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Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Have You Ever Made A Book Cover? Here's Two I Made Earlier!



At the end of last week, Flicky announced that she wanted me to make two goodbye/thank you gifts for her Y11 & Y12 Deans at Dwight.  Thinking caps on and Flicky decided book covers were the way to go so a quick trip to The City Quilter for Flicky to chose the fabrics and then to Staples to pick up some Sustainable Earth notebooks and here they are:

Melody Miller Ruby Star Sparkle 'Phones Ring A Ling' and 'Ruby Stories Ring A Ling', 
Echino 'cycling', Pink Echino Birds And Berries Cherry 

Front/Spine/Back/Inside Cover


Comma, by Brigette Heitland for Zen Chic for Moda, New York Line by Line Night - The City Quilter, Newspaper Print - Famous Headlines! for Blank Textiles

Front/Spine/Back/Inside Cover

Let's hope Mr Dale and Mrs Aquadro like them as much as we do!


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29 comments:

  1. Foster8 May 2013 at 21:59

    Cute as always!

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  2. Nana9 May 2013 at 02:05

    I´ve never made one myself but I like them whereever I see some. Your´s are lovely and the fabrics you used... terrific.

    Nana

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  3. Nat at Made in Home9 May 2013 at 03:14

    I made one recently for baby MiH's red book. They are so much fun to make!

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    1. Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieD9 May 2013 at 07:48

      Oh my, the red books, I haven't thought about those for years! Are they still plastic? Flicky had a plastic red cover - one of the first - but my 2 older boys had a blue card cover on theirs - that's a great idea to cover them :)

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  4. Jess @ Elven Garden Quilts9 May 2013 at 03:56

    Your daughter has incredibly good taste! They look fantastic.

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  5. QuiltCandy9 May 2013 at 04:07

    Wow I just love these! Did you follow a tutorial or make it up as you went along? They are perfect gifts for the Deans. Oh and FAB fabrics too!

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    1. Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieD9 May 2013 at 07:44

      I made them up as I went along Sarah, but a tutorial is a great idea, I'll add it to my list! They're very simple just 2 pieces of fabric sewn right sides together, leave a gap along one long edge for turning. Fold in the extra length to create side flaps and then top stitch the 2 long edges which closes the gap. I've made lots before (see my 1st prize winning covers from the Bernina Creative Challenge in NYC last year here) but then I joined the edges by overstiching them with a made cord. :)

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  6. Liz DandeliondD9 May 2013 at 04:22

    They are totally gorgeous.
    Such great fabrics.

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  7. Sil9 May 2013 at 06:40

    Oh! They are perfect! I love these! They are so pretty!

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  8. Celtic Thistle9 May 2013 at 17:21

    They are great Chrissie I am sure their new owners will love them.

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  9. UKMUMINUSA10 May 2013 at 11:17

    I have always wanted to make some of these too, a tutorial would be great!

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    1. Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieD10 May 2013 at 11:49

      It really wouldn't take long to put one together so I'll get one sorted :)

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  10. M-R Charbonneau10 May 2013 at 11:58

    Love these as much as the cushions. Fab fabric selection, Chrissie!

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  11. Anonymous10 May 2013 at 14:37

    Hi! I like to make note book covers and yours are fantastic! All the fabrics are really beautiful and fun, too! Great work!

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  12. vexa10 May 2013 at 18:01

    These are awesome! Great fabric choice.

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  13. Alie10 May 2013 at 18:31

    Love these! I'm especially drawn to the first one! Thank you for sharing what fabric you used.

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  14. Sarah Craig10 May 2013 at 22:40

    How could they not love them? They're awesome! Whoop whoop!!

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  15. Jo11 May 2013 at 05:01

    What a great idea for gifts. They are so pretty!

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  16. Stella Nemeth11 May 2013 at 11:53

    I like the way those look. I wonder just how practical they are however. Do they interfere with using the notebooks as notebooks? But they would make such nice gifts and I can think of people to make them for.

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    1. Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieD11 May 2013 at 14:03

      Great question - they don't interfere at all Stella and they can be removed when the notebook is full and put on another notebook of the same size. Most notebooks are standard sizes - for these covers I used notebooks from Staples that are 9.75" x 7.5" but if you Google this size you'll find there's lots of choices available so the recipient won't have any trouble reusing the cover in the future. There's been a great response to the book covers so I'm thinking I'll put together a tutorial in the next couple of weeks :)

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  17. Kati from Kati's Quilting11 May 2013 at 13:21

    Love the NYC fabric, but the telephone one with the colors is absolutely gorgeous!

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  18. Alyce @ Blossom Heart Quilts12 May 2013 at 23:59

    Just gorgeous! Thanks for linking up!

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  19. Just Sew Sue13 May 2013 at 01:02

    Visiting from Monday link up

    Sue in Jersey

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  20. Janine @ Rainbow Hare13 May 2013 at 09:18

    These are fantastic! Great fabric choices :)

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  21. Martha 13 May 2013 at 12:34

    Beautiful!!! I'm sure they will love them. I love the telephone fabric.

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  22. Unknown13 May 2013 at 22:51

    These are terrific! My daughter and son-in-law are teachers. I have to share this with them!

    I would love for you to share and link up at my TGIF Link Party.
    http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/2013/05/tgif-link-party-2.html
    The party opens Thursday night and closes on Wednesday night at midnight.

    Please, invite your friends to party too! The more the merrier!

    Hugs, Cathy

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  23. Cynthia Brunz Designs13 May 2013 at 23:19

    Great notebook covers. Your fabric selections are awesome!

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  24. Jill15 May 2013 at 20:58

    Yes I've made a few of these - my girls love them! Again - fabulous fabric!!!!

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a fabulous week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  25. Unknown19 May 2013 at 03:27

    Thanks for adding my button to your posts! =)

    Thanks so much for sharing at A Peek Into Paradise TGIF Link Party.

    I hope you will come party with us next week and see if you were featured! http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/

    Have a great week!

    Hugs! Cathy

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Chris Dodsley


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