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DIY Fabric Book Cover

4 March 2015 by Eileen

Last week, I was invited to attend this awesome craft workshop by The Crafty Hen, kindly organised by Hillarys Blinds and Joe Bloggers. I must admit that I’ve never been inclined to hand-sew anything as I would much prefer to use a machine to do all the work! Anyway, I went down to the Custard Factory in Birmingham. The Custard Factory used to be the location for Bird’s Custard but has since been redeveloped and are now occupied by creative and digital businesses, independent shops, cafés and bars.

crafty hen workshop

In the workshop, we were taught two different crafts which were to make your own bespoke fabric notebook cover and a 3D bird.   All the six different lovely fabrics were provided by Hillarys Blinds which are their latest design.

hillary blind fabric

Making a fabric book cover is very simple and straightforward and great for beginners. This craft requires minimal sewing and time. It take approximately 10 – 15 minutes.

DIY Fabric Book Cover

To make this fabric book cover, you will need:

  • Fabrics (52 cm by 34 cm if you are using A5 notebook)
  • Needle
  • Thread
  • Scissors
  • Ribbon
  • Buttons

Steps:

  1. Lay the fabric pattern side face down and place the book on top.
  2. Fold top and bottom longer edges to the inside so the total height is approximate 4 mm bigger at both top and bottom than the book. Run your fingernail along the fold to hold in place. DIY Fabric book cover fold side
  3. Place book in the centre and open front cover.
  4. Fold fabric so raw edges touches edge of book. Run your fingernail along folded edge again and repeat the other side.
  5. Fold again on the left edge side so the fabric is now overlapping the front book cover. Place a pin in to hold in place top and bottom. Repeat the same for the other side. DIY fabric book cover side
  6. Add any decoration you wish using fabric glue, glue gun or stitches. DIY Fabric book cover inside
  7. Stitch the 4 corner points where the folded fabric in the inside meets the fabric on the outside. DIY Fabric book cover stitch

I love this simple craft as you could also make this fabric cover for any book size and it is reusable! My son is delighted with his book cover and wanted me to make more covers for him! Mmmmm….. he can wait!

Next we also made a 3D bird which we were provided with templates. This is a very lovely bird that I gave to my daughter. She is so proud of my sewing work that she took the bird to sleep in her bed!

I had an enjoyable afternoon learning new skills and at the same time, it was lovely to meet some of my blogger friends. Thanks to the organisers for this great afternoon.

hillary craft workshop group photo

Disclosure: I was invited to attend the workshop. Images used with permission.

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Comments

  1. Rachel Appiah says

    7 November 2017 at 11:35 pm

    Ohh, this looks fab! I might have to try it for my school books!

  2. Anne says

    5 March 2015 at 10:35 pm

    It was lovely to meet up with you again Eileen x

  3. mummyoftwo says

    5 March 2015 at 10:23 am

    This sounds like a fun event and your notebook cover looks great! What lovely fabrics.

  4. over40andamumtoone says

    4 March 2015 at 7:56 pm

    So simple but really effective, you’ve given me an idea for some fabric I’ve got left over from my sewing machine lessons.

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