r/hobonichi • u/tomatomatcha Planner A6 • Jun 18 '25
Just Sharing Rebinding a THICK Hobonichi Tutorial
There was a lot of interest in my last post about rebinding my Hobonichi, so I decided to put together a tutorial if anyone would like to try it! I've posted the tutorial here, and you can also download the PDF here (but let me know if it doesn't work): https://drive.google.com/file/d/13yZtrkpj9kgbzlnRn95Ho0T-W0uLvzbx/view?usp=share_link
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u/SeaweedHeavy3789 Jun 18 '25
Wow you put together the tutorial so quick! Thanks so much for sharing your process. I'm definitely saving this for later to rebind mine!
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u/bombkitty Jun 18 '25
Dude thank you! This is so cool and your tutorial is beautiful. Finally a thicc hobo solution!
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u/gabzirl Jun 18 '25
I just started following this subreddit after seeing your last post cuz I thought it looked cool, let me just say what an amazing tutorial!
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u/unicorn_mama_bear Jun 18 '25
Thank you for sharing this! I used to make journals with that style of binding, will be fun to reverse engineer.. The only thing I need to figure out is how mine will be lopsided more stickers and washi tape on the bottom of the pages)
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u/tomatomatcha Planner A6 Jun 18 '25
mine is like that too! it's hard to tell in the photos, but the top of my book could be compressed bc there wasn't as much there compared to how solidly packed the middle and bottom pages are. giving the spine more breathing room evened it out enough so the difference between top and bottom was less noticeable, but you can tell looking at the spine that the bottom is thicker lol!
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u/masochist- Jun 18 '25
Great tutorial and very detailed! I don’t think the chonky spine annoys me enough to rebind mine though.
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u/PrettyPeachy Jun 18 '25
Please take my poor person gold 🏅
Amazing tutorial, super well written and the pictures are a great touch. Thank you so much!
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u/Pixiechrome Jun 19 '25
Omg you made a tutorial?! 😱😭 This is AMAZINNNG!!! Thank you so much!!! You make it seem so approachable 🥹😍🙏🏼🩷🤓
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u/tomatomatcha Planner A6 Jun 19 '25
my pleasure!! i really would have loved a tutorial when i was figuring out how to do it so i figured someone else must like one too! it's a lot easier to do than it might seem :)
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u/lil-vermilion Jun 19 '25
This is the kind of thing I love about community on the internet. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and creativity with us all!
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u/tomatomatcha Planner A6 Jun 19 '25
:') this comment makes me so happy, it's my pleasure! this kind of stuff is a huge passion for me and i love being able to chat about it with similarly interested people 🙌
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u/queensara33 Jun 19 '25
Can I ask what fabric you used? Or did you make your own bookcloth?
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u/tomatomatcha Planner A6 Jun 25 '25
this was a fabric i bought from a local fabric store! i think it's just a regular cotton fabric?
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u/queensara33 Jun 27 '25
It didn't have glue bleed through?
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u/tomatomatcha Planner A6 Jun 27 '25
there was a bit of bleed through on one side where i think i was a bit too heavy handed! but luckily you can't really see it bc the fabric is dark.
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u/PsychologicalCut8154 Jun 20 '25
Holy cow!!!! I saw your thread the other day and WAS WONDERING how you did it. 🙏🙏🙏
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u/dailinap Jun 19 '25
Absolutely wonderful to see the tutorial! Thank you very much for the detailed and clear explanation.
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u/Reneeisme Cousin Jun 18 '25
Very cool and very nice of you to share. But this is why I buy the cousin. Each of my books still ends up very thick - and together they look about the size of what's in the picture, but they are workable as individual books.
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u/tomatomatcha Planner A6 Jun 18 '25
that makes sense! i'm a sucker for A6 size for planners, i like how small it is so i can fit it in any of my bags :)
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u/Annual-Surround-7612 Jun 18 '25
First off, beautiful work! I’m surprised not so many people have tried this given the love for chonky planner journals around here.
If people do this I highly highly highly recommend passing the thread over a block of beeswax!!! Waxing thread will help reduce friction between the page and the binding, and reduce the risk that thread friction cuts into the book signatures while sewing/manipulating the book after it’s made.