This isn't exactly what I had in mind, I could have added some pockets and fancied it up a little but I'll show you what I did and you can be creative and add to it!
I laid my bible open over the fabric to measure and I cute approximatly 1 1/2 away from it all the way around.
You will cut one piece of fibric, one piece of fusable badding and one piece of the outside fabric.
Cut two, two inch wide straps about 10 inches long, fold and tucking all raw edges. Finished strap should measure 1 inch wide.
Pin them on each end after you have ironed your lining fabric on to the fusible badding.
sew together a about a two inch wide strap with your button hole. You'll want to hold it around the end of your bible to get the right length, but you'll also be able to adjust that by where you place your button, which you'll do last!
After you pin everything down lay your outside (blue) fabric face down over all your straps and lining.
Sew all the way around leaving a four to five inch opening. This is where you stick your hand in and turn it, right sides out! After you turned it right side out and pushed out all your corners you fold in the opening as neatly as you can and stitch shut.
After sewing the button onto the front I made two more straps one inch wide (folding ends inside neatly)
I just sewed each end with a zigzag stitch. There you have straps to hold down the book covers.
This would have been cute with some quilting stitches and an applique on the front or you could embroider someones name.
