I am trying to upload the photos I took of the book covers to my computer, but my camera isn’t cooperating. If I can figure that out soon I will add the photos to this post. I want to get this post written before I use up my available time solving technical difficulties.
My mom came over this morning and took the kids for a walk so I used that time for sewing. I pinned all the pieces in place and did the sewing for two of the three book covers. The sewing part is actually pretty straightforward; getting all the pieces cut to the right sized and pinned in the right places is the more challenging part of this project.
All that is left to do on these two covers is to get the corners turned out better (I like to use the point of a knitting needle to work on this), and and sew the small opening closed I left to turn them right-side out.
I am happy with the progress I have made on the book covers this week! Tomorrow I would like to cut the fabric, ribbon, and elastic for the third book cover in the morning. Depending on how much time I am able to spend on the project during the morning hours, I will also try to pin everything in place. It took me a little bit of fussing to get the ribbon book mark and the two elastic straps pinned in the right place to accommodate as many book sizes as possible.
Hopefully I can figure out how to connect the camera to the computer soon – I have done it in the past so I know it is possible!) – so I can share some photos of the book covers before I am done blogging about them.
Update: My husband suggested that I try a different cord to connect my camera to the computer and that worked! So here is a photo of the book covers that I worked on this morning.
The covers are adjustable to fit different widths and thicknesses of books so that is why the elastic lands in a different spot on each book. Each book cover will also be a different height since all three are going to the same person so hopefully between the three covers, she will be able to use one with most books she reads.
Quilt for Joy by Kathryn 