Starter fabric book

After nearly a week when there was so much 'stuff' to do that I didn't get to play in my studio today was for me! It felt so good to be able to get back in there and make something. Still trying to get caught up on presents and swaps though. Today I made a starter fabric book for my friend Heather. I seem to be making quite a bit for her lately. She sends me boxes and boxes of supplies for paper art and, since she doesn't sew a lot, I make her the things she'd like to make for herself but can't at the moment.

She had mentioned that she'd like to make a fabric book .. so ... I made her one that she can embellish. Each page is 6"x6". These are so simple to make - cut your fabric 1/2 inch larger than the finished size - sew the fabric right sides together with a layer of batting on the bottom (use 1/4 inch seams). Leave an opening to turn it right side out. Flip it - sew the opening closed, and then topstitch. Sew the layers togther with a seam down the middle. There are two layers -which equals out to 8 pages to work on. All the inside pages are batiks with nothing on them so she can do whatever her little heart desires. I dyed some dimensional trim to match and added a vintage photo to the cover just to give her a head start. It was hard to stop at just two embellishments - guess I'll have to make myself one of these next!