As pages of my Lexicon have been spread near and far I think it's time to show you how to make a paper pocket. Take a page of a book or other paper cut approx to A5, fold the corners to the centre as if you're going to make a paper plane
Take the top right and fold to centre, there should be a small overlap running along the side (left)
Fold the top left under, forming a 'tail' at the bottom. You can decide yourself how big you want the pocket, it just depends where you make this fold.
Tuck the tail into the folded corner and there's your pocket. You can turn it around and tuck an ATC into the corner or as I ended up doing sew around the whole thing and get busy altering. If you want to add a bit of weight to it slip a small piece of card inside the folds and attach with gel medium.
14 comments:
I like this...thanks for sharing... even though I am probably the last person on earth who hasn't tried this!
Great idea. Thanks!
Oh, how simple is that! (Now that you've shown us the trick. Glad I am the proud owner of several pages of your lexicon! Going to make a few of these pockets now!
I DID IT! I DID IT! And it looks JUST like yours (Of course! Because I am using the same paper!) I have an old, German Bible whose pages would look SO great made into some pockets. Hmmm, come to think of it, I have TONS of paper that would look good made into pockets!!!!!
LOVE IT!
Thanks again for the tutorial!
Oh Oh Oh, you are a mind reader, I have really lusted after your folded pages. I must clear a spot and give this a go. Thanks SO very much for sharing M!!!
Thanks for the tutorial! These pockets look brilliant!!
Love the idea of old pages. Thanks, and thank you for your sweet comment on my blog.
robin
I love it ! Very creative ! That's actually really cool Thanks.
Very cool! Thanks a lot for the tutorial! I'll give this a try tomorrow.
great idea!
Margaret this is so cool! I may have to try this! Marva
Sarah is not the last person to try this as I have not tried it. I believe I shall have a go at it today. Thanks for the tutorial.
And Jan's not the last one to hear!!!
Margaret thank you so much for sharing - I've saved and added it to my Tutorial folder.
MAYBE I could slip one into my journal....... now there's an idea!!!
I feel very at home at your blog!
Margaret, these pocket-pages are so cool! I just wish I'd had time to join in the swaps last month! Thanks for sharing how you create these!
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