Books often take a lot of mishandling, especially if it has to be passed on continuously. Schoolbooks are the most suited for the description mentioned. To keep a good book looks nice and to mask the mutilated or vandalized front cover, you can make handmade book sleeves or covers.
Book covers are great way to protect your favorite paperback. Furthermore, it can help you identify, which is your book in the sea of indistinguishable covers. In addition, most covers of textbooks are up-front to what the subject is all about and the designs are drab and dreadful hence book sleeves can hide away the imperfections.
It has been a common practice over the years that brown paper bags are recycled to make book sleeves. There are many materials you can choose from to make handmade book covers. Wrapping paper, wallpaper, handmade papers, drawing paper, foils, an old poster, magazine cover or fabric is a great selection for handmade book sleeves.
For this DIY handmade book covers, we will use a durable fabric as book covers. Other than that, you will also need a spool of thread, sewing machine, iron, measuring tape, pins, trimmings, shears, bias tape and fabric marking pins. Do not forget the most important things in this project, the books you will cover.
To begin making the book covers, take measurements of the length and width of the book. Lay the book on a flat working surface, facing you. For the length, measure from top to bottom of the book and add ¾ inch. For the width, measure the front cover from side to side and multiply it by three. Do not forget to write the numbers down for reference purposes.
Pull out the fabric for your handmade book sleeves and lay it on the flat surface with the wrong side up. Then transfer the dimensions measured from the fabric using the measuring tape and the fabric-marking pen. Cut out a part of fabric having the same measurement taken beforehand. The cut out fabric should be rectangular in shape.
Then, hold out your bias tape and sew it on the short sides of the fabric with the sewing machine. Trim off excess bias tape to achieve a clean look for your handmade book sleeves.
Again, lay down your fabric on the flat surface, wrong side up, and then fold the edges toward the center. The folded flaps should be ½ the width of the book. Secure the flaps in place using pins.
The remaining bias tape will be sewn on the raw edges. Keep the flaps folded, as they will serve as the pockets of the handmade book covers. Add details to the handmade book sleeves using braided or lace trimmings.
Handmade book sleeves made of fabric can show your personality, and at the same time can match the color of your backpack and other school stuffs. Be smart in class with style!
Book covers are great way to protect your favorite paperback. Furthermore, it can help you identify, which is your book in the sea of indistinguishable covers. In addition, most covers of textbooks are up-front to what the subject is all about and the designs are drab and dreadful hence book sleeves can hide away the imperfections.
It has been a common practice over the years that brown paper bags are recycled to make book sleeves. There are many materials you can choose from to make handmade book covers. Wrapping paper, wallpaper, handmade papers, drawing paper, foils, an old poster, magazine cover or fabric is a great selection for handmade book sleeves.
For this DIY handmade book covers, we will use a durable fabric as book covers. Other than that, you will also need a spool of thread, sewing machine, iron, measuring tape, pins, trimmings, shears, bias tape and fabric marking pins. Do not forget the most important things in this project, the books you will cover.
To begin making the book covers, take measurements of the length and width of the book. Lay the book on a flat working surface, facing you. For the length, measure from top to bottom of the book and add ¾ inch. For the width, measure the front cover from side to side and multiply it by three. Do not forget to write the numbers down for reference purposes.
Pull out the fabric for your handmade book sleeves and lay it on the flat surface with the wrong side up. Then transfer the dimensions measured from the fabric using the measuring tape and the fabric-marking pen. Cut out a part of fabric having the same measurement taken beforehand. The cut out fabric should be rectangular in shape.
Then, hold out your bias tape and sew it on the short sides of the fabric with the sewing machine. Trim off excess bias tape to achieve a clean look for your handmade book sleeves.
Again, lay down your fabric on the flat surface, wrong side up, and then fold the edges toward the center. The folded flaps should be ½ the width of the book. Secure the flaps in place using pins.
The remaining bias tape will be sewn on the raw edges. Keep the flaps folded, as they will serve as the pockets of the handmade book covers. Add details to the handmade book sleeves using braided or lace trimmings.
Handmade book sleeves made of fabric can show your personality, and at the same time can match the color of your backpack and other school stuffs. Be smart in class with style!
