Blue Jean Bible Book Cover

Blue Jean Bible Book Cover

This will take you back to a time when you cut off your Winter jeans to make Summer fringed shorts.

I have been wanting to find a way to make the Bible more personalized for the older Kiddos that I serve in Children's Ministry. A cover seemed like the answer. The Enduring Word Bible is not the Bible that we use in Children's Ministry. This Bible belongs to my 9 month old Grand Daughter..more about her later on in this post.

My plan was to come up with a way to recycle blue jeans ....(a boy/girl friendly fabric) and create a way to cover the Bible without needing a sewing machine or supplies that would only be used for this project. I want this cover to be kid friendly and quick in the making.

After playing around with the front, back and the leg of the blue jean I think I have come up with an easy and unique way to cover any Bible or journal using only the back hip side of the blue jean and the waist band. Supplies needed are scissors, fabric glue an iron and iron on patches.

The great part about this cover will be that each child will be able to make it their very own...and that will be another blog post.
I hope these brief instructions inspire you. Bible, books, journals can be covered with paper or fabric and gives the opportunity for one to express themselves in a unique and creative way.

Photo Instructions

1. Cut the waist band completely off of the jean leaving the finished seam that is now the top of the fabric.
2. Measure the Bible length and add 1 inch to that measurement. If you would rather have a finished edge for the bottom of the cover and not a fringed edge , add 2 inches for a turn under hem. Mark the length with a marker and cut the legs off.
3. Remove the back side from the front by cutting up each side leaving the finished side seams.

4. Open the Bible and place the back spine on the center seam of the fabric. Fold the front and back sides on top of the front and back covers to form pockets for the covers to slip into. My pockets needed to be 3 inches wide. Close the top and bottom seams of the pockets with fabric glue.
5. If you want the bottom to be finished and not fringed you need to turn that hem up before you glue the pockets..make sure the cover is just a tad longer than your Bible.

6. Take the waist band and with it buttoned, cut it into 2 pieces. Bring the two ends around to the back of the cover and continue to cut off the excess until the two ends meet.
7. Glue the ends to the pocket with fabric glue. Let dry for about 20 minutes.

8. I chose this cute flower iron on patch to cover where the waist band ends meet. I found this patch at Hobby Lobby. Simply follow the directions on the package for application.

There is plenty of room between the cover and the closer and if you are using jean fabric that has some stretch in it the band will expand a little if needed.

And plenty of room for tabs on the Bible pages.

Fringed bottom edge hangs just a tad below the bottom edge of the Bible.

The cover really doesn't need the closer belt. It could be left off. 

This is our sweet  Grand daughter Charleigh Willa. She is 9 months old and has the bluest eyes you have ever seen....and red hair ta boot.

This is my first post in her Enduring Word Bible documenting her gender reveal and folks that attended one of her baby showers.

I worked on this page while her mother was in labor. Happy Birthday Charleigh. In October I will be documenting somewhere in her Bible the celebration of her 1st birthday. Each year I will add a birthday post.

An iron on flamingo on the inside pocket is the first personalized decoration. Why you ask?

It was a Flamingle gathering to celebrate her birth!

Find some jeans and repurpose them. Make Bible, book and journal covers. What a great gift for that special someone going away to school....a birthday gift , oh , and Christmas is coming! 

Follow for updates . I will be sharing how the children in our weekday small groups personalize their Bible covers.