A Quick Little Project

Yesterday I stopped by Mom's house, as I usually do after work.  She wanted to go get some takeout, so we did.  We ate and talked.  Mom has a birthday coming up, so I asked what she wants for her birthday.  "I just want y'all kids to be happy, that's all." she said.  Hmm... I can't buy that or sew it either.  I will come up with something, I think. 
We also discussed a little retreat that she is going on with "the church ladies."   Mom is so excited about it.  She has been talking about it for weeks. She was given a list of things she needs to take with her. She has all but one of those things in a stack on the guest bed. (I told you she is excited about it.) However, she didn't have a notebook to take (she wants a nice clean new one. )  I told her I thought I had a spare one at home.
So after spending some time with Mom. I went home and found the internet not working. Arrrgh.  After some time on the phone with tech support, I found the bad cable and replaced it.
Then I decided to make a little project for Mom.
I had made quite a few of these quilted journals in the past:

So, knowing that Mom's favorite color is yellow,  I dug into my stash and found some nice fabric from Riley Blake.   I had three fat quarters which is plenty for one of these with leftovers for something else. I also saw a strip of a yellow blender fabric so I added it also.
I sewed up the journal cover and put it on the composition book.  Then this morning I got to work early and "borrowed" one of the dogwoods in the parking lot for a photo shoot.

You may notice that you really only see two of the Riley Blake fabrics, one on the cover and the other as the flaps.  The third one is the lining which will only really be seen when the notebook is removed.  It is the pink version of the cover fabric.  I hope Mom likes this little surprise!