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Amy from Park City Girl shares a tutorial for making a quilted Bible cover. The handles make it easy to carry your Bible with you, and the quilted fabric cover protects your cherished book. Get the how-to.
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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.
And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.
The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.
They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.
The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.
Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.
Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.
Thanks so much for your terrific tutorial! I made my bible cover in about two hours following your excellent instructions!
have been looking for a bib;e cover, thanks
I love this! Thanks for sharing. I knocked out an adorable cover for my daughter’s bible in one afternoon.
I’ve read and re-read your wonderful tutorial, but am having trouble deciding where the ‘lining fabric’ goes. Can you help. I understand the exterior fabric and the interior fabric and the handles and ties and pocket, but for the life of me can’t figure out the ‘lining fabric.
Thanks for your help.
I would second Janet’s comment from Nov. 12. Not sure I understand how the inside goes together. Assuming there is some sort of fold for the front and back covers of the bible to slide into? Thank you!
I think that was she’s calling “the lining fabric” is actually the inside fabric. You wouldn’t see it on the finished bible cover because it would be covered by the bible. In the tutorial it’s showing up as a white rectangle. The flaps to hold the front & back covers of the bible are layered on top of the white lining fabric, and then the handles and ties. It’s all covered up with the quilted exterior fabric. She stitches around the outside, leaving a hole open to turn.