Hi everyone! In this tutorial, I'll show how I'm altering Little Golden Book pages to fit the covers made using my method. Hope this is helpful and thanks for watching!
I have been reminiscing some of your older videos ! I would like to take a moment and say a big thanks for kindness in showing your talents to us out here in this big RUclips world❣️ I have watched almost all your videos! I have laughed and cried with you😂😭‼️ Have prayed ❣️
💜Good day Gayle ... Thank you for changing up the Little Golden Book... I knew your book as the one with the folded page .. I always save the cover and did my best to keep the cover from bending at the crease and never cutting the pages ...I always found that difficult..... where have I been .. I googled today see if anyone could help me find another way an easier way.. and there you were .. I've been busy making journals a few Little Golden Books.. i cant seem to sell them but I'm moving onward...Little Red Hen is on my desk .. and next it Christmas .... Thank you once again for being here and sharing ..Big Hugs .. I do believe this is what I prayed for .. take the struggle out my passion 💜 Caroline.. stilling Dreaming 💜🇨🇦
Just when I though I'd seen every way to adjust the spine and LGB covers and signatures, here comes Gayle! You're an original, and your tutorials just make me happy. Thanks much. D.
Thanks for this! I've been collecting lots of old Little Golden books to make journals, so this is very helpful! Have fun on your retreat and God bless! Kim
Good idea, you explain everything very well. While I was watching I was thinking she makes it so easy to understand. Thank you. Have a great time at your retreat, I sure will miss you. Looking forward to all the wonderful things you will have to show us and teach us.💜
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I hate the folded pages and I cant bring myself to cut them down. This is the perfect fix! Thank you for sharing your ideas!
I think you explained it well Gayle, I like this way. I bought a lgb kit over a year ago and scared to ruin it. I like this idea. I may hv missed it will watch again but was curious how big your spine is. Tyfs 🥰
Thank you thank you thank you for posting this! I had stalled on the LGB journal I started due to my book pages creeping. This was the perfect solution! I ended up sewing using several different stitches and the pages came out great! Love your channel :-)
Thank you so much for this. I've been collecting Little Golden Books but have not yet made a journal with any. You explained the process very well. No worries. I'm looking forward to using this method top do my first LGB Journal 😊
Gail, I’m so happy to have found this tutorial from you! ❤️ I plan to do my first LGB after Christmas, so I guess I’ll have to watch again!! Thank you. You do such a good job.
Gayle, thank you so much for this video! - had to watch it twice to get it but I just finished my first LBG Christmas book and your process worked out perfectly!
I was so frustrated when I couldn't figure out how I would sew in the signature when I fold my seam so that it would fit... then I found your video describing that you just add a piece of paper to each seam and it fixed my dilemma! Thank you for sharing!!!
Love this idea! I was thinking I should start one of my LGB with you as I"m watching this and then my heart dropped when you said you'll be gone for 5 days! I just have to watch reruns! Have a marvelous trip Ms.Gayle!!! ~Liz~
Gayle, you explained it perfectly! I went to my local thrift store twice and picked up 45 different Little Golden Books. I paid $1.29 per book and then received 30% OFF of the total price. Did I luck out, or what? Now, I just need to coffee or tea die/dye (whatever... lol) tons of different papers and get crackin'. You are such an inspiration and I love all of your tutorials❣ Thank you so much for sharing!!! {{{Hugs}}}
I pop the staples out of the spine, lift out the pages and then cut the covers apart down the middle. This way the book covers and all the pages stay the same size.
I am making a journal for a friends birthday, and some of the pages that I want to put in have been giving me problems. You have just solved it for me. Thank you so much :)
I have done it by taking the staples out of the spine but they are hard to get out and I like using up the cut offs of the paper. It adds more interest! Thank you!
I managed to get an old copy of Pussy Willow & some other vintage LGB's & what I've done is when I cut them I decided to keep the whole width of each cover rather than cutting them short. Now as You know, often when You go to sew Your pages into any Journal, as the signatures get fatter They sometimes end up with an overhang so once My signatures are ready I'll have to see if I still get an overhang or not. If I do I'll definitely try this method. So, Thanks for this!
Gayle, hmm that makes Me wonder if it's just in the UK that some of them have paperback covers. The sellers didn't bother to mention it in the listings either. I've had two now & one of them was actually listed as a "hardback." One was really old & the other was from the 70's by the way in case You want to keep it in mind if You're ever looking online. I'm gonna look into it now actually & find out if They made paperbacks in the US too.
I love your Golden Book journals. Do you have a video that shows how to sew the signatures together and sew to the cover? Thank you for sharing your talents.
Hello Gayle ! I am a big fan of your JJ and of your videos, and i thank you for that. I don't know how to contact you other than here, and i'm sorry for that, but i have a question please : i am french, and i'd like to know if you think american people would be interested in buying (very low prices) french ephemeras from me... i have access to a lot of them... but i'm debating if i open an etsy store or not... again, i'm very sorry to ask you that here, it seems like an advertisment, but no, i am a real subscriber and admirer of your channel, and a crafter too :) Thank you, Sabine
Hi Sabine! No apologies necessary for contacting me here! I’m happy to help in whatever way I can! I do think American crafters enjoy ephemera from other countries. I would think with the popularity of French designs...especially Paris...that there would be a market for French ephemera. If you have any other questions or I can help in any way, feel free to email me at Gayle.agostinelli@gmail.com. ❤️
@@gayleagostinelli_ct ok cause in your video you say you dont sew it in it's a flip out but that didnt explain how the pages stayed folded together. Lol. Thank you for replying so quickly. I am making a LGB Christmas one now to do my December Daily with you. Thanks again
Angela Denlinger maybe we are talking about different “sewing”. I’m probably the one not understanding. So you fold all three pages into one fold. Attach the flip to the fold. Then sew in the signature on the fold. LGB pages on the left, attached paper or flip on the right. Hope that helps a little! ❤️
Cindy, I folded each of the original Golden Book covers, so they would fit the cover. In the original book, there are two signatures generally with three double pages. I folded each of those. I hope that makes sense! ❤️
Thank you so much, Gayle! Now, I want to make a Little Golden Book journal. I am a little confused, though, about how you sew in the signatures with this new method of making the pages fit. Could you do a tutorial on how to do that? Thanks a bunch!
Sharon, Next time I do a batch of Little Golden Books, I’’ll show the sewing in. Really, it’s just opening the page as normal and including it in the signature and sewing it in. The decorative paper on the back is not sewn in, but acts more like a tip in. I’ll definitely do a video when I do the nest bacfk. I hope my explanation will help you for now! ❤️
Gayle, yes it does make sense. I did figure it out and I've made a Little Golden Book. I'm having so much fun! Thank you so much for sharing your tutorials.
Love this method! I'm going to do my first LGB for my son for Christmas with his very first favorite book, Let's Go Trucks. (I got it in eBay for $5 - paid too much I'm sure but all the others were close to twice that! ) So, when I cut the covers off, how do I keep the pages in tact? Just cut covers only and then pull the stitching out? (Is there stitching?) Your Christmas fabrics are lovely - I must start getting some of those in - hadn't even thought about them and I signed up for a Christmas TN swap at JJJ. Sheesh. I'll figure this all out sooner or later! ;-)
Cindy, the pages are one piece of paper. You can kind of see when I open them up. There are two staples. Sometimes there is glue depending on the age of the book. Once you pull on apart, it’ll make sense. Go for it, my friend!! ❤️
what a GREAT idea! And just in time! Thanks for this video!!!! I spent the whole after noon going through IDEAL Christmas books and cutting out pages...:) Do you glue the page "tip-in" ? Sandy
Hi Sandy! I just glue as shown in the video...along the folded over area attaching the tip in page. It won’t go anywhere even though it’s not sewn in because it is glued onto the previous page, if that makes sense. ❤️
I’ll do the flip through when these are done and maybe you’ll see. My best advice is to get a LGB at the thrift store and follow along with this video. When you experience it, it will make sense. ❤️
I'm wondering if you need to glue in between the pages, at the fold? I think this is absolutely genius! Omg, talk about your brain hurting, I'm working on 4 Halloween journals, plus I did some Eco dye-ing today, among other things...my brain is NOT happy with me, LOL! I'm not sure I can handle 5 days without Gayle! :'-(.
Hi Chelle! No need to glue between the pages. It’s actually one piece of paper, so just like folding a piece of coffee dyed paper for sewing into the signature. ❤️
If you sew the folded book pages to the scrap paper would that be to thick for your sewing machine needles or do you need to sew folded piece by hand? I love the LGB tutorials!! So adorable!! XO❤XO💘XO❤
Thank you, Gayle! I think this answers the question I asked the other day about gluing pages in.
I have been reminiscing some of your older videos ! I would like to take a moment and say a big thanks for kindness in showing your talents to us out here in this big RUclips world❣️ I have watched almost all your videos! I have laughed and cried with you😂😭‼️ Have prayed ❣️
You teach so well, I just love this idea
Very helpful, Gayle. Thankyou!
You have such brilliant ideals.... love watching your video's.
That's awesome Gail!!!! I'm about to make my 1st LGB junk journal and now I'm super excited
Very helpful and ingenious. tfs
Love this idea with shorting the pages without cutting them...I’m about to see if this would work for me...thanks for sharing...😻
💜Good day Gayle ... Thank you for changing up the Little Golden Book... I knew your book as the one with the folded page .. I always save the cover and did my best to keep the cover from bending at the crease and never cutting the pages ...I always found that difficult..... where have I been .. I googled today see if anyone could help me find another way an easier way.. and there you were .. I've been busy making journals a few Little Golden Books.. i cant seem to sell them but I'm moving onward...Little Red Hen is on my desk .. and next it Christmas .... Thank you once again for being here and sharing ..Big Hugs .. I do believe this is what I prayed for .. take the struggle out my passion 💜 Caroline.. stilling Dreaming 💜🇨🇦
thank you Gayle 😉🌸
Just when I though I'd seen every way to adjust the spine and LGB covers and signatures, here comes Gayle! You're an original, and your tutorials just make me happy. Thanks much. D.
I love your solution, my friend! I am definitely going to be using this one! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thanks for this! I've been collecting lots of old Little Golden books to make journals, so this is very helpful! Have fun on your retreat and God bless! Kim
Good idea, you explain everything very well. While I was watching I was thinking she makes it so easy to understand. Thank you. Have a great time at your retreat, I sure will miss you. Looking forward to all the wonderful things you will have to show us and teach us.💜
This is a great technique, Gayle. Thank you so much for sharing it. 🤗
Amazing as always. Love your solutions for everything
Thanks for the well spoken tutorial Gayle. Am going to try my first LGB christmas style. My fave.
Have a wonderful time at the retreat.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I hate the folded pages and I cant bring myself to cut them down. This is the perfect fix! Thank you for sharing your ideas!
I think you explained it well Gayle, I like this way. I bought a lgb kit over a year ago and scared to ruin it. I like this idea. I may hv missed it will watch again but was curious how big your spine is. Tyfs 🥰
I usually do a 2 to 2 1/2 inch spine on Little Golden Books. ❤️
Gayle Agostinelli Thanks so much for taking the time to share. Have a great weekend. Stay well. 💛
Thank you thank you thank you for posting this! I had stalled on the LGB journal I started due to my book pages creeping. This was the perfect solution! I ended up sewing using several different stitches and the pages came out great! Love your channel :-)
what a great idea!! You did an excellent job explaining it. I can't wait to try it! Thank you so much for sharing.
I was just getting ready to make some LGB Christmas books and your tip was perfect. Thank you for your inspiration.
Wow. What an awesome idea. I will definitely be using this idea. TFS. so inspiring
This adds so much more pretty papers, I Love it !!! Wonderful idea Gayle. TFS
Thank you so much for this. I've been collecting Little Golden Books but have not yet made a journal with any. You explained the process very well. No worries. I'm looking forward to using this method top do my first LGB Journal 😊
Gail, I’m so happy to have found this tutorial from you! ❤️ I plan to do my first LGB after Christmas, so I guess I’ll have to watch again!! Thank you. You do such a good job.
I really like this idea! I think this is the best idea I've seen yet! Thanks!
Gayle, thank you so much for this video! - had to watch it twice to get it but I just finished my first LBG Christmas book and your process worked out perfectly!
Love this idea! Have fun on your retreat. Can't wait to see this finished book!!
I was so frustrated when I couldn't figure out how I would sew in the signature when I fold my seam so that it would fit... then I found your video describing that you just add a piece of paper to each seam and it fixed my dilemma! Thank you for sharing!!!
Very helpful tips! I wondered how you did that! TFS, Gayle!
Thanks so much for the share Gayle this is such a great idea and explained perfectly.
You explained it very well, great idea, thankyou !
Love this idea! I was thinking I should start one of my LGB with you as I"m watching this and then my heart dropped when you said you'll be gone for 5 days! I just have to watch reruns! Have a marvelous trip Ms.Gayle!!! ~Liz~
Explained perfectly. Thank you.
This is the best idea I have seen yet I like it 💛. Your such a smart cookie 😁. O no 5 days I'm gonna go thru withdrawals 😂
Gayle, you explained it perfectly! I went to my local thrift store twice and picked up 45 different Little Golden Books. I paid $1.29 per book and then received 30% OFF of the total price. Did I luck out, or what?
Now, I just need to coffee or tea die/dye (whatever... lol) tons of different papers and get crackin'.
You are such an inspiration and I love all of your tutorials❣ Thank you so much for sharing!!! {{{Hugs}}}
I understood exactly how to do this. Thanks a bunch!
I pop the staples out of the spine, lift out the pages and then cut the covers apart down the middle. This way the book covers and all the pages stay the same size.
Going to have to quit my job to play in the craft room more. Love the LGB alters.
I like your new way much better then folding ends in. Great idea!
I am making a journal for a friends birthday, and some of the pages that I want to put in have been giving me problems. You have just solved it for me. Thank you so much :)
Love this idea but do you have a tutorial on how to sew it into your book spine?
I have tons of videos on sewing in the signatures! Search Gayle Agostinelli Sewing in Signatures, to find them all. 😁❤️
Love your tutorials.
Great idea! You explained it very well Gayle🌺🌼🌺
I have done it by taking the staples out of the spine but they are hard to get out and I like using up the cut offs of the paper. It adds more interest! Thank you!
Fantastic!! So glad to see this. Thank you!!
Fantastic idea, thank you for sharing xxx💕
I think i got it! Thanks for sharing this... I haven’t done a Lgb so I hadn’t run into it yet. I’ll know ahead of time now!
Clever idea...love it!
That’s such a wonderful solution. ❤️
Thank you for sharing. I like this solution best.
I managed to get an old copy of Pussy Willow & some other vintage LGB's & what I've done is when I cut them I decided to keep the whole width of each cover rather than cutting them short. Now as You know, often when You go to sew Your pages into any Journal, as the signatures get fatter They sometimes end up with an overhang so once My signatures are ready I'll have to see if I still get an overhang or not. If I do I'll definitely try this method. So, Thanks for this!
Rebekah, I’ve never seen the soft backs. Interesting! ❤️
Gayle, hmm that makes Me wonder if it's just in the UK that some of them have paperback covers. The sellers didn't bother to mention it in the listings either. I've had two now & one of them was actually listed as a "hardback." One was really old & the other was from the 70's by the way in case You want to keep it in mind if You're ever looking online. I'm gonna look into it now actually & find out if They made paperbacks in the US too.
I love your Golden Book journals. Do you have a video that shows how to sew the signatures together and sew to the cover? Thank you for sharing your talents.
TFS. I alway s learn something new from your videos.
Thank you for your instructions yay!
Best way of doing this I have seen.
Well, thanks so much, June! ❤️
Wonderful 😊 thank you !
I wish you could put a number so one can find the next video that goes with this one. I hope that makes sense🥰
Wonderful idea!
Great way to solve the problem! TFS🤗
🍧😆watching this again. Looks great
Brilliant as usual 🌺
Do you have to glue the tip in page on the back side of the flap or can it be glued on either side?
Have a good retreat
LOVE YOUR WORK-TFS-HUGS/BLESSINGS
Hello Gayle ! I am a big fan of your JJ and of your videos, and i thank you for that.
I don't know how to contact you other than here, and i'm sorry for that, but i have a question please : i am french, and i'd like to know if you think american people would be interested in buying (very low prices) french ephemeras from me... i have access to a lot of them... but i'm debating if i open an etsy store or not... again, i'm very sorry to ask you that here, it seems like an advertisment, but no, i am a real subscriber and admirer of your channel, and a crafter too :)
Thank you,
Sabine
Hi Sabine! No apologies necessary for contacting me here! I’m happy to help in whatever way I can! I do think American crafters enjoy ephemera from other countries. I would think with the popularity of French designs...especially Paris...that there would be a market for French ephemera. If you have any other questions or I can help in any way, feel free to email me at Gayle.agostinelli@gmail.com. ❤️
Awesome!! Need to try that
Gayle. I am not sure I understand correctly so you dont sew in where you added the paper at the fold? How do the pages stay together?
Angela Denlinger yes you do. You sew exactly on the fold. 😁❤️
@@gayleagostinelli_ct ok cause in your video you say you dont sew it in it's a flip out but that didnt explain how the pages stayed folded together. Lol. Thank you for replying so quickly. I am making a LGB Christmas one now to do my December Daily with you. Thanks again
Angela Denlinger maybe we are talking about different “sewing”. I’m probably the one not understanding. So you fold all three pages into one fold. Attach the flip to the fold. Then sew in the signature on the fold. LGB pages on the left, attached paper or flip on the right. Hope that helps a little! ❤️
@@gayleagostinelli_ct ok I think I understand. Maybe you could do another quick tutorial next time you work on a LGB to explain this process again.
Will do, Angela! ❤️
Where do you purchase the golden books you use?
Thrift store ❤️
I guess I’m slow. Do you fold all the pages or just the last 2 in each signature?
Cindy, I folded each of the original Golden Book covers, so they would fit the cover. In the original book, there are two signatures generally with three double pages. I folded each of those. I hope that makes sense! ❤️
Yes that does , thank you so much
Thank you for this wonderful and so very helpful tutorial :-) Crafty hugs Janine :)
Excellent!
Thank you so much, Gayle! Now, I want to make a Little Golden Book journal. I am a little confused, though, about how you sew in the signatures with this new method of making the pages fit. Could you do a tutorial on how to do that? Thanks a bunch!
Sharon, Next time I do a batch of Little Golden Books, I’’ll show the sewing in. Really, it’s just opening the page as normal and including it in the signature and sewing it in. The decorative paper on the back is not sewn in, but acts more like a tip in. I’ll definitely do a video when I do the nest bacfk. I hope my explanation will help you for now! ❤️
Gayle, yes it does make sense. I did figure it out and I've made a Little Golden Book. I'm having so much fun! Thank you so much for sharing your tutorials.
Brilliant!!
Love this method! I'm going to do my first LGB for my son for Christmas with his very first favorite book, Let's Go Trucks. (I got it in eBay for $5 - paid too much I'm sure but all the others were close to twice that! ) So, when I cut the covers off, how do I keep the pages in tact? Just cut covers only and then pull the stitching out? (Is there stitching?)
Your Christmas fabrics are lovely - I must start getting some of those in - hadn't even thought about them and I signed up for a Christmas TN swap at JJJ. Sheesh. I'll figure this all out sooner or later! ;-)
Cindy, the pages are one piece of paper. You can kind of see when I open them up. There are two staples. Sometimes there is glue depending on the age of the book. Once you pull on apart, it’ll make sense. Go for it, my friend!! ❤️
Thanks gayle!
what a GREAT idea! And just in time! Thanks for this video!!!! I spent the whole after noon going through IDEAL Christmas books and cutting out pages...:) Do you glue the page "tip-in" ? Sandy
Hi Sandy! I just glue as shown in the video...along the folded over area attaching the tip in page. It won’t go anywhere even though it’s not sewn in because it is glued onto the previous page, if that makes sense. ❤️
I am confused! Can you show me it done in the book? lol Sandy
I’ll do the flip through when these are done and maybe you’ll see. My best advice is to get a LGB at the thrift store and follow along with this video. When you experience it, it will make sense. ❤️
Thanks Gayle....your silly confused friend!
A LGB is on my list of books to make so tfs your info. :)
I'm wondering if you need to glue in between the pages, at the fold? I think this is absolutely genius! Omg, talk about your brain hurting, I'm working on 4 Halloween journals, plus I did some Eco dye-ing today, among other things...my brain is NOT happy with me, LOL! I'm not sure I can handle 5 days without Gayle! :'-(.
Hi Chelle! No need to glue between the pages. It’s actually one piece of paper, so just like folding a piece of coffee dyed paper for sewing into the signature. ❤️
If you sew the folded book pages to the scrap paper would that be to thick for your sewing machine needles or do you need to sew folded piece by hand? I love the LGB tutorials!! So adorable!! XO❤XO💘XO❤
Lala Gama I think it would be fine to see. It’s not that thick. 😁❤️
TY for responding so promptly Gayle!. I really appreciate all the inspiration & splendid ideas. XO❤XO💘XO❤
What is a tip in?
Paper or fabric on the edge of page that flips out. 😁❤️
I like this idea! Can you tell us how wide your spine is?
jbeaudi two inches. ❤️
But arent your pages out of order?????
I thought I screwed up but then I figured it out
What brand is that clear tacky glue?
Cheri, it’s Aileen’s. ❤️
Hi Gayle, TFS 😍
Hi darling Rose! Thanks for always making me smile! ❤️