I was looking for a pouch of case or sleeve for Nexus tablet and Pinterest, as my go-to-inspiration-source. I found few posts on tutorials how to make an iPhone and external hard drive sleeve/case out of felt & handstitching.
So I was wondering if I could try to make a tablet sleeve instead of buying it.
And I tried. Success! And I am super happy with the result 🙂
It didn’t take a long time to make this. Basic material you will meed are:
– Felt in your your favorite color
– Scissors or rotary cutter
– Pinking sheer
– Ruler
– Needle
– Thread in matching color with the felt
– Valcero or button
First, measure the tablet. My Nexus is about 5″ x 7″
Then I measure the felt I wanna use. I found this darker grey in my stash. Using rotary cutter and quilt ruler, I cut my felt into 12″ x 7.25″
Then I fold to make the sleeve at 5″ from the bottom. Hold it with needle so it will stay in place when you hand-stitch its sides.
This is what I love… Handstitching. I think this is what they call blanket handstitching. This blog post is an excellent tutorial with pictures.
Last step is adding the fastener. For mine, I use adhesive Valcero. You can pick what you want to use for the sleeve flap.
I am happy for the result 🙂 And I hope you can follow these simple steps. If you have any questions, feel free to leave it as comment and I will try my best to answer it.
Thanks for visiting my blog today!
Looks awesome.
Thanks a bunch, Amy 🙂