12. Elegant Toile Fabric Book Covers
Protect your favorite novels, hardbound journals, or family photo albums with reusable, custom-sewn or wrapped toile fabric book covers. Fabric book covers not only safeguard book spines from wear and tear, but they also turn plain coffee table books and recipe binders into decorative objects that blend harmoniously with your home’s color palette and decor style. They add an undeniable touch of old-world charm to any bookshelf display.
To create a slip-on fabric cover, lay your open book onto the fabric, allowing a generous border around all edges to fold inward as protective interior jacket sleeves. Iron fold-lines into the fabric to create crisp structural edges, then sew the top and bottom sleeve seams so the book flaps can slide right in. If you want a permanent craft, you can decoupage or stretch the toile fabric directly over blank journal boards or plain hardcovers using heavy-duty bookbinding glue. Add a ribbon bookmark sewn into the top spine for an extra touch of literary sophistication.