Earlier this year, I rescued a damaged vintage home decor book. The front and back covers were transformed into a portfolio for my planner. The spine was just too fragile to use for the planner, and had ripped away from the book.
For those of you who enjoy rescuing vintage books, here is a pretty project to make from all those damaged or fragile old book spines. It couldn't be simpler to do, and you can easily whip up several to sell or give as gifts in an afternoon.
Start by gathering up your supplies. You will need:
If the spine is still attached to the book cover, carefully remove it. Remove any bits of glue or threads from the spine and trim the sides evenly. Cut a piece of scrap fabric to fit the inside of the spine, and adhere with Mod Podge. Let dry. Now add stickers or paper scraps or book text to the book mark using your Mod Podge. You can add a protective layer of Mod Podge to the front side of the bookmark if you would like.
Using a hole punch and eyelet setter, add an eyelet to the top of the bookmark.
Tie on a piece of ribbon and you are done!
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For those of you who enjoy rescuing vintage books, here is a pretty project to make from all those damaged or fragile old book spines. It couldn't be simpler to do, and you can easily whip up several to sell or give as gifts in an afternoon.
Start by gathering up your supplies. You will need:
- An old book spine
- Eyelets
- Eyelet Setter
- Fabric Scrap
- Stickers or text cut from old books -- whatever is handy (I used stickers and a piece of text cut from the same book the spine was taken from)
- Decoupage Medium (I used Mod Podge, that I shared about in this post about favorite craft resources)
If the spine is still attached to the book cover, carefully remove it. Remove any bits of glue or threads from the spine and trim the sides evenly. Cut a piece of scrap fabric to fit the inside of the spine, and adhere with Mod Podge. Let dry. Now add stickers or paper scraps or book text to the book mark using your Mod Podge. You can add a protective layer of Mod Podge to the front side of the bookmark if you would like.
Using a hole punch and eyelet setter, add an eyelet to the top of the bookmark.
Tie on a piece of ribbon and you are done!
If you enjoyed this tutorial, please subscribe to House Revivals, so you won't miss any of the fun projects we have planned. Please feel free to share links to this project on your favorite social media sites -- you can use the handy icons at the bottom of this post.
Thanks for stopping by!
