Learn how to make bookmarks, book covers and other great gifts for avid readers in this free series of instructional art videos on home crafts.
There are 18 videos in this series:

Learn how to measure and cut a book cover when making a gift book in this free instructional art video on home crafts.

Learn how to iron a book cover when making a gift book in this free instructional art video on home crafts.

Learn how to fold the edges and mark a book cover for sewing when making a gift book in this free instructional art video on home crafts.

Learn how to glue ribbon for a book cover spine when making a gift book in this free instructional art video on home crafts.

Learn how to sew the edges of a book cover when making a gift book in this free instructional art video on home crafts.

Learn how to sew the edges and corners of a book cover when making a gift book in this free instructional art video on home crafts.

Learn how to clip the edges of a book cover when making a gift book in this free instructional art video on home crafts.

Learn how to measure, cut and sew a pen cover when making a library accessory gift in this free instructional art video on home crafts.

Learn how to glue and sew a pen cover when making a library accessory gift in this free instructional art video on home crafts.

Learn how to put on the finishing touches and do the final sewing for a pen cover when making a library accessory gift in this free instructional art video on home crafts.

Learn how to cut and pin ribbon for a bookmark in this free home crafts video from our book accessory expert.

Learn how to sew a ribbon for a bookmark in this free home crafts video from our book accessory expert.

Learn how to create a plastic insert for a bookmark in this free home crafts video from our book accessory expert.

Learn how to measure and mark a photo album book cover in this free home crafts video from our book accessory expert.

Learn how to cut out the pocket for a photo album book cover in this free home crafts video from our book accessory expert.

Learn how to make the pocket for a photo album book cover in this free home crafts video from our book accessory expert.

Learn how to sew the window for a photo album book cover in this free home crafts video from our book accessory expert.

Learn how to trim the window for a photo album book cover in this free home crafts video from our book accessory expert.

Books are part of our lives. Like old friends, we return to our favorites for comfort, for reassurance, for inspiration. In fact, some of us even prefer books to people: if only the humans in our lives were so steadfast and reliable. You can go for months, even years without spending time with them and they remain as eager to please as the day you first drove them home from the bookstore. Even though we may bend their pages and crease their spines, they continue to give us their all. How to reward such love and dedication?
In this series of diy home crafts videos, our gift expert and fellow avid reader Karen Weisman gives us a few ideas for returning the affection of our fine paper friends. Coddle them with presents that show our appreciation! Make a new fabric cover for one of your favorites and thereby enhance the time you spend together. Make a beautiful custom bookmark and you two can take up right where you left off on your last visit, avoiding those awkward moments prefaced by, “I don’t know if I’ve already told you this, but…” Make these projects for yourself, make them for your friends. Because everyone has books that could use some more attention and affection.
Karen Weisman Karen Weisman graduated from Boston University with a degree in Hotel and Food Management. Since then, she has helped a national grocery store chain develop and launch a gourmet food division. Karen has worked as a manager at a large catering company as well as owned & operated her own her restaurant. She currently lives in Israel with her husband and six children, where she teaches cooking, baking, cake decorating, and various crafts such as mosaics and sewing.dkdk
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