Down Strawberry Lane: LDS Quad Scripture Cover Tutorial

I've been meaning to make me a scripture cover for quite some time now. I wanted a cover that supported the spine so it didn't slouch and ruin it. I also wanted a cover that had room for a pencil or so. Anyways, let's get started!

First you need to cut out your fabric pieces.

Now iron on the large pieces of interfacing to the back side of the main fabric pieces and iron on the other interfacing piece straight down the middle of the back side of the 19 1/2" x 4" fabric piece.

Next draw a line down the center of the interfacing and fold up the bottom of the fabric to the line and iron. Then fold the top part of the fabric and iron it down. This makes the strip that will run down the middle of the cover.

Pin the strip down the center of one of the main pieces of fabric and sew as close to the edge as you dare down both sides.

Place both pieces of main fabric together so that you can cut the ends of one side toward a point. Measure 16 inches up and make a mark. Measure 2 1/2 inches in at the top and make a mark. Now take a ruler and a roller cutter and line it up and cut the angle. Do the same thing to the other main piece. This will make the flap that wraps around and buttons.

Next take the each of the matching pieces, place them good side to good side. The pocket (3" x 5" pieces) you will sew a 1/2" seam all the way around, leaving a small opening so that you can turn it inside out. Take the other matching pieces that will make up the sleeves and sew a 1/2" seam down both long sides only.

Flip them all right side out and iron flat. For the pocket, you will sew along the top only very close to

the edge. The smaller sleeve you will sew a 1/2" seam down both long sides. The larger sleeve, you will sew a 1/2" seam down only one of the longer sides.

Okay now we're ready to put the whole cover together. Take the main piece of fabric that DOESN'T have the strip down the middle and lay it face up. Pin the larger sleeve on the left side with the sewn side on the right. Pin the smaller sleeve 6 1/2" over and then pin the pocket very close to that sleeve but not touching. Make sure the sewn seam is at the top and not the bottom. I placed mine in the middle because of the crayon like markers I was going to put in the pocket. If you intend on putting a pen in the pocket, you may want to place it a little lower than center so the pen won't stick out of the cover.

This upper picture depicts the pocket farther away than I actually ended up putting it. This lower picture is more accurate to the placement of the pocket.

Now sew your pocket on. Sew as close to the edge as you dare all the way around the 3 sides you haven't sewn yet. Then sew along the top and bottom of the larger sleeve as close to the edge as possible and sew along the top and bottom and down the right side of the smaller sleeve, making sure you are as close as possible to the edge of the fabric piece.

Now take the two main pieces of fabric and place them good side to good side an pin it.

Sew a 1/4" seam all the way around leaving a small opening on one of the angles so that you can flip it right side out. Flip it right side out after sewing and be sure to push all of the corners really well and iron it.

Now sew a finishing seam all of the way around the cover, keeping close to the edge.

Slide the front and back cover of your scriptures inside the sleeves and wrap it around. Mark where you would like to place a the button. When sewing on the button, make sure you pull the sleeve out of the way on the other side so you don't sew the button to it or you won't be able to get your scriptures to slide in.

Here's mine all finished. I also made a matching bag.