This is my newest craft project - the Note Taker. This is a funky little notebook cover that has a pocket and a place for pens on one side, and holds a standard notepad on the other.  It closes by wrapping a ribbon around a button.  I added the two round pins inside just for fun.

I used the Note Taker pattern by Pink Chalk Studio and it really was pretty easy. I spent just a couple of evenings on it. If you give it a try, I suggest possibly making it a little shorter (or a taller notebook) and use the stiffest interfacing you can find.

Actually, I think the hardest part was picking out the fabrics to use. I used some of my favorites that I’ve been saving away for a while. The pencil pocket was the goldfish fabric in Heather Ross’s Lightning Bugs line, and the paper pocket was Michael Miller’s Dysfunctional Family. It was actually a scrap from a skirt that one of my fraternity sister’s made.  Overall, I was pretty pleased with how it turned out.