How To Sew Your Own School Bag

Make Your Own School Bag

It’s so stylish, so chic, so you! Watch the video to learn how to make your own sweet bag for school.

Materials Needed:

• 1¼ yards each of two sturdy fabrics, such as canvas, denim, poplin, or corduroy (one fabric will be for the outside, the other for the lining)
• Needle and thread or a sewing machine
• Measuring tape
• Straight edge yard stick
• Metal grommets
• Scissors
• Marker
• Fabric pins
• Long paper, such as butcher or wrapping paper

Cover Your Books

Got books? Of course you do.

So style them up in Fashion Club’s cool new book cover designs, exclusively for Back to School 2009! Just print on a color printer—easy as 1-2-3!

Need help? We’ve got you covered.

Click here to learn how to cover your book.

Book Cover—

• 10 X 8
• 17 X 11

Wallpaper—

• 800 X 600
• 1024 X 768
• 1280 X 1024

Book Cover—

• 10 X 8
• 17 X 11

Wallpaper—

• 800 X 600
• 1024 X 768
• 1280 X 1024

Book Cover—

• 10 X 8
• 17 X 11

Wallpaper—

• 800 X 600
• 1024 X 768
• 1280 X 1024

1. Print your favorite Fashion Club book cover on a color printer.
2. Place the paper cover, design side down, horizontally on a flat surface, like a desk or table.
3. Set your book in the center of the paper, then use a pencil to mark the paper along the top and bottom edges of the book.
4. Remove the book and set aside.
5. Fold the top and bottom edges of the paper at the marked lines (toward the center of the paper).
6. Now, open the book and place it on the folded paper, making sure the top and bottom edges of the book line up with the folds.
7. Fold the left and right edges of the paper over the front and back covers of your book.
8. Make sure the left edge of the paper reaches at least halfway across the book’s front cover, then close the book to see if the front and back covers are equally covered with the paper. Trim either side if necessary.
9. Keeping the left and right edges of the paper folded over the front and back covers of the book, tape each fold in place at the top and bottom of the paper to make pockets. Be careful that you don't tape the book itself.
10. Slide the front and back covers of the book into the paper pockets.

There’s plenty of Fashion Club to go around! Why not cover all your books? And don’t forget to share them with your friends!