Phone/Tablet/E-Reader Case Instructions

Today I needed to make a case for my new phone and realised I didn't actually have any instructions for producing my favourite case.

So, instructions for a simple case for a phone / tablet / nook case / flat device of your choosing:

First, measure your phone and determine the length, breadth and depth of the device.

My phone is 5" long, 2.5" wide and .5" deep.

Materials:

Outer Fabric and Wadding: cut one piece which is (2x length + 2x depth + .5") x (width + depth + .5")
Lining Fabric: cut two pieces, each one  (length + depth + 1.5") x (width + depth + .5")

So for my phone this gave me outer & wadding pieces at 11.5" x 3.5" and two lining pieces at 7" x 3.5"

Construction:

All seams should be sewn at 1/4"

Start by layering the outer piece and the wadding together. Ensure the outer is right-side up.

Using a walking foot quilt the two pieces together - I chose to use straight lines 3/8" apart simply because this is the width of my walking foot.

Next, take one of the inner pieces and place it right-sides together on top of the quilted outer. Align one short end of the inner with a short end of the outer. Stitch together along the short end.

Repeat with the other inner piece (note that the inners will overlap in the middle, this is fine.

Press the seams.

Take the fabric piece and fold it in half, right sides together. Align the seams where the inner and outer join and pin.

Sew along the long sides, starting at the folded end. When you reach the open end pivot at the corner and stitch in a short way then secure.

Turn the case the right way out by turning it through the open end. Carefully fold under the raw edges and use a whip-stitch to close the opening.

Push the inner inside the outer. At the opening of the case the inner will naturally wrap around the thicker outer piece creating a contrast band of colour. If it doesn't want to stay in place you can carefully stitch in the ditch to secure the two pieces (you will need to do this by hand). Put phone in case and admire.

Christmas Dinosaurs

For Christmas Mum, Dad and Nicky asked for knitted dinosaurs and I was only too happy to oblige.

Nicky wanted a dinosaur to go with her new car and specifically requested this colour combination - I was initially dubious but actually rather like the resulting critter.

Dad had no specific requests so I decided to make him one I thought looked cool and settled on the Stegosaurus. He's red because it's dad's favourite colour and I thought the co-coordinating brown spikes worked rather nicely.

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Mum got her Dino a bit early, for her birthday in November, and requested a 'proper dinosaur with moving arms and legs'. So I made her this little fellow.

Mum at Sixtyish

In April 2012 I made dad a quilt for his 60th Birthday, I always intended to make Mum and accompanying quilt for her birthday that November but life got in the way and I never actually did.

So for Christmas this year I fixed that and here is Mum at Sixtyish:

This one turned out much more open than the one I did of dad, with far less blocks of colour. Partly it was because the photograph was from a bright sunny day (rather than an evening shot) and partly it was because I was trying to make better use of negative space (and get less of a communist propaganda feel to the whole thing!)

In a close up of the face you can see I used lots of tiny pieces of fabric, some of the very fine detail (left ear, some of the hair) is simply free hand stitching as I couldn't get the fabric slender enough without it fraying.

The quilt is backed with an old duvet cover and has a dowel for hanging

I added a little label because I'm trying to remember to do that more... I think I shall have to try sewing the next one but a marker pen does the job

And finally, Mum & Dad on the wall together. I was aiming to get them the same size and whilst the quilts are the same dimensions I appear to have used rather different scales for the portraits. Still, I think they look quite nice together.