Hello all! So, My sister saw this purse in Colorodo. It was a Nancy Drew hardcover book made into a purse. It sold for over $100 and sadly she did not get ot for me. I have some of these books and I am quiestioning how to turn it into a purse. Then I also saw a photo of Kelly Osborne in SEVENTEEN magazine with one of these. It looked really cute and unique. Do any of you Crafty Kids have any ideas on how to make this!
Thanks!
Mwah!
Thanks!
Mwah!
Or if you were looking for a softer kind, attach fabric to the top and bottom of the book. The fabric would probably be twice as wide as the width of space between the front and back covers. Then use a stabilizer of some sort like felt to form the fabric to fold in. And attach a zipper to the side so that the book is sideways when you open it.
Do I make any sense?
It's important to note that once something appears in Seventeen, especially when donned by Kellie Osbourne, it will cease to be unique. Just wait a couple weeks and you'll be able to buy a book purse at Gadzooks or Hot Topic or something.
Also, it's not nice to destroy books.
Having made my bitter jackass remarks, I did a little searching and I couldn't find anything on turning books into purses. Good luck with that.
Honestly I wonder why I bother with this community. Someone asks a quiestion about a craft. If you do not like it then carry on with your friends list instead of taking an opportunity to be a Jerk.
And isn't the best part the thrill of the hunt? ;)
~Kissy
but...
i slightly disagree with the not nice to destroy books statement.
i alter books, which is basically destroying them.
and that's gotta be the most fun ever.
i also pull the middle out of old hardcover books and put in a new ream of paper so that they'll actually get some use.
mind you, these books are only ones that i find, or buy for like a dollar, no more, at garage sales, thrift stores and book sales.
they would never be used again if i didn't come along and salvage what is left of them.
That's just my opinion, I won't even try to force it upon anybody else.
Tell that to Marcel Duchamp! And thanks for the chuckle.
reduce reuse recyle sisters.
a book as a purse is better than a book as landfill.
reduce/reuse/recycle!
and
nooo problem!!
hates it when people give their opinions when all you did was ask a question.
way to go, you just completely contradicted yourself.
But thank you for the link!
I wanted to make one too after discovering this website. Looking at all of the pictures might give martinimaven ideas on how to construct her own.
*grin*
Modify as needed (like, you'll have to make smaller cuts of fabric, blah blah blah).
There are a few different ways to make them, so take your pic!
Although those girls are right - it's not going to be too unique for long. *giggle* It'll still be cute, though - I wanted to do this a long time ago with trashy romance novels I've picked up at thrift stores. *grin*
~Kissy
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First, he would hollow out the book by leaving the outer page/rim of the page in tact and cut out the middle or the heart of the page. Remember when you would see in a movie that a person had a bible or a book but it was actually the carrying place for their gun? Well basically you come up with something like that. Then you laquer all the pages making sure to keep them straight and so that they do not wrinkle or look like they have been water damaged. Then you let it dry open, so you have a little compartment in there. You could even go so far as to line that compartment with fabric. I would think the easiest thing might be to put a clasp on the outside.
Anyway I've been wanting to test out his method for a while, I still haven't seen any hardcover bookpurses made like this. Either way when it comes to handles you're going to have to sew them on. I also knew people who would take books apart and sew their spines. Kind of like old fashioned book binding, but for fashion.
Hope this helps,
Lux