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")
- 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.
