Purse/clutch from a book

What you’ll need:

Xacto knife

Fabric

Handles

Glue

Paper

Scissor

Velcro/ Clasp Closure



Step 1:

Find a book with a cover you like. Use a Xacto knife and cut out all the pages of the book. Cut a piece of fabric the same size as the book cover, fold the edges in 1/2 inch and iron.



Step 2:

Use some of your fabric to create straps for attaching your handles to the inside of the book. Sew the strips with the right sides facing each other, turn them inside out, fit them through the handles and sew the straps together. Glue the fabric straps to the book and set that aside to let it dry.



Step 3:

Trace the cover of your book on a large piece of paper, making sure to mark both ends of the spine of the book on your paper. Measure the width of one side of the book, and draw a line that is that same length about 75 degrees from where you marked the beginning of the spine. Duplicate the line to the other side by cutting out the line and the fold the paper over width-wise. Now do the same lengthwise, so you reproduce the triangle on the other side also.

Step 4:

Cut two pieces of fabric for the lining of the purse. Take one of the pieces, with the right sides of the fabric facing each other, sew the edges of the triangles to the edges of the square. Repeat with the other piece of fabric. Turn one of them inside out. Put the right-side-out piece inside the wrong-side-out piece, and sew around the top edge.



Step 5:

Sew Velcro onto either side of the purse. Glue the insides to the book frame you created earlier. Depending on the thickness of the spine of the book, you could always make a clasp closure of some kind and glue it at the same time as the handles.

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