I mentioned in my
last post that I had two new iPad mini covers on my to-do list. You will recall that
I made one recently, and was very proud of the fact that I had used all scraps. So you can imagine my mixed feelings on Christmas morning when hubby proudly gave me a new brown leather smart case which made my iPad mini an mere 1/8" too big for my new cover. Egads. I love the case, I really do, but it was pretty irritating. Worse than that, hubby had been trying to hint when I made it the cover that it should be bigger, but I dismissed his annoying nattering. There may be a lesson in that.
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| The bottom one is the right size. How ANNOYING is that! |
Anyway I called Mother to enquire whether she would like a nice new iPad mini cover (she too has a mini - we seem to be an Apple family) and she has reluctantly agreed to take it off my hands (read - she wanted one, but didn't ask because I already had a long to-do list!). So fortunately, that has a happy home to go to in the deepest South.
Enter the new cover. First, I have made one for hubby. He too has a brown leather case, which I sense is going to be annoying, but we shall see. Hubby carefully picked some Star Wars fabric with some Michael Miller Nevermore for the lining. I chose the orange strip for the binding. Hubby doesn't want a toggle tie like the first one, so I will hand sew on some press studs on the corners for closures.
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| See - it fits. Much better. |
There was much discussion about how long the top flap should be, as it was important to include Boba Fett's gun. Right. Glad we got that sorted.
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| Pow pow. |
So, I am proud to say I have one thing off the to-do list already! Yippee. So for my good endeavours I will link up to
Crazy Mom's,
Confessions of a Fabric Addict and T
GIFF.
How is your new years sewing going?
12 comments:
I'm so feeling your pain! My husband asked me last year to make him a cover for his ipad (he never asks me to make him anything!!!) So I made it in my much loved Architextures fabric, and it was perfect size for the ipad.....until he got a different hard case for it!!! Damnit!
I love your covers!
I love that cover!! I sense your husband might be quite a cool dude ;-)
bummer! Always need to listen to hubby ..he he!! I love the Star Wars fabric though.
That's horrible that the first cover no longer fits. At least it found a good home. Love the Star Wars one.
This cover is fabulous! Love! Though I'm sad your old cover won't work any longer as it's fabulous too.
Your covers are fabulous! I love the colors and fabrics you used! Very fun :)
I can't help but chuckle at the choice of fabrics. No doubt what the interests are there.
the sush household always gets itself sorted out sooner or later. looks like everyone is happy now! when do the littles get their own ipads and covers? =)
Very cool.
:-)) oh dear, those husbands we have. Have a great year!
As they say...best laid plans and all that! Your hubby's new cover looks great!
Yep, that happened in our house as well. The case I made fits the mini with the smart cover, but not with the full smart case. bummer! Your hubby's case looks awesome. My Star Wars loving husband would be jealous.
:) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation
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