This week I needed a little thank you gift, so I decided to make a composition notebook cover.
Here is the front. I just love this fish. It is the only thing I planned, the rest is random.
And here is where you write all your brilliant thoughts and ideas.
The inside, where the notebook covers slip into the quilted cover.
The back.
I use the direction on this blog. I reduce the overall width to 26" to 26 1/2" inches depending on the notebook. You can measure yours first for a good fit.
Here are some of the steps:
Layout a rectangle of strips, blocks, strings or whatever piecing you like. Or you can use a beautiful whole piece of fabric like I did for Christmas 2010. See those covers HERE.
Piece or choose a lining fabric. It doesn't have to be fancy or pretty, but I happen to like fancy and pretty for most things. cut a piece of batting roughly the same as the back.
Machine quilt the three layers like a little quilt. I use 2 quilt halo when I free motion quilt. You can check them out here.
The rest you can find on the link above. Although it takes a little time it is easy.
Can I just say, no wonder I make mistakes at the machine! Look at all these distractions! Watching the Good Wife, while checking the on-line instructions and sewing.......
I decorated the window sill above my kitchen sink again. I used to have 2 mantels to decorate, so I'm using this space in the same way. It is super hard to photo graph anything near a window.
Do you see spring outside this window? I don't! A few bunnies on the front hall table with my carrot tree.
Despite the snow and ice on Wednesday, the Pansies out front look great :)
I wish you all a Blessed Easter, Joyous Passover or just a Happy Spring Weekend.
28 comments:
Wow--what lovely notebook covers!
I love your fun decorations for the season. Nice alternative to decorating a mantel. Works for me! : )
Happy Easter to you too!! It would be fun playing spot the bunny at your house. The carrot tree is extra cute! I love your notebook cover, gourgeous rich fabrics and fun quilting! I noticed I have 2 pages on Bloglovin too. I couldn't figure out how to delete one, maybe I should try again.
A Blessed Easter to you and your family too, Barb!
What a great gift idea! Thanks...now can I just remember
That covered notebook is a great idea ~ thanks for the tips!
I did get an email from Bloglines regarding their cleaning out of duplicate listings and the possibility that some of my blogs would need to be added back in. But they didn't say which and I follow a lot of blogs! So I just ignored it. Now I know what they were talking about. Yours still shows up for me, though.
Have a lovely holiday weekend!
Great book cover, I have always wanted to make one but haven't yet.
At least you have spring inside your home, the decorations are so cute.
Happy Easter to you and your family.
OOPS----I have been having issues with blogger too. I will publish a post and sometimes it is over 24 hrs before it shows up. Other times it is right away....
I've still got you on bloglovin . Nice bright notebook cover Barb,
Happy Easter to you and your family.
You showed up on my reader list okay. Love the Kaffe Fassett prints in your notebook cover. Very pretty! And your home decorations look spring-like even if you have snow outside. Happy Easter to you.
Love your notebook cover! I think this would be a great way to use up my machine quilting samples. I have made these in the past but had rather forgotten about them. I like using the composition notebooks so you can refill them.
Happiest of Easters to you and yours, Barb--love the notebook cover--really nice...hugs, Julierose
Love your decorated window! I am weary of looking out at solid white since November. There is a new spring garland to put up on our mantel - maybe next week when we start to warm up?
Great notebook cover - adds a nice touch to notekeeping or journal thoughts.
You're on my blog list. Have a lovely spring and Easter weekend.
What a fun journal cover! Your Easter decorating is fun too - Happy Easter!
You are still on my blog list. Great gift and nice cover! Cute decorations.
Happy Ester.
Lola
I still get you on gfc
Pretty journal covers...and Happy Easter to you and yours!
Pretty notebook cover. A small project like that looks very appealing. Happy Easter. I love your decorations for each holiday.
Love the notebook cover. And your window looks so great.
Happy Easter.
Blessings to you dear friend. Happy Easter.
Happy Spring to you too! I always love all of your seasonal decorating, so festive.
Great notebook cover. What a wonderful nest you have for a sewing space.
I was thinking of a little gift too - a notebook cover is a great idea. I just might use that one.
What a wonderful notebook cover! Your Easter decorations are lovely too!
Sorry to hear you are having follower issues - very frustrating!
I'm pleased to say that I'm still receiving your posts!
Happy Easter!
Awesome fish!...and the random fabrics do it justice. Love it.
Awesome fish!...and the random fabrics do it justice. Love it.
What a great notebook cover! I've been meaning to make some of those for years and they're still on the list LOL. Surely spring arrived in your neighborhood this past weekend -- I'll bet your cute spring decorations helped it arrived! Happy Belated Easter!
I love that book cover and the decorations over the window! Yes, finally spring is here! I am home to actually enjoy it! While in Canada, I was thinking my winter lasted longer than you all here but sounds like it was cold out here too.
I am ready for some digging and planting!
your notebook cover is so full of fun energy and color and i love your fish~!!
a carrot tree is such a fun idea~!
and what a beautiful window so sweetly laid out with Easter/spring surprises.
:-)
libbyQ
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