Journal cover from a pair of Jeans

It was my brothers birthday on Tuesday and after thinking about something he'd like I thought a journal for drawing and writing would be cool ... he likes to do both and is good too.
2 weeks ago my sister gave me some of her old clothes as I had requested some from my family for repurposing etc. After receiving 4 or 5 pairs of jeans I made my sister a wall hanger - but forgot to take pics so I'm waiting for her to! - and  with some of the leftovers decided to make a journal cover and pencil case for my bro ...

If you'd like me to post a tutorial leave a comment ... if there are enough requests I will.

Thanks for looking!