Fabric Covered Note Books

I am back today with another of my little gift ideas.  As I explained yesterday, I have been looking for little gift ideas for ladies, today I should like to share with you a notebook and 'Post It' duo.  I took my inspiration for these two projects from Jessika Taynara.

I chose two contrasting fabrics for the covers.  My starting point for the notebook was to cut the pages from copy paper.  I cut three double pages and stitched them through the centre.  You can make these any size you would like, I made mine 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm.  I made half a dozen of these little pads and held them together with a clip

I cut the card for the cover 10 cm x 10 cm and a narrow strip for the spine.  I made the outer cover in one piece.  The inner cover was made as individual panels, these were glued to the outer cover after running the ribbon in between.   However, if I should make these again, I think I would make the inner cover in one piece as well.  Finally, I glued the pages to the spine - keeping the pages clipped together until the glue had dried.

The cover for the Post It pad was made slightly different because I wanted to attached the pad by the bottom of the pad and, of course, the size was dictated by the size of the Post It pad.

I completed my notebooks by attaching some No 5 Forever Flowers to the covers.  

There is still time for you to enter your projects in the current Crafty Boots challenge.  I hope these notebooks have given you some ideas.

Dionne