Book Bag Literally, Tutorial
The other day while surfing the net I came across an image on Country Living. I thought the idea was so cute that I had to try it myself and I am here to give you a tutorial. This tutorial is however just a guideline. I contemplated doing it several ways and just opted for the fastest way I could see. Hope you like it. (you could of course make this much more complicated!)
Cassity Kmetzsch started Remodelaholic after graduating from Utah State University with a degree in Interior Design. Remodelaholic is the place to share her love for knocking out walls, and building everything back up again to not only add function but beauty to her home. Together with her husband Justin, they have remodeled 6 homes and are working on a seventh. She is a mother of four amazing girls. Making a house a home is her favorite hobby.
>Very handsome & oh so clever! Thanks for sharing.
>So creative! I've already started making one for my daughter's birthday next month. Thanks for sharing your great idea.
Ammitiés de la France,
Stéphanie
>Thanks for the tutorial. I just may make this one day! I've always thought some books had such gorgeous covers compared to what they had on the inside! 🙂
>Very cute! Any ideas on maybe a coupon book/binder?
>I'm here from Tatertots and Jello and I LOVE this project! I have a hard-back book that I've been tearing pages out of for all kinds of different crafts, and just this morning I was wondering what kind of wonderful thing I could make with the cover!
>What a great idea. So cute!! My daughter would love something like this for her prized "Junie B. Jones" books! Love it!!
>Oh my gosh, I am seeing a LOT of purses and bags in Blogland today!.. And I LOVE this one!! I generally prefer BIG bags, as I hate going anywhere without ALL "my stuff"!!.. But this is absolutely adorable for special occasions, where it is not necessary, or even appropriate, to be hauling "all your stuff"!! I will definitely be trying this project out! Very sweet! Thank you for sharing a tutorial!.. Have a great weekend! ~tina
>I came over from Knock-Off Wood. I LOVE this tutorial. My husband and I have more books that we have room to store, so something like this would be appropriate for me. I love it, and it looks so easy. It's very chic.
>That is sooo very cute. I think my (PhD in English) husband would have a heart attack to see me destroy a book – but it might be worth it!
>Gorgeous! I love this purse. I've seen the ones from Rebound Designs (www.rebound-designs.com) but had never considered making them myself.
I'm about to post on my blog (tossingpaper.blogspot.com) and I'm going to feature this post. Thanks!
>Yeah, it's cheesy. But also cute, so who cares? If you like it, you should use it. 🙂
>How awesomely cute! LOVE it!!
>I have a haord of books for this purpose and I just couldn't figure out how to make it work! Thanks for such a great simple tutorial! Off to make some book bags! =)
>That is SO CUTE! Thanks so much for sharing!
>oh, i made one of these! i used to kill a mockingbird:D for my personal use, i used a scanned image and printed it out on starched muslin so as not to ruin a "good" book! i love how it came out:D
kudzu/cherry
>Wow! I love this literal BOOK bag tutorial. AMAZING! I want to make it for my mother-in-law for her birthday. Thank you for the wonderful idea! 🙂
>That is a beautiful bag! Love it!!
>I linked up to this on my blog to show where my inspiration came from … thanks for posting this!
>I made one several years ago using a tutorial I found on a forum. The material was sewn together and then hot glued to the bag, with sewn handles.
My version on Flickr
I like your handles much better, and it seems there are a few sellers on Etsy (not me) asking $100+ for book purses! 🙂
>This is such a cute idea!