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i have these! pink and blue for inspirational tear sheets. a little small, but if i have to line my bookshelves with three-ring notebooks, these are the least offensive.

they also sell them at michael's arts and crafts stores, i think

I remember fabric-covered binders from when I was in school during the late 70's & early 80's - They're so much better than the nasty offgassing plinyl ones...

Thanks for the tip!

Holy crap! I do all of my filing at work in 3 ring binders and eschew filing cabinets entirely.

Meanwhile, I've been trying to figure out how to find a decent looking filing cabinet for home. Duh... I don't know why I never thought to file my stuff at home in binders. Sometimes my synapses just don't fire, I guess.

I just bought some canvas binders to hold cds from West Elm because last time I looked I couldn't find any nice plain ones. This post is a day late for me!

great find! I was looking for ones exactly like this but didn't want to pay $25-45 each from some fancy providers...

I'm confused. In "common" blue, these are cheap crap, or in vinyl, but in green, they are a classy choice?

K T G- I have nothing against blue notebooks, just didn't see anything other than green....any sources you've found for blue fabric notebooks would be greatly appreciated. I could use a few more and they'd look nice with the green ones I have!

- Shayna

why are the nice fabric file boxes so expensive? is it materials that are pricey? ive never got that...see jane work inventory --clear example

I guess I thought they looked like the old standard blue canvas 3-ring binders I grew up with (not anyplace special or exotic), only in green. They must be somewhat nicer than that if they're $6 per.

Squiggle - regular binders won't work with CD pages (the CD pages are too wide) so you didn't waste money getting the West Elm binders. When I got rid of my jewel cases earlier this year, I did a hunt for cheap fabric covered binders to hold CD pages and ended up with West Elm binders too. Very limited selection out there at any price point!

Cynthia -- Ah! I'm glad to hear it, thanks!