Tablet Cover

I inherited a 10-inch tablet and proceeded to spend way too much time getting it up and running.  Not knowing the pass code, I did a factory reset then thought I had bricked it because it refused the account (until I realized I was using the wrong Google account).  But yay, it's working now.  

I mostly wanted it for an occasional e-reader and to use for some online recipes so I don't worry about spilling flour all over my laptop's keyboard.  I needed a cover to keep it clean and projected an room for the charging cord.

I have so many other projects to be working on, so I wanted this to be a quick, easy task.  I had recently put together some crumb quilting fabric.  One of the pieces was nearly the perfect width and height for the tablet.  No need to piece something new!  I added another crumb piece to it and wavy quilted it to a double layer of batting (which had also been pieced together). 

Another crumb piece was pocket-sized. I stitched backing and a single layer of batting to one edge, flipped it right sides out and straight line quilted that.  I trimmed the side and squared the bottom two corners so the pocket would be about ¾" deep.  Sewing it onto the front of the cover was hard work - it was tight corners, a lot of layers and I kind of eyeballed where it should go.  It has raw edges on the insides, but no one will ever see it.  Not bad.

I stitched the sides together and confirmed the tablet would fit.  Next up - some lining.   I cut a piece roughly the same size as the cover, and sewed another layer of batting the bottom section.  At this point I discovered that all that batting takes up more space than it looks.  As I did each piece, I made sure the tablet would fit.  Suddenly it didn't.  I had to clip out some of the batting before it would all go together.

I wanted to put a loop closure on the top and I couldn't figure out how to make that work with a bound edge.  I stitched the lining to the flap right-sides together with the loop stitched in place in the center. I turned everything right-sides out, then top-stitched around the edge of the flap top keep the lining from rolling out.  I bound the top edge of the main pocket to finish off the remaining raw edges.  I even remembered to add in a little label before I stitched it all down.

Once I hand-stitched the back side of the binding, all it needed was a big button on the outside pocket. 

Voila!

It's amazing how quickly the sides shrunk when adding batting; the top flap could have actually been a little longer, too.  Think this will stick in my head for next time?  Probably not. 

Between the crumb cloth and frankenstein batting, this was a seriously leftover project!  I love how it looks.  So many bright colors - I recognize fabrics from at least five different quilts.  I love cleanup projects like this.  Just what I needed!

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