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Pattern and Directions to Sew a Durable Stretchy Book Cover!

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Custom Stretchy Book Cover Pattern
Custom Stretchy Book Cover Pattern

Custom Stretchy Book Cover Pattern

Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com
Customize your book cover to any size book by following these directions.
You will need the following measurements from the book you want to cover:
  • Height of the book(for this example: 8 3/4")
  • Distance around the book - edge of front cover, around book to back cover (For this example: 23 1/2")
  • Width of book cover (For this example: 11")
Create the pattern
  • Draw a square or rectangle to represent the measurements you have from measuring the book.
  • Mark the half way point of all sides.
  • At a right angle from the halfway marks, make a mark the width of the cover from the book heigth line
  • Make a mark 1/2 of the cover height from the distance around book line.
  • Repeat for all sides.
  • Join the dots as shown in the diagram. creating your own fabric book cover pattern
  • Cut from point to 1/2" from original rectangle on "1/2 of cover" triangle.

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