Born to Be Wild Blog Hop ~ My Day

Today is my "Born to Be Wild' Blog Hop Day!

 

I sewed a Book Cover Tote.

I am sew happy with this project! 

When I found this fat quarter Here when I was spring cleaning this year,

I knew it would be perfect for the 

Born to Be Wild Blog Hop

While I was thinking about what to sew, the following song from 1982,

Africa by Toto

kept playing on repeat in my head.

This tune is way too catchy.

After much deliberation and too many replays in my mind,

 my quilty muse and I decided to make a quilted book cover tote.

I based my book cover tote on the following tutorial: 

How to Make A Quilted Book Cover @ Threads

I gathered my fabrics.

I found a piece of soft minky tiger stripe fabric for the inside of the tote.

Then I quilted the layers.

The carry handles needed to be attached next.

I used nylon web to sew the the handles that I had left from my 

Fabric Bucket Totes Posted Here

Instead of a ribbon, I used a scrap strip of the fat quarter,

folded in half lengthwise and sewed on two sides,

to make the book marker and turned it inside out with a pressing tool. 

I decided to add an inner pocket across the bottom of the tote

 for my phone or wallet.

I had a long piece left of the fat quarter that was perfect for this

and lined it with a piece of the tiger strip minky.

This pocket and the book marker was stay stitched before adding the 

two sleeves for the book cover.

Here is my book cover tote assembled.

I added a line of top stitching 1/8" around the outer edge before binding.

I chose a colorful diagonal stripe for the binding fabric.

I machined sewed the outside.

I hand stitched the binding to the inside of the cover.

The extra inner pocket needed to be added before the sleeves for the book so that these items would not break the binding of the book.

This addition to the original design in the tutorial is very handy.

I made the tote large enough to accommodate

 a hardcover book or my iPad. 

I used my smallest scrap from the fat quarter to make a pen holder.

I am really enjoying my new book cover tote. 

 

Please visit all my blog hop friends today,

May 18^th

 

MooseStashQuilting

Selina Quilts

For The Love Of Geese

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilt Schmilt

Life in the Scrapatch (you are here)

Sewing Up My Fabric

Thanks to

Carol @ Just Let Me Quilt

for organizing this fun blog hop.

I keep my new book cover tote handy to grab and go.

This has become my new preferred tote that I carry everywhere.

I also tuck my keys in the extra pockets.

A book tote has been on my list for some time,

but I needed this blog hop to get it done.

These blog hops are sew fun and inspiring!