My dear husband got a Kindle for Father’s Day. He’s pretty hard on his electronics, having shattered 2 or 3 i-phones and dropped his iPad several times. I knew this Kindle was going to need some protection.
The first line of defense was a padded mailer envelope. That actually works very well but it is not attractive. I covered the address label with a photo of the grandchildren, but it still looks like an old, recycled mailer envelope.
My guy is the ultimate Gator fan. He has a closet full of Gator shirts as well as caps, slippers, calendars, neck tie, boxers, long flannel jams, etc. etc. etc. But he did not have a Gator Kindle cover. That’s what I would make.
When we packed to go to our cabin in North Carolina, I bagged up the Gator head applique’, blue ultrasuede, sleek gray fabric for lining and orange commercial bias tape. I planned to make a cover for his Kindle while we were in the mountains. And I did. But it surely isn’t representative of my best work.
I’d like to share with you some of the things I learned on this project.
- 1. I cannot make straight cuts with a rotary cutter without a rotary ruler. I forgot mine.
- 2. When I need padding, bubble wrap is an acceptable substitute for batting. I forgot my mine.
- 3.  I cannot “eyeball” a straight line for velcro or bias placement.  I need a rotary ruler. I forgot mine, remember?
- 4. A good lamp or Ott light is important when stitching bias in place. I forgot mine.
- 5. Make a list of everything I need if I plan to sew away from my sewing room–or I will forget my rotary ruler, my batting and my Ott light!
In spite of all the obvious shortcomings of this project, Bob loved it. But even if I had all my sewing “stuff,” I would have saved myself a lot of time and aggravation if I had used Hope Yoder’s new pattern–no calculating the size with bubble wrap in the mix, no figuring out the sequence of velcro, lining and binding, no measuring and folding the flap over how far? I could have cut out the pieces and been done in no time at all. Check out Hope’s pattern.
http://www.hopeyoder.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=761
