Rylee and Addyson each bought a nook with their Christmas money.  They wanted to get covers at the time, but just didn't have the money.  After a few more babysitting jobs, they had the money.  We searched high and low for a cover to add a little protection to them (and personality).  We discovered they are quite expensive and just couldn't find one that was exactly like what they wanted.  As we looked, I found a spot that sold the pattern to make your own cover.  They wanted $10 just for the pattern.  That got me thinking, could I look at a cover and figure out how to make one myself?  I decided to take on the challenge.  I don't know that anyone else could use this as a tutorial as I didn't do a very good job of taking pictures of each step, but I did take pictures of all the materials and the final product.  Rylee is thrilled with hers.  Now I just need to make Addyson's.

We bought 4 fat quarters (you could use scraps if you had them, but we didn't), black buttons, black elastic.  We also used some iron on adhesive that I already had and an old cardboard box.  I spent a total of $7 and have enough materials to make 4 covers.  Rylee's cover took me about 2 hours.  I hope to be faster with Addyson's.  Totally free project if you have materials laying around your house.

 Rylee chose black and white polka dots.  Addyson chose zebra strips and a bright green (trust me it's green) solid fabric.


 I cut out the cardboard to match the shape of the nook.  I used the corner of the cardboard for one fold and added a crease a little further out for the other crease.
 I used the iron on adhesive to adhere the fabric to the cardboard.
 I used my Cricut to cut out an 'R' out of Addyson's green fabric scraps to go on the front of Rylee's cover.  This really helped personalize it for her.  To keep the cover closed I added a button and elastic loop.
 Rylee wanted a pocket to put treasures in so I used a scrap of the outside fabric to add that in.  We told her she could keep a highlighter in there.  She thought that was a great idea until she realized that you don't need a highlighter for your nook :)