Padded fabric covered notebooks

We had an idea to get some basic hardbacked notebooks and to turn them into something rather special. These are slip-on covers that we made for some A6 lined notebooks. We made five of them, all in different materials. We then used wadding to pad out the front and back to give a more luxurious feel. We didn't glue the wadding to the cover because we wanted the covers to be re-usable. The idea being that these fabric covers can be slipped off when the notebook is all used up and placed over another A6 notebook - this makes them versatile and long lasting.

We then made a label using a stamp and some fabric ink which reads MY NOTES. We then glued this label onto a co-ordinating rectangle of felt. For the more repetitive of the patterns we also added a handmade felt flower to decorate the front.

For the others (incl two cath kidston material covered books) a simple bow was added above the label. All the notebooks have a colour co-ordinated 4mm wide ribbon sewn in to use as a page marker. For a lovely special touch the end of each ribbon is sandwiched between two felt hearts. I know which one I'd choose - how about you?