When I went to the store to buy a binder, I didn't like any of the binders they had, so I decided to upcycle one myself. I took a simple binder and covered it with fabric. This is an example for an easy-peasy upcycling that will take you 5 minutes to make, but create a WOW! change.
This is how you will make one yourself:
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Materials: a simple binder, fabric (you can use 2 different pieces. One for the inside and one for the outside of the binder), spray adhesive, scissors |
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Place the binder on the fabric that you're using for the outside. Leave 5 cm (around 2") hangover and cut |
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Spray adhesive from 20-30 cm (8"-12") distance on wrong side of the fabric and on outside of binder and carefully apply fabric onto binder. Start with one side, then move to the center (the narrow part) and only then to the other side (apply other side when binder is closed). If you have wrinkles, lift fabric and apply again |
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Move on to the inside of the binder. Fold in the sides edges, spray adhesive and apply |
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That's how it looks now |
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To paste the top and bottom edges, cut 2 vertical stripes in the hangover fabric in the center (the narrow part) and fold a triange in the corner |
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Fold in edges, spray adhesive and apply to the inside |
Now to the inside. Cut the other piece of fabric to size (leave 1-2cm / 0.4"-0.8" hangover)
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In the center, where the rings are, cut 2 small slits and thread the rings |
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Fold in the edges towards the wrong side. You can press or paste first, but if you're like me, just use your finger :) |
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Spray adhesive like you did on the outside and apply |
That's it, done! Easy and fun. And when people ask you "where did you buy this?!", you can always reply with "oh, this? I made it. It was nothing. Took me exactly 5 minutes...".
I used this binder for my
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Great tutorial! I had forgotten all about this since the early days of high school some 30+ years ago. :) Thanks for all the photos to go along with the directions and I have a huge binder that I don't like and am using for recipes and I will do this with it.
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