridiculously with this. Not anymore. I truly feel confident I can do it now. You made it look so simple. :)

[lynettemcmechan]

Your enthusiasm is so contagious! I did it!

[I_give_I_give]

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[geminidream]

Loved how you taught this lesson, as a beginner it was very helpful and I like this stich as it looks neat. I subbed, liked, alarmed and now commented.

[RockyRoadCreationsbyDiana]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm putting together my very first altered book journal and have been so scared to bind it. Listening to you talking about how much fun this part is helped calm my fear, and I'm making my templet and feeling more confident about this part of the process.❤

[LindaMZH]

It is very soothing watching you sew in signatures, more calming if it were signatures into my journal you were sewing, lol. 😂

[NonaMaryGrace]

You did an amazing job. Thank you. 💕NonnaGrace 🐓

[joseerollet]

Super helpful and accurate. The hardest bit for me is the order of stitching so l did it along with you, thanks again, Josée UK

[GothicLenne]

This was an excellent tutorial! I enjoyed your enthusiasm for sewing in signatures - so many videos tout being "no-sew, " and while those journals have their place, I knew I wanted to sew in my pages. I love to sew and do very little hand sewing, so I liked getting out my needle and thread and adding a special touch to my very first journal. You have a talent for teaching & I'll be going through your other tutorials as I continue junk journaling!