Ipad Mini and Kindle Cases...

With christmas coming up and a craft fayre in a couple of weeks I decided that I did actually need to make a couple of things that would appeal to the christmas shopper. What is going to be the most common gift this christmas...Ipad Mini's and Kindles, so here comes the tutorial for my cases.

Ipad Mini/ Kindle Case Tutorial

You will need: 

Thin Elastic

Button

Fabric

Fleece/towelling/padding

Sewing Machine

Needle and thread (same colour as button)

Tutorial

My pattern, you can use the measurements on the image above I promise they will work. 

I like to use contrasting fabrics but you can use anything that takes your fancy. 

You will also need something to pad the case with to protect the screen, I have this fab padding but you can use fleece or towelling or sheeted wadding. 

You will need two pieces or fabric using the full size pattern (30cm x 15cm), so I just place one piece of fabric on top of the other, pin on the pattern and cut around leaving approx 2cm around the edge as shown above. 

You will now need one piece of the small rectangle on the pattern (22cm x 15cm). Cut as before. 

You should now have three pieces of fabric just as above. 

Now cut your padding to the exact size of the pattern (30cm x 15cm). Do NOT add a 2cm allowance as you did before. 

Now place your two larger pieces of fabric and padding to one side and take the smaller piece to the ironing board. To create a clean fold, iron over about 0.5 cm from the top. Then fold over again approx. 2cm this time, (see below). 

Now sew two lines to hold in place.

One line along the bottom of the fold and the other along the top. 

Two rows of stitching. Finished Pocket. 

Now place your finished pocket wrong side to right side to one of the larger pieces of fabric. (see above)

Now place the right side of the second larger piece of fabric right side down, so you now have three layers. Pin in Place. 

This is the stage where you add the extras. Pin elastic as shown above. 

It will look like this with all three layers pinned in place. 

Now machine all the way around the rectangle, leaving a small space to turn through. 

Snip the corners, to ensure sharp edges. And then turn through. 

Now in the gap thats open, slip in the padding. Once in, slip stitch the opening closed.

Hand stitch on a button, low enough down so elastic secures the case. 

Two examples of my finished results.