I used bookbinding methods to create a a Hobonichi-Techno-style notebook:

Closeup photo of an orange construction-paper-bound journal, showing how the spine is sewn with charcoal thread in a chain stitch that loops back on itself

Closeup photo of the inside of a handmade paper-bound journal, showing how the spine is sewn with charcoal thread in a chain stitch that loops back on itself

Closeup photo of an orange construction-paper-bound journal, showing how the spine is being sewn with charcoal thread in a chain stitch that loops back on itself, using a curved needle and waxed linen thread

A work table spread with supplies for handmaking a journal, including folded inner paper, an orange construction paper cover, a half-circle needle, cardboard for stabbing the awl into, and a white bone folder to help crease pages at the spine