I was in a stationery store not long ago, and I saw a pile of beautiful hard cover notebooks with these little pencil case attachments on them. I thought to myself- how handy! To always have a pen or pencil attached to your notebook so you don’t have to go rummaging for one!
Picked it up- saw the price and promptly put it back. I could make that! I thought to myself. With cuter fabric, and for less than half that price.
And so I did. And now you can too.
They make lovely gifts, this past Christmas I bought all my family members a small Moleskine journal and made them backpacks to fit. I used fabric and colours to suit their personalities. Once I’d made ten for Christmas gifts, I got to work making some for my own favourite notebooks and sketchbooks.
These Handy Notebook Backpacks are quick, fun, and satisfying to make. They can be customized to any size diary, journal, sketchbook - or any other book you can think of! They’re so addictive I’m tipping a few books in your house will be carrying a backpack soon.
Fabric on the large backpack is the completely glorious and so cute Let the Good Times Roll by Lysa Flower from PBS Fabrics. Fabric on the small backpack is Malibu, the latest collection by Heather Ross from Windham Fabrics.
