Head on over to your nearest thrift store and pick up the biggest, fattest, hardcover book you can find, because we are making one of these:
You will need a box cutter or knife, drop cloth material, a iron, and mode podge.
This was the biggest book I could find.
I believe you could also modify this project and re purpose a Restoration Hardware catalog too….
The first thing I did was to remove the pages from the cover and back.
Lay that face up, open, on a piece of drop cloth and cut around it, making the corners at angles.
At this point you can iron your fabric to make sure it has no wrinkles.
Using modge podge, start by folding over one flap on the side and hold down for a minute, smoothing out any wrinkles.
Once the ends are done, you can work on the top and bottom.
It really doesn't need to look pretty because these are really just for decoration.
Once all 4 sides are glued down, put modge podge on the binding and the back and front page, and put in place.
Close the book and smooth out any wrinkles again, let dry.
I took it one step further and printed out a vintage book label and put that on with hot glue.
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