| Kindles, iPads, Nooks and other e-readers are getting more and more
popular. A quilted home-made cover gives a much more personal touch than
any store-bough one, it's fun to do and looks beautiful. It's a great gift
for any friends or family members that have one of these gadgets... or
for yourself!
For the cover we chose the embroidery design of Imperial
Crown Fritillaria by Van Gogh.
The finished size of the cover is about 6" x 9" (closed). It was
made to fit a Kindle 3. You will have to adjust the size to fit other devices. |
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You will need:
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about 1/2" yard of patterned fabric for the top of the cover, lining and
the binding. We used batik which complements the colors of the embroidery.
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low-loft dense batting (preferably polyester craft felt)
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thick stabilizer or intefacing such as Pellon Peltex-70 or 71
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small piece of Velcro tape
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about 1/2 yard of black elastic band.
For embroidery, we used a piece of light-colored cotton fabric, medium-weight
cut-away iron-on stabilizer, and embroidery threads. |
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Embroidery:
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| Stabilize the light-colored fabric with medium-weight cut-away iron-on
stabilizer and make the embroidery.
Cut away the excess stabilizer.
Trim the fabric around the embroidery leaving 1" on each side. |
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Assembly of the Top:
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| Out of fabric for the top, cut 2 strip measuring 1 1/2" x 6"
and sew them to the lower and upper edges of the embroidery. |
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| Out of fabric for the top, cut 1 strip measuring 1 1/2" x 9 1/2" and
sew it to the right edge of the embroidery. |
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| Out of fabric for the top, cut 1 rectangle measuring 7" x 9 1/2".
Sew it to the left edge of the working piece. |
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Quilting:
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| Now place the backing on a flat surface (table) face down. Cover with
batting. Spread the top over it.
Pin all three layers together with 1" pins and start quilting. The cover
needs to be pretty firm, so quilt it densely. We quilted around the embroidery
in the ditch and all over the cover in a free motion style.
After the quilting is finished, press the work with heavy steam, then
trim and square the work: the long sides should be 12" and the short sides
9"; all corners should be 90 degrees and opposite sides should be of the
same length. |
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Finishing Up
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| Cut a piece of Velcro tape about 1 1/2" long. Sew one half of the tape
to the cover on the left side - about 3/8"- 1/2" from the edge of
the cover, and about 4" from the upper and the lower edges. |
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| Out of fabric for the lining cut 2 pieces measuring 7" x 9" each.
Out of Pellon Peltex-70 (or 71) intefacing cut 2 pieces measuring 5
1/2" x 9" each. |
| Position the fabric pieces on the pieces of interfacing. Align 3 edges.
Fold the fourth edge over the interfacing. Press. For the left panel fold
the right edge, for the right panel, fold the left edge.
Quilt the pieces with several straight lines to fasten the fabric and
the intefacing. |
| Out of elastic band, cut 2 pieces, each one 4" long and 1 piece
6" long. Pin the 4" long pieces across the lower corners. Pin the 6" long
piece 1 1/2" from the top, as shown on the picture below (they will
be used to hold the Kindle in the cover). Topstitch along all edges twice,
1/8" and 1/4" from the edge, securing the bands. |
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| Place the quilted top on a table, face down. Position both 5 1/2" x
9" pieces over the lining - the piece without the elastic bands goes over
the side with the embroidery, and the piece with the bands goes on the
end without embroidery. The finished edge of each piece should be on the
inside. Pin the parts together.
Topstitch 1/4" from the edge, along all edges. |
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| To make the clasp, out of Pellon Peltex, cut a strip measuring 1" x
3 1/2" and out of fabric a strip measuring 3" x 4".
Fold one of the 3" long edges 1/4" back and press. Then fold one of
the 4" long edges back and press.
Place the Pellon Peltex strip in the center of the fabric piece and
fold the fabric edges over the stabilizer. Please note that the finished
edge should cover the raw edge. Topstitch the piece several times.
Sew the second half of the Velcro tape to the short finished edge of
the strip. |
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| Out of fabric for the top, cut the binding 2 1/2" wide and about 50"
long.
Fold the strip lengthwise and press.
Pin the binding to the inner side of the cover. Machine-stitch 1/4"
from the edge. |
| Press the binding and fold it on the face side of the cover and pin.
Insert the clasp strip under the binding on the end with embroidery as
shown in the picture below.
Topstitch the binding. |
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| The cover is ready. Here is a picture of the face of the cover unfolded. |
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| This is what the cover looks like from the back side when folded. |
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| This is the picture of the cover with the Kindle 3 inside it. |
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Happy Stitching!
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| We also have instructions on how to make a Quilted
Kindle 2 Cover with Embroidery (shown on the right) |
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