I have seen so many pretty book sleeves and have contemplated making one for quite some time, but I knew I would never use it for just keeping or carrying around books.
But it struck me one day as I was looking at my current spiral bound Bible study book that it was looking quite worn. It's a yearlong study and as you might guess, gets quite a bit of wear.
This year's study is coming to an end in a few short weeks, and I decided that for the new study, available in a couple of weeks, that I wanted to make it its own book sleeve, to protect it over the next years use.
Here are the pieces cut out, with notes of what to do next.
(Note the sticky note that says 'quilt?' In the end I decided not to quilt it!)
Shown are the pieces for the ...
outside cover ...
lining ...
and pocket ...
Here's the completed book sleeve that I made to fit this spiral bound Bible study. (By the way, this Bible study has been such a good one, I've learned so much! Cindy Colley's Bible studies are deep and will put you deep in God's Word with every lesson ... but oh, the precious things that one can learn! It's truly worth all the effort!)
(This is the study that a friend and I meet online once a week and do together. We each answer the questions before class and then discuss our answers. If you don't have a Bible study buddy, I encourage you to get one ... it adds to digging deep in God's Word!)
The inspiration for this book sleeve came from HERE. I did some customizing of my own but followed her basic instructions.
I customized the pocket to hold the pens I use in this study ...
gray/black for my answers ...
blue for my Bible study buddy's comments that I want to add and remember ...
green for the large online study group that also does this study weekly on Facebook ...
and red for the podcast and dig-a-bits done by the author herself. By the time we finish each month's study, we have a thorough understanding of the subject we've studied from several different points of view!
I can tell at a glance whose comment I'm reading just by looking at the ink!
By creating this book sleeve, I can protect the cover of the new study as well as keep everything I need to do the study all in one place. That's a win, win situation for me as it keeps me from running around looking for all the components when it's time to work in the study!
That's it for this post, what are you stitching up and or creating?
No comments:
Post a Comment