A little Fabric Notebook

Hiya Claire here with a really easy fabric notebook... I made this for a friend at work as the little character on the front reminded me of her.

I've been using my Stampotique stamps again, I stamped the image onto some calico & put her to one side whilst the ink dried

I used 5inx3in index cards for the pages & punched 2 holes in one side of them, then I measued the fabric for the cover by laying the index cards in the middle of the fabric...

and wrapping it around them so it overlapped & left enough to sew the seams...

I then ironed some Wondaweb to the back of each piece of fabric... including the stamped image, to make it a bit more sturdy, them trimmed the edges so they were nice & neat....

Next I set up the sewing machine & attached the stamped image ...

Then I stitched the front & back covers with right side together (remember to leave an opening at the bottom ofthe cover to turn the right way out again) I also attached a cord to tie the book closed with...

 
 The cord should look like this when stitched...

Then turn the right way out, press with an iron and tuck the open bit at the bottom under & iron it you can then sew this together, I used blue material on top & white underneath, so when sewing I changed the top thread to blue but kept white on the spool underneath so the stitching doesn't show...

then using the index cards as a guide, I punched holes in the cover & used eyelets to stop the fabric fraying, the index cards are held in the cover with book rings...

& thats it, a really cute touchy feely notebook made in about 40 minutes...

I hope you like this & will see you again soon, thanks for stopping by

Claire

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Comments

[Debbie Roberts]

Lovely note book Clare, love the way the book rings go through the fabric

Debbie x

[Mandy]

Oooh.. I can't get enough 'canvas' at the moment... fab little notebook.