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Cozy-Up E-Reader Cover
Keep your Kindle, Nook, iPad, or other e-reader safe and scratch-free with this handy (and oh-so-stylish)e-reader cover. Fabulous for all styles and sizes of e-readers and tablets, this cover features pockets forall your needs and elastic to hold everything snugly in place.
Project Needs & Notes
- 3/8 yard print sturdy fabric, such as denim, twill or lightweight canvas (for outer cover)- 3/8 yard print sturdy fabric, such as denim, twill or lightweight canvas (for pockets)- Medium-weight (2.5 ounce) cutaway stabilizer- Air-erase pen for marking- 20" length of 1 1/4" wide knit elastic- Cardboard for lining- Extra-loft batting- Snap and snap tool- Craft knife and cutting pad- Masking tape- Needle and thread for some hand sewing
Designs used in this tutorial include E6305, Cameo and E6306, Feather.
Begin by measuring the height, width, and thickness of the e-reader. This tutorial uses an iPad Mini, whichis 8" high x 5.5" wide x .375" thick. If you do not have the e-reader to measure, here is a list of sizes ofsome current e-readers on the market:
Nook - 7.7" x 4.9" x 0.50"Nook Color - 8.1" x 5.0" x 0.50"Kindle 1 (original) - 6.5″ x 4.5" x 0.34"Kindle 2 - 8.0″ x 5.3″ x 0.8"Kindle 3 (3G/Wi-Fi) - 6.8″ x 4.7″ x .40"Kindle 3G Keyboard - 7.5″ x 4.8″ x .34"Kindle DX - 10.4″ x 7.2″ x 0.38"Kindle Fire - 7.5″ x 4.7″ x .45"Kindle Fire HD 8.9" - 9.45" x 6.5" x 0.35"
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Kindle 4 - 6.5" x 4.5" x .375"Kindle Paperwhite - 6.7" x 4.6" x .36"iPad (first generation) - 9.56" x 7.47" x 0.5"iPad 2 - 9.5" x 7.31" x 0.34"iPad (3) - 10" x 8" x .5"iPad Mini - 8" x 5.5" x .375"Kobo - 7.2″ x 4.7″ x 0.4"Sony Reader Pocket Edition (PRS-300) - 6.25" x 4.25" x 0.4"Sony Reader Touch Edition (PRS-600) - 6.9" x 4.8" x 0.4"Sony Reader Daily Edition (PRS-900) - 8.12" x 5.0" x 0.6"Sony Reader Wi-Fi - 6.87" x 4.37" x .37"Cybook Opus - 6.0" x 4.2" x 0.4"Cybook Gen 3 - 7.4" x 4.7" x 0.3"Motorola Xoom - 9.8" x 6.6" x 0.5"Pandigital Novel - 7.5" x 5.5" x 0.5"Samsung Galaxy Tab - 7.48" x 4.74" x 0.47"Shift3 Lookbook Wireless Reader - 9.0" x 5.0" x 0.5"Sharper Image Literati Wireless Reader - 9.5" x 5.0" x 0.5"
If you're e-reader is not listed above, send an email to [email protected] with the dimensions and wewill add it to the list.
This project was featured in the following:Christmas Gift Guide Lookbook
To prepare the fabric for the frontof the outer cover, take the heightand width and add 1 1/2" to eachfor seam allowances.
Using these dimensions, draw arectangle on the fabric. Leave acouple of inches of excess fabricaround the shape.
A template is a printout of adesign, and it's an excellent toolto plan where to stitch.
Print a template of the designfrom your embroidery software. If you do not have embroiderysoftware, Wilcom's TrueSizer is a free program to use.
Position the designs on the fabrichow you want them. Make surethere is at least 1" of spacebetween the designs and theedges of the fabric.
Using an air-erase pen (or othermarking tool), mark the centerpoint of the design on the fabric,as well as the horizontal andvertical axis lines.
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Remove the templates and drawlines to connect the marks.These lines will be used forhooping.
Hoop the fabric and stabilizertogether, lining up the marks onthe fabric with the marks on thehoop.
Attach the hoop to the machineand load the first design. Movethe hoop so that the needle isdirectly over the center point onthe fabric and embroider thedesign.
Repeat the hooping andembroidering process for theother design.
After embroidering, cut out therectangle shape.
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Measure and mark the center ofthe right side of the fabric.
Measure and mark in 1" at thecenter point. Using a snap tool,add the bottom portion of a snapat this mark.
Trim away the excess stabilizeron the back of the embroideryand the snap.
To prepare the fabric for thespine of the cover, take thethickness measurement and add1/2" for allowances.
Cut a piece of fabric using thismeasurement and the final heightmeasurement used for the frontcover fabric.
Align the spine fabric along theleft side of the embroidered frontcover fabric with right sidesfacing.
Pin in place. Sew a 1/4" seamalong the pinned edge.
Press the seam with an iron.
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To prepare the fabric for the backof the outer cover, cut a piece offabric to the same dimensionsused for the front cover fabric.
Align the back fabric with thespine fabric, right sides facing.
Pin in place. Sew a 1/4" seamalong the pinned edge only.
Press with an iron, then top stitcha 1/8" seam along the inside ofeach spine seam.
Next, prepare the fabric for theinner pockets.
For the large inner pocket, cut apiece of fabric 6" wide by yourfinal height measurement.
Fold one of the long sides over1/2" and press. Fold the fabricover another 1/2" and press.
Sew a seam along the inner edgeof the fold.
For the small inner pocket, cut apiece of fabric 5" wide by the finalheight measurement.
Fold, press, and sew a seamalong the inner edge of the foldsjust as you did with the largepocket.
Align the small pocket on top ofthe large pocket, right sidesfacing up, with the raw longedges aligned. Pin in place.
Measure and mark the center ofeach side.
Draw a line connecting the marks
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on the small pocket fabric.
Sew a seam along the line tocreate two compartments on thesmall pocket.
To prepare the fabric for the leftside of the inner cover, cut apiece of fabric using the finalheight and width measurements.
Align the assembled pockets onthe left edge of the inner coverfabric.
Pin in place, and sew a 1/8"seam along the outer edges ofthe pockets to tack them in place.
To prepare the fabric for thespine of the inner cover, cutanother piece of fabric to thesame dimensions you did for theouter cover.
Align the spine fabric with theright edge of the left inner cover,with right sides facing.
Pin in place and sew a 1/4" seamalong the pinned edge. Press theseam with an iron.
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To prepare the fabric for the rightside of the inner cover, cut apiece of fabric using the finalheight and width measurements.
Cut four 5" lengths of 1 1/4" wideknit elastic.
Lay the elastic diagonally acrossthe fabric at each corner leavingabout 1" of fabric at the corner.
Pin the elastic in the center tohold it in place, then, gently pullthe elastic at each end and pin inplace. This creates a bit oftension in the elastic which willhold the e-reader securely inplace.
Doing this will cause the fabric topucker a bit -- this is ok. Be sureto smooth the fabric flat later onwhen pinning it to the otherlayers.
Tack the elastic in place at eachend with a 1/8" seam.
Trim off the excess elasticleaving about 1/4" at each seam.
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Align the left side/spine sectionwith the left edge of the rightside/elastic inner cover piece.
Pin in place. Sew a 1/4" seamalong the pinned edge only.
Press the back seam towards thecenter of the spine fabric and topstitch along each seam of thespine.
To prepare the fabric for the snapstrap, cut a piece of fabric 3 1/2"x 3".
Fold the long edges in 1/2" to thewrong side and press. Then, foldin one of the short edges 1/2" tothe wrong side and press.
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Bring the long folded edgestogether and press. Sew a 1/4"seam along the folded edges.
Add the outer "button" section ofthe snap about 1/2" from theshort folded end of the strap.
Align the assembled outer coveron top of the assembled innercover with right sides facing. Theembroidered outer front covershould be aligned with the leftpocket side of the inner cover.
Measure and mark the center ofthe right side of the inner coverand pin the strap at the mark,with the strap facing to the insideof the fabric and the "button" sideof the snap facing up. Leaveabout 1/4" of the raw end of thestrap extending out past the edgeof the fabric.
Pin all the layers in place andsew a 1/4" seam along the sideand top edges only -- leave the
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entire bottom edge open forturning.
Turn the fabric right side out andpress the seams. Sew a seamalong the outer edges of thespine starting at the top edge ofthe cover and ending about 1"from the bottom edge.
To prepare the inner cardboardlinings, take your finalmeasurements and subtract 1"from both.
Cut cardboard to thosedimensions. Spray the pieceswith temporary adhesive. Smoothextra-loft batting on top, and trimoff the excess.
To finish off the edges, wrapstrips of masking tape aroundeach side of the cardboardpieces.
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Insert the cardboard in-betweenthe layers of fabric at the bottomof the cover with the batting sidefacing up. Then, fold the fabric ofthe opening in 1/4" and hand sewthe opening closed with needleand thread.
This cozy cover is a terrific wayto keep your e-reader safe andsound. Use the elastic to holdyour reader in place; handypocket provide extra storagespace.
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When you're all done reading, thecover is held shut with a snapclosure to ensure it stays scratch-free.
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