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!)
Supplies:
One hardback book
Exatco knife
1/2 yard or less of fabric
Handles of your choice.
Hot glue
Duct Tape
(p.s. I think I might have gone a little crazy with the duct tape, but what could be faster or stronger?)
I don’t know is it too cheesy?
I thought it was really fun, but I am not sure…
What do you think?
Is this something you would ever consider making?
Let me know!
>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!