Monday, October 26, 2020

FROM THE HEART Blog Hop

 


Welcome to the second day of the From the Heart Blog Hop, the brainchild of Carol of  Just Let Me Quilt.  Thank you, Carol, for hosting this fun and inspirational hop.

From time to time, we all want to give a little gift to someone who has done us a kindness, and it's always more special if that gift is handmade.  Carol's idea for this hop was to share small projects we can make and give as gifts.  Of course I had to join the fun, but I was so excited to see the great projects made by everyone else!

For my project, I made a Composition Notebook cover.  


I like to keep a stash of these inexpensive booklets.  They are bound and have about 100 pages of either lined or grid paper.  (I personally like the grid paper.)   I keep quilt ideas in one, recipes in another, to-do lists in another -- their uses are endless.  

These are great little notebooks, but they are not very pretty.  My grandkids use these in school for taking class notes, and by the time they reach the last few pages, the books look pretty dogeared.  As my project I thought it would be nice to make some pretty covers for my grandkids' school notebooks.




I made my cover like I would a quilt, with a top, backing, and binding.  There are all sorts of videos on YouTube on how to make these covers, so I won't bore you with how I made this one.  

One of the most important things to remember when you are making one of these is to measure the book you are covering.  They are not all the same size!

I added a pencil holder to the front of my cover and side pockets to the inside flaps.





I did some simple and quick quilting in the ditch to the front of my cover, then placed the backing on top of this and pinned it in place.  I cut my binding strips at 2 1/2" and sewed around the cover.  







Since this is a gift for my granddaughters, I am covering the notebooks with some scrapbooking paper (front and back) and gluing a nice picture to the front.  


Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'm going to pour myself another cup of coffee and go see what great projects the others are doing.  Won't you join me?

October 27

MooseStashQuilting

Just Because Quilts (you are here)

Day Brook Designs

Karen's Korner

Quilt Schmilt

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Karrin’s Crazy World

Words & Stitches

Vroomans Quilts

Sew Many Yarns

Songbird Designs

Samelia's Mum





26 comments:

  1. I love all the extra touches you did by adding more pockets.

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  2. Very pretty, useful, and thoughtful project/gift!

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  3. Your notebook covers look great and make such a wonderfully thoughtful gift for a special friend. Thanks for the inspiration :)

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  4. Great cover. Love all of the pockets. I hate it when I open a note book and all of the stray notes go flying out.

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  5. Cute idea for notebook covers - I like the fabric you used!

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  6. Covered in fabric or paper, those make a great gift!

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  7. What special gifts those can make and even more fun when you customize them to the recipients likes. Great idea!

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  8. Great idea, Charlene. I am going to have to give this a try! I love the pen/pencil holders on the front!

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  9. I remember using those type of notebooks when I was in school. They've endured for such a long time, but they definitely aren't pretty. You've really made them look amazing, beautiful, and much more fun to use...great gift for all ages! Thank you for sharing!

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  10. What a cute idea, thanks so much for the inspiration. I think my granddaughter would like one of these! Thanks so much for sharing

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  11. Adding those pockets is a great idea. Thank you for sharing!

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  12. Great idea to add inside pockets and the Outside pencil/pen pockets. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Great idea and I love the pen pocket - no more rummaging for lost pens in the bottom of your bag.

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  14. Very practical notebooks become art!! You did a beautiful job. I love the way you think. Thanks for this great idea.

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  15. I love those gridded composition books. I never thought to put a small 6 inch ruler and pockets on the inside cover.

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  16. What a great idea. I actually bought composition books and planned to cover them - well, they are still in their original skins. This may speed me on my way to covered books, thanks for the push.

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  17. Great, as I actually plan to make a book cover. Yours are beautiful.

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  18. Great fabrics on a pretty, practical and fun gift. I often make notebook covers, but like your design with the pen/pencil pockets on the front.

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  19. These are so fun to make and personalize.

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  20. Beautiful cover and I can see so many options to personalize it.

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  21. What a great idea to cover the notebooks! They look fantastic!

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  22. Fantastic and Fun notebook cover. But, then, I never expect less from you!!

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  23. Thats a fabulous project and I am sure the recipients will be over the moon.

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  24. Oh, I love this idea. I can think of many I could personalize one of these for. Thank you for the inspiration!

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  25. Love making notebook covers and the ones you made are fantastic! Love your pocket additions! xx

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