Fast, Fun & Easy Book Cover Art: Add a Quilted Fabric Touch to Binders, Scrapbooks, Journals & More [Paperback]

Jake Finch (Author)

Book Description

Series: Fast, Fun & Easy | Publication Date: January 1, 2007

With basic sewing skills and a handful of embellishments, you can make beautiful covers for everything from brag books to date books to checkbooks.

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About the Author

Jake Finch is an accomplished quilter, teacher, and writer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: C&T Publishing; 1st edition (January 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571203931
• ISBN-13: 978-1571203939
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #564,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born and raised in NYC, I lived in Alaska for a while until moving to California. I'm a print journalist, reporting for my local newspaper and several magazines and other publications. And I teach quilting, show my quilts and projects and enter competitions and shows. I go for art quilts, contemporary quilts and traditional quilts with a modern twist. And I LOVE hearing from my readers and students!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lives Up to It's Name, July 8, 2008

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K. McGee (Beautiful Idaho, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fast, Fun & Easy Book Cover Art: Add a Quilted Fabric Touch to Binders, Scrapbooks, Journals & More (Paperback)

This is one of my all time favorite sewing books and it DOES live up to it's name. Fast, fun and EASY! I made two covers within the first week of getting the book.

The instructions are detailed, concise and easily understood, even by me and I'm a self-taught, novice.

Best things about this book are that the instructions allow you to cover ANY book you want from checkbooks, journals to cookbooks, paperbacks, EVERYTHING. I absolutely LOVE this book! Also, for other "hoarders" like me, who can't bear to get rid of the bigger scraps of fabric I have left from other projects, not to worry! You can easily incorporate those scraps into fabulous designs! If I sound like I'm gushing, I AM! I can see myself using this book for years and years to come without getting tired of it.

The book details the supplies needed to get started but I found I already had almost all of them including a mat and rotary cutter, glue gun, etc.

The only downside and it's not much of one is that the covers are finished using a satin stitch on the edges which can be a bit tedious but it looks SO GREAT when you're done. I even added some metal charms I had floating around in my button box.

The sky's the limit with this book and I found it really stimulated my creativity. This one's a keeper!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Fabric Project, June 16, 2009

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creative quilter (Oceanside, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fast, Fun & Easy Book Cover Art: Add a Quilted Fabric Touch to Binders, Scrapbooks, Journals & More (Paperback)

If you love fabric and are looking for something fun and different to do with it, this is a book well worth getting. The instructions are clear and the options for covers is diverse. You can cover everything from a simple 3 ring binder (a lot better looking than your standard plastic) to a daytimer type binder. The embellishments are limited only by your imagination altho many suggestions are offered in the book. I had a couple of confusing moments but that might be because I do not have a sewing background. Once I played with what I thought the instruction meant, I was fine. Illustrations are very good.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast, Fun & easy art book, December 30, 2011

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Charmaine Kirk - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fast, Fun & Easy Book Cover Art: Add a Quilted Fabric Touch to Binders, Scrapbooks, Journals & More (Paperback)

I recently purchased this book and it came in better than expected condition from the sellar. I have made one of the projects (a quilted cover for a binder) and it turned out just great. The instructions are well laid out with photos and clear written directions. I used binding for the edges instead of satin stitching although I think this would be nice also. Although this is an older book, it's one of those timeless classics you will look at time and time again. You can easily make some unique gifts for your family and friends. This book is cool and well worth the money!