how to make a photo album
How to Make a Photo Album
Handmade photo albums make for unique and personalized gifts for all occasions. This Buzzle article provides a simple way to make a photo album.
- Sewing needle
- Tape measure
- Scissors
- White glue
- Photo album with spiral binding
- Craft batting
- Fabric to bind the album
- Scrap paper
- Wrapping paper
- Ribbons (one-yard long and one-inch wide)
- Cut the ribbon into two pieces. Stitch one of the pieces of the ribbon on the fabric with the end centered on one short edge of the fabric. Do the same with the other piece of ribbon on the opposite edge of the fabric. You should trim the ends of the ribbon at an angle to prevent fraying.
- By now, the batting must have dried. Open the album and on the inside cover, mark the center of the vertical edge. Apply glue along the vertical edge, from top to bottom. Press the bad side of the fabric, which has the ribbon stitched to, onto the glued area. Align the stitched end of the ribbon with the center point. Allow the glue to dry.
- Repeat the above step on the other side of the album. Pull the fabric firmly over the cover of the album. Place clean scrap sheets between the cover of the album and the pages and close the album. This is to prevent the pages from getting dirty if the glue leaks. Allow the glue to dry thoroughly.
- Now apply the glue on the top and bottom edges of the album and stick the fabric down smoothly. Depending upon the weather conditions, it would take at least 24 hours for the glue to dry. Once the glue is dry, to cover the raw edges inside the album, glue wrapping paper onto the inside covers (front cover and back cover).