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 used the iron on adhesive to adhere the fabric to the cardboard.
