How to make a photo album with your own hands

In modern times, photographs have become an integral part of our lives. We take pictures daily. But it is very important to save moments dear to your heart not in the memory of your phone or computer, but on paper. To store such photos, there are photo albums that you can buy or make yourself. The latter option will allow you to create a truly exclusive item that will reflect the family atmosphere.

In order to make such a photo album with your own hands, you will need the following materials:
- a paperback photo album (if the number of sheets is small, then you need to take 2 or 3 of them);
- binding or any other very thick cardboard;
- padding polyester;
- fabric (cotton, satin, linen);
- glue moment crystal;
- sewing machine;
- scissors, needles, pins, threads;
- cutting mat (optional);
- double sided tape;
- decorative cardboard;
- various decor (lace, ribbons, buttons, chipboards).

First you need to prepare the base of the album: carefully tear off the cover of the blank.


We measure the width of the spine and add 5 mm of distance between the blocks (if there are several of them) and 20 mm on each side.Cut a cardboard strip of the resulting width. For length, you need to add 0.5 cm to the height of the block on both sides.


We attach strips of double-sided tape to the spine of the block at the top and bottom.

Glue the block to the prepared strip of cardboard and sew it on a machine with a zig-zag seam.

Using a needle, draw the threads onto the back side of the spine and glue them with tape. We bend the cardboard at a distance of 10 mm from the edge.

After this, we measure the length and width of the workpiece along the front side, and the width of the block. We cut out 3 parts of the cover from thick cardboard: 2 front parts (you need to add 1 cm to the parameters of the length and width of the front part of the album) and one spine (add 1 cm to the length, the width remains the same).

We apply glue to the blanks and glue them with padding polyester.

We cut the padding polyester to the edge of the cover and iron it through a layer of cotton fabric (this will make it flatter).

We take the fabric intended for the cover and cut it out, leaving 15 mm allowances on each side. First of all, lubricate the sides of the cover with glue and glue the material.

We glue the bottom and top, having previously cut off pieces for a beautiful corner.



The corners must be generously greased with glue and left to dry for 5-10 minutes (for a better effect, you can pin them with pins).

After drying, measure the length of the tie (lace or ribbon) and pin it around the perimeter of the album.

We sew the finishing stitch, retreating 5-7 mm from the edge.


We try on the decor and attach it. To ensure that nothing moves out during sewing, you can use double-sided tape.


We bring all the threads to the reverse side and secure with glue. Glue chipboards.

We apply a lot of glue to the spine and glue the blank to the cover.

After the glue has completely dried from the decorative cardboard, cut out 2 endpaper pieces and glue them.


Photo album is ready!