Book covers... tutorial

Back to school... Every night, beatrice has come home with different books that need book covers... Last year I covered her book with fabric,and she loved it so much, she brought all her books to me to cover... ( and I thought I was being clever?) ha ha!  Not only did she think it was cool, but her friends decided that that could be their bday gifts... so, Now I'm making covers as gifts for her friends school books... ROFL!
They last, they stay in place, they protect... perfect!  and as fast and easy as doing the same thing with paper... here's what I do...

 I have  a bolt of fast to fuse interfacing... great for bags, and book covers! ;-)

I cut a piece of interfacing about a 1/2" bigger then the book.

I then cut the fabric choice at least an 1" bigger all around, and press the edges over... remember this is fusible stuff... easy!

 I zip around the edges to hold that all in place 1/8 around the edges....

 I lay the book inside to  find the center....

 ... then fold the ends inside leaving just a tony extra space so the cover doesn't warp inside the cover... and hand crease it.... take the book out,

and take it back to my machine to sew down again, 1/8" to tack the fold over... (If you go any deeper you wont get your cover into that pocket...)

 tada... lickety split...

Pop the cover edges into those folded over  pockets, then smile a big grin when you hand them over to your daughter, showing just how cool you really are....  ;-)

Just be careful... you may find your self using up that BOLT of interfacing on all her friends books, as well.  

;-)

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