Japanese Ledger Book

 

I have these reusable papers from Swipies. They are like a whiteboard, but portable. Done with the list, hold the Swipie under running water and the ink washes away. Only need to change a line? Spritz a cloth with water (cloth and spritz bottle included) and wipe the line away. 

I love these as they have helped me to tame the paper clutter trail I had with all sorts of lists I made. But how to keep the Swipies from being all over the place?

Somewhere in my Internet wanderings I saw a Japanese Ledger or accounting book. The format would be perfect for keeping the Swipies together. The stab bound stitching allowed the book to be hung up.

The book I made measures 4.25 in. x 9 in. The book can be made with a soft or hard cover. For durability, I chose to make a hard cover book so covered two pieces of chipboard with cardstock and added a decorative piece of cardstock for the inside cover. In order for the cover to easily be lifted up, the chipboard was cut and hinged together with tape before the cover paper was glued on.

I have 4 Swipies so used cardstock for the inside pages which were sewn to the covers. Because I wanted to pull the Swipies out when I needed them, I cut a couple of #10 business size envelopes, 3 inches high for pockets. I slipped the envelope pockets over the cardstock pages and decorated the edges with Washi tape

The Swipies easily slip inside the envelope pockets

This is how the stitching looks on the back cover. I used cotton crochet thread. I stitched the book with one piece of thread, and tied the two ends together. For extra pretty, you could use two different thread colors.