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You will need single or double sided quilted fabric, coordinating fabric (cotton or cotton blend), ½ wide gathered lace (including selvage), coordinating ribbon and thread. Wider lace can be used, however it is more difficult to avoid catching it in the stitching around the corners. The only fabric store I could find that carries quilted fabric is Jo Anns Fabrics. If you cant find any then make your own by placing a thin layer of batting between layers of fabric (right sides out) and do the quilting stitches yourself.
1. Cut out three pattern pieces from cardboard with the following
dimensions:
14 inches x 9 15/16 inches label it A
9 15/16 inches x 8 ½ inches label it B
7 ½ inches x 3 inches label it C
Figure 1
Cut one A from the quilted fabric. If you are making lots of
book covers you can get four covers from every 14 of length (assuming
the fabric is at least 40 wide).
Cut two B and two C from the coordinating fabric.
Cut a 12 length of ribbon and a 49 length of lace. Be careful
not to stretch the lace as you measure. See Figure 1.
2. Fold both B and C pieces in half lengthwise wrong sides
together and press. B should now measure 9 15/16 inches x 4 ¼
inches and C should measure 7 ½ inches
x 1 ½ inches. See Figure 2.
Figure 2
3. Lay the lace on the quilted fabric A right sides together.
The seam line on the lace should be ¼ inch from the edge of the
fabric. The end of the lace should be folded over ½ inch with
the end on top. It is important to place the cut end of the lace
at the top left about 1 inch from the edge as shown in Figure 3.
This will be the bottom back edge when the book cover is finished.
The lace can be pinned around the entire perimeter if desired. The
other end of the lace should overlap the starting end by ½ inch.
Trim to this length if necessary. Machine baste the lace to the quilted
fabric using a long stitch. Be very careful to sew ¼ inch
from the edge of the fabric. This will become your stitching line
in the next step.
Figure 3
4. Rotate A 180 degrees so that the ends of the lace are at the bottom right. Find the center of the top by folding it in half and pin the ribbon at that point. Pin the B fabric pieces to the sides of A over the lace, matching raw edges. The folded edges of B should be on the inside. See Figure 4.
Figure 4
5. Pin the raw edges of the C fabric pieces to the top and bottom
of A centering them on A. See Figure 5. If you used wide
or very floppy lace it might be helpful to pin it out of the way, especially
at the corners. It has a tendency to get caught in the stitches.
You might also want to pin the loose edge of the ribbon out of the way
of the stitching. Turn A over and sew entirely around the outside edge,
stitching over the lace basting stitches. Check that none of the
lace was caught and that the B and C pieces remained flat. Fix
any problems now.
Figure 5
6. Finish the raw edges. I use a zig zag stitch that only does a zig every 4th stitch or so with the zig pointing toward the raw edge of the fabric. Trim the corners (cut them off on the diagonal being careful not to cut the seam stitching). Turn right side out and press. See Figure 6.
Figure 6
7. Hand sew the folded edges of C to A using a blind stitch. Sew the entire folded edge of C pulling back the B edges as necessary. This will cover the remaining raw edges. See Figure 7.
Figure 7
8. Put a little Fray Check or clear nail polish on the cut edge of the ribbon. Figure 8 shows the outside of the finished book cover (upside down).
Figure 8
Figure 9
9. Carefully slip the covers of the manual into the pockets.
See Figure 9.
Figure 10
Figure 10 shows the completed book cover along with one made from a different fabric.
If you are making these in a Home Family and Personal Enrichment class I suggest that you have all materials cut out in advance.
You may copy and distribute these instructions and pictures as you desire.
If you have questions or comments you can e-mail me at [email protected].
-Janice Luncford