stimulatingdesign: The Making of the Sherlock Holmes Book...

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Cut along the text margins on the book with an exact-o blade, This will ensure that the cut will remain even through the entire book. Cut all the pages or leave a good chunk of pages for stability.

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Use Mod Podge glue and a foam brush: generously coat the inside and the outside of the pages. Line the inside of the covers with tin foil. If you cut all the pages, glue them to the back cover

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Save the cut outs for other projects. I used the chapter headings to line the credit card section of the purse and the inside of the book.

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I printed out some patterns on some of the cut out pages for decorations. I wanted to use the 221 B pattern of BBC's Sherlock to fuse the old and the new a bit.

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If you save the inside cover pages you can also use them to further decorate your book purse.

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The book pages glued onto credit card pieces of plastic. I measured and sewed a credit card holder for the inside cover. It's size was measured to fit in the hole of the cut-out-pages.

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You can see how it is all beginning to come together. I used a hot glue gun to attach the credit card holder to the inside cover, leaving a pocket for notes, receipts and bills.

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And here is tis done! complete with Mr. Sherlock Holme's business card from London. (My friend brought it back for me.)

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Ta-Da. A purse that looks like a book. "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."

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The Making of the Sherlock Holmes Book Purse. 

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