Today I’m re-sharing this simple Book Hanger Tutorial. Its fast, easy and super useful with my kids. My little one wakes up super early in the morning, so we are encouraging him to just read books instead of waking the rest of us up! {good luck with that right? ha!} So… I came up with this for his bed. {Update since I wrote this last fall… he still wakes up early… so it didn’t help with that. He does read though before bed and nap time, so this little holder is getting tons of use} Can’t win ’em all! HA!
Cute right? It can be made any size, but I made mine for some mini-Thomas the Train books. Lets get started!
Use your largest book as a guide for cutting the width. Leave about an inch on each side of your book for a seam allowance.
The length should be long… you can use the entire length of the fabric (42 or 44 is good)
Lets start folding and pinning. Place a book an inch from the top of the long strip on the right side. Fold the fabric up and over the book to create the pocket. Pin on the left and right of the book.
Move the book, or use another one to continue creating pockets
You can see how I pinned the sides as I went.
To sew it all together, set your machine to zig-zag {or use a serger} and go down each side from top to bottom, then bottom to top. Be sure to catch all the layers and fold of fabric to hold it all together.
To finish up and give it a way to hang, cut four small strips of fabric.
Fold the strips in half then in half again the long way and zig-zag down each one. Attach two to the top corners of the book holder.
Use the ties to attach to the back of a chair or the side of a bed, or hang from two hooks on the wall. Fill with your favorite goodies and enjoy the fun!
So easy right? With this book hanger your kids can read to their hearts content {and hopefully not wake you up at ungodly hours} {a girl can dream, right?}
a few other easy sewing ideas for kids:
Jessica Anderson says
Oh I love this! I think I might need to make one for the kids’ library books. Pinning!
admin says
Oh thanks for pinning! I had fun making this and probably should make a few more for their play area to help organize other toys! ;o)