Beatnik Art Book Pattern Download

Description

Find a book with a great cover
at a library bag sale and give
it new life as a handbag. It’s
easy when using a ready-made
handle, a favorite fabric, and
a little ingenuity. Tuck in your
tablet and a few essentials and
you’re good to go. Give “book
bag” a whole new meaning.

Fabric:

• Lining: 5/8 yd quilting-weight cotton

Required Materials:

• Templates:
• Hard-bound book with an attractive
  cover

• Ready-made purse handles,
  proportionate to book size

• Poster board
• Utility knife
• Glue
• Matching thread
• Spring clips
• Pattern paper
• Fabric-safe marker
• Optional: Spray polyurethane finish

Originally Published:Stitch, Summer 2015