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How to Make a Notebook Slipcover

by on May 14, 2009

Diary adorned with pink and green flowers and leaves tied with a pink ribbon.

Fern loves to jot down notes in notebooks, so she goes through a lot of them. But forking over cash for those pretty bookstore blank books only to deface them provoked a certain amount of guilt. Sooooo Fern decided to stock up on inexpensive notebooks from the dollar store and make a pretty fabric cover that she can transfer from book to book. Tweak the construction a bit, and you could even make yours machine washable. To whip one up, you’ll need….

Blue spiral bound book on top of floral fabric with pink ribbon loosely placed on top of fabric.

  • a notebook(s)
  • enough fabric to cover the outside of your notebook(s)
  • a bit of fabric with which to line your cover
  • an even littler bit of fabric to make pockets for your cover
  • ribbon, to make a tie
  • PVA, to attache the ribbon (although sewing on the ribbon or using washable fabric glue might be a better choice)
  • sewing machine, thread, etc.
  • this tutorial from craftblog.au

Of course the same procedure could be used to make book covers too.