A Little Something for Me!

I've been doing so much sewing for the craft show that I decided to take a small break from it today and make something entirely for me. I've seen ruffled checkbook covers all over blogland and wanted to try one. I decided I didn't want ruffles, so I put my own finishing touches on it. Here is how it turned out:

Here is what the inside looks like:

I followed a tutorial I found here. Since I use duplicate checks, I took the plastic parts from another old checkbook cover I had and sewed them on, like so:

For the embellishments on the front, I just cut rounds of fabric (used pinking shears on the green fabric) and glued them on, along with the ribbon and button.

All of the fabric I used came from here.  Melanie was offering a great sale on end of bolt pieces a few weeks ago, and I got a bunch of cute fabric for a great price. Plus I found out that she actually lives right here in Tucson...how awesome is that??!!  I got to meet her and she is so nice. Please go check out her shop, she has some really great fabric ... plus she recently added a nice selection of zippers (over 30 colors) that are only $.89 each.. you can't beat that price. I'll definitely be getting more fabric and notions from her in the future.

Hope everyone is having a great week.  :)