can you believe that the long days of summer are almost over and then it's time to go back to school well my kids are outside soaking up the last couple of rays I thought I would sneak into the workroom and trying to do a quick craft so today is gonna be all about a book cover I like to send them off to school with something personal you know that no one else has gives them that little special touch that I love you if you want to say but anyway it's gonna be really quick because at the end of the day I still want to go out and have some fun to add another layer I'm going to just layer up my fabric it gives a little bit of dimension I love the way this looks right in here so we're gonna start again and I'm not even gonna bother to pin it this time I'm just gonna put it down and stitch not even gonna make it perfect because I think that's part of the part of the art after I've pinned my pockets to the front I'm gonna come back to the machine and stitch all the way around the outside layers with just a quarter of an inch seam allowance now on my machine the needle placement where it lands and the outside of my presser foot equals one quarter of an inch so my seen allowance is actually perfect compared to what I laid out on my pattern and all you're gonna do is straight stitch all the way around now when you get to a corner you're gonna continue stitching kind of slowing down you're gonna need to eyeball this so just to keep your seam allowance you're gonna stop with your needle in the downward position lift up the presser foot turn now you can see I didn't do it enough there's too much overhang here so I'm actually going to go back and add one more stitch to move it a little bit more pivot and turn it again now you can see my seam allowance is completely lined up and then just continue stitching all the way around until you meet your other side once you finish stitching you're all set and ready to insert your notebook alright guys this has been really quick and easy but my kids are knocking up my studio door I already see them and I got a run so I'm another and I think it's cool to so later you