Royal covers

Every i-pad needs a good scratch cover and making these is one of my favorite things to do. They are fun, you can be creative with embellishments if you want to and above all they are practical.

You might think these ones here are simple but I dare you to say that. They are royal covers adorned with HRH.

It can't get anymore posh than that !

So if you fancy some royal covers then hop over to the shop where they are listed here.

New i-pad cover for me

I went to see my sister in Germany a few weekends ago and realized just before I flew out that my i-pad and kindle were in desperate need of new covers.

I prefer this format for i-pad covers best as they are well protected and they look smart. I use needlefelt for the padding and I use it on the outer fabric and lining. It has just the right thickness for this without making the whole thing to bulky. I buy the needlefelt at Macculloch & Wallis. It is in my opinion the best fleece padding there is as it is actually made from fabric rather than the papery stuff Veline 707 is made of. It is also cheaper and if you are still not convinced then it might convince that Mulberry buys exactly that stuff in large quantities from Macculloch & Wallis for their bags. If it is good enough for them then it is sure good enough for me.....

Front

Back

And the delicious inside ! The lining fabric is from Alexander Henry and is called "Heavy Equipment".

And here one together with the new kindle cover which is a simple slip cover without Velcro or button.

More craft fair preparations

This week saw a lot of sewing in the evening and early morning in preparation for the Thames Festival on the 8th to 9th September. I have finished quite a few things from my list and am happy with the progress so far. Though there will be litte sewing over the next five days as my lovely sister and nephew will be here. Which then leaves me with a little less than 10 days until the fair.

I am fairly confident I will manage but nothing is allowed to go wrong in my grant plan.....

So today I'd like to share with you my i-pad covers and pencil cases. I have also finished more frame purse, larger ones this time, some more flex frames and also a couple of kindle covers but I'll show you these next week.

So what do you think ? Are these sell-able ? 

I used a mixture of two tutorials for these cute pencil cases that you can find here and here . I'm afraid one of them is in Dutch but I managed with google translater and just the pictures to be honest and a few of the Dutch words are similar to German.

The fabric is all from stash and those of you who went to the Fat quarterly retreat will remember the London fabric which is from Robert Kaufmann and was in our goody bags. The dog fabric is from Alexander Henry.

Next is my eclectic mix of i-pad covers. I used two diffrent tutorial for these, one is from one shabby chick and the other one from Jen Carlton Balily on Sew Mama Sew. I made small alterations to both of them.

These two each have a small pocket on the front and are landscape. They look a bit more formal I guess and love that it shows of the lining.

I think the one with the comic strip ('home sewing is easy' from Alexander Henry) is possibly my favorite one and I used the same fabric already for a frame purse which is just fabulous. 

A stitch in colour i-pad cover

The second piece of holiday sewing was my new i-pad cover and what better to use for this then Malka Dubrawsky's new fabric collection I featured in my last stash note.

This took a while to make but it was well worth it. I so love this cover. It is bright, cheerful and really stands out.

 For the front I made an improve log cabin block. Can you see how I included the selvedge with the fabric name ?

 

The back shows more improve piecing where I pieced 4 rectangular blocks first before piecing them together. I quilted in circular motion using my 50 weight Aurifil thread for the first time for quilting. I normally prefer a weightier thread for quilting such as my favourite Gueterman Sulky 30 but I think for smaller pieces like this a thinner thread might actually be better.

Back

The lining is a lovely spotted red and white number left over from sewing my newphew's Advent Calender.  To close I simply used a hair elastic and a nice button.

 

 And here you see how nicely the i-pad fits.

 

I used the excellent tutorial from 'One Shabby Chick' though I somewhat reduced the measurement as I found the dimension a bit on the roomy side.