Gathering the materials
Before you make your book, you will need to gather a few materials. These books are made of familiar and readily available art, craft, and sewing supplies. To locate a shop, you may wish to use the Yahoo Yellow Pages.

Here is a list of the supplies you will need:

From the fabric store:
Fabric for the outside covering, at least 12 inches high by 15 inches wide
1/2 yard of heavy-duty paper-backed fusible webbing
Heavy weight thread
A small sewing needle
A large, sharp needle — I use a yarn darner

From the arts and crafts store:
2 pieces of matting board, cut to 5½ by 8¾ inches. Framing shops usually have scraps of matting board which are perfect for this purpose and they may even give them to you for free.
Craft glue — any kind which dries clear and flexible. Glue guns and glue sticks are not suitable

From the office supply store:
25 sheets of 8½ by 11 inch paper. I like the slightly heavier 22# paper, but standard copier paper works well.
2 sheets of 8½ by 11 inch card stock or cover stock paper

From around the house:
A standard file folder — the inexpensive manila type is easiest to use
A ruler or yardstick
An iron and an ironing board