Custom Order Book Covers

I recently had a request from an Etsy customer to make fabric book covers for her pet's medical records, after she saw the notebooks I have in my shop. This customer had already bought some felt keyrings of her dogs so she wanted the books to match.

 I sent her a photo of all the fabric I thought would be suitable for this project and she picked this blue and white striped fabric with embroidered hearts.

To make the covers I cut out a long rectangle of the patterned fabric, as well as a matching one in plain white which would be the inside. I cut out the animal faces and sewed them to he patterned fabric. The two dogs were based on existing patterns I had, just with a few colour changes, but the cat I had to design from scratch. 

With back sides of the two pieces of fabric facing I sewed along the top and the bottom and one of the sides. I turned them right side out and inserted two pieces of card to give the cover some sturdiness. I then sewed up the remaining open side

I made the fabric pieces extra long so that I could fold in the sides, and sew in place, to create pockets for the covers of the medical records to slide in to.  

Making these covers involved a bit of trial and error but the customer was so pleased with them and said the records fit perfectly.

Custom Order

A few weeks ago I had a message drop in my Etsy inbox from a woman requesting a custom order.

She had seen the felt syringe I had made 4 years ago and wanted to know if I could make another for a thank you gift for her friend who is a medical professional.

Challenge accepted!

She wanted it to be pretty much the same as the original syringe, but with a 'dorky smile.' Done.

I decided to use thick wire for the needle part, something I didn't have 4 years ago when I used a silver pipe cleaner instead.

It was a fun project to work on and it shows that you never know where posting something random on your blog might lead.