I have a LOT of fabric stored away, and a lot that I love but I am not skilled enough to sew it in to anything good. So I decided the other day to revert back to type and stick to what I know best….sticking and gluing! I like to think this was a kind of sophisticated form of sticking and gluing though. I had some old sketch books left over from my school art days that had not been used and with their thick paper pages and solid binding I thought it criminal not to put them to good (pretty) use.

I couldn’t afford to get my hands on the Cath Kidston boating fabric so I improvised with this lovely vibrant boat pint from my local sewing shop in Whitstable. The floral is a lovely 1950’s print my Mum had been hoarding away for years. I wanted to put it to good use. They were so simple to do and turn out really effective. They look awsome on a book shelf or piled up on a coffee table (I love them next to my pride and joy greengate tea pot.)

I had a contrasting button badge handy so I just pinned that on to the tallest one, just the finishing touch. This is great for all of those like me who are not quite a dab hand with the sewing machine…x