How to Make a Fabric Book Cover
This How to Make a Fabric Book Cover & free pattern helps you sew a cute fabric book cover with handles to protect & carry any of your books.
Servings: 1 bookcover
Cost: $2
Equipment
- Sewing machine
- Scissors
- Pins
Ingredients
- How to Make a Fabric Book Cover Free Pattern
- ½-yard heavier fabric
- A small piece of coordinating fabric to decorate the front (optional)
- Thread
Instructions
- Carefully measure your book cover as shown on the pattern. Plug your measurements into the How to Make a Fabric Book Cover Free Pattern.
- Cut a piece of heavier fabric with your measurements (width and height as figured above). Cut two 10x2 inch pieces of fabric for handles (optional).
- Turn under ¼ inch on each end (towards the wrong side of the fabric) and sew down well with a wide zig-zag stitch.
- It you want to stitch on a coordinating fabric design now is the time. Cut the shape out of the fabric, pin it 4 ½ inches from the end of the book cover. Zigzag around the edge to keep it in place.
- Turn back each of the ends of the book cover 3 inches with right sides together. Sew a ¼-inch seam on the top and the bottom of the folded pieces to hold this in place (backstitch at both ends of these seams). Do the same thing on the other end of the book cover. Zig-Zag to prevent raveling.
- Turn the ends right side out, being sure to get the corners pushed out and as square as possible. On the top and bottom edges of the book cover that are turned down ¼-inch but between the two end flaps, use a wide zigzag to finish and hold them down.
- Press the two handle strips in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Open the handles up, wrong side facing up. Turn and press the long raw edges in to touch the center fold, wrong sides together. Fold in half again and press the handles again so the raw edges are inside.
- Stitch down the open edge of the handles about ⅛ inch from the edge, holding the handles together in a narrow strip. I used a wide zigzag stitch for this, but you can also use a straight stitch. Zig zag the ends of the handles
- Mark handle placement on both ends of the cover about 2-2.5 inches out from the center. Use a zig-zag stitch to sew the handles onto the very edge of the book cover with the ends of the handles on the inside of the book cover.
- Fold the covers of your book backwards and carefully slip the flaps of the book cover onto the edges of the covers. Gently fold the covers of the book forwards and allow the book cover to slip over the book. Ta-dah! You did it!!