Planners and Travelers Notebooks are all the rage right now. I love Travelers notebooks and I love Cori Dantini’s Mermaid Days by Blend Fabrics, so I thought I would combine them and get the best of both worlds. I am so happy with how this turned out that I am going to be making several more. These would make great gifts.
Mermaid Days Travelers Notebook
Supplies
Aurifil Thread 50 wt thread #2625 Grey
Fabric Cutting:
8 ½”x 12” of Main fabric for the cover
8 ½”x 12” of Matching fabric for the inside cover
4”xx 12” of Matching fabric for the inside pocket
¼” yard for coordinating print for the binding
Interfacing Cutting:
8 ½”x12” HeatnBond® Fusible Fleece for the cover.
8 ½”x12” HeatnBond® Iron on Vinyl for the cover
Other Supplies:
Erasable marking pen, Iron (Oliso Pro), sewing machine, sharp scissors, other general sewing supplies, Elastic, ribbon and kam snaps.
Mermaid Days Travelers Notebook:
Assemble the cover as desired and trim to 8 ½” by 12”. Be aware that the cover of the notebook is on the right. Fuse the Fleece to the cover and quilt as desired.
Once you have your cover quilted adhere the vinyl. This will help keep our journal clean and make it last longer.
Hem the top of your pocket add ribbon now if you choose. Sandwich the cover to the inside and the pocket and bind like you would a quilt.
I added a ribbon closure by sewing the ribbon to the back and inserting a Kam snap to the other end. I love how this really keeps everything in place. You can put charms on the spine and decorate as desired. Throw this in your purse or bag and you now have a special place to jot down notes and dreams or even grocery lists.
Kristianna
July 12, 2017 at 8:30 am (7 years ago)Are these for sale anywhere?
admin
July 12, 2017 at 8:45 am (7 years ago)Hi Kristianna….what items are you looking for? Happy to help! Julia
admin
July 12, 2017 at 4:52 pm (7 years ago)If you do a Google Search for the Cori Dantini Mermaid Days fabric you should be able to find many stores with the line. Here’s one for example with the fabrics:http://www.hawthornethreads.com/fabric/designer/cori_dantini/mermaid_days
Linda
July 30, 2017 at 2:46 pm (7 years ago)What notebook did you use? Dimensions?
admin
July 31, 2017 at 11:49 am (7 years ago)Hi Linda…thanks for your questions. Jenifer did provide the notebook size but here is some more info to assist you: For the Travelers notebook I cut the fabric 8 1/2″x 12″ and the A5 (8 1/4″x 5.75″) inserts work for this you can make your own or purchase them from many different vendors. Hope that helps you and thanks for stopping by!