Bible Cover

[Colt W Knight]

Beautiful work. I have a question. Do you make your bible covers to fit a specific bible, or are most bibles a pretty standard size? I have two good friends who recently had their first baby, and I would like to make them a bible cover for the occasion. I don't know whether to go buy some bibles, or just make a cover and let them pick out the bible they like for it.

[Chief31794]

Beautiful work. I have a question. Do you make your bible covers to fit a specific bible, or are most bibles a pretty standard size? I have two good friends who recently had their first baby, and I would like to make them a bible cover for the occasion. I don't know whether to go buy some bibles, or just make a cover and let them pick out the bible they like for it.

When I started making them I thought they would be pretty much standard, I was wrong!!! I measure or have the customer measure the width and hight of the front cover and the thickness at the spine, i then add 1" for the height (1/2" on top and bottom), and 3/4" for each side (Total 1.5") plus 1/4 inch for the fold to the width of the cover X 2 plus the thickness. Hope that makes sense. It would be nice if they were all the same size then you could make them up and sell them at craft fairs, etc. but each one has to be custom measured or at least that's what I've found. To center the panels I make the border 1/2" from the top and bottom, 3/4" from each side and the width of the panel is the measurement of the cover. That leaves the panel centered and an area down the spine to put the Title. Hope that helps. I love your work by the way, your guitar straps are both unique and beautiful as well as your other work.

Thanks,

Chief

Edited July 8, 2014 by Chief31794

[Colt W Knight]

Thank ya sir.

[DoubleC]

Very beautiful Chief, Cheryl