gettin ready for school: the nook cover

Technically this is not really a back to school project,

but Mon Cheri spends a lot of time in the metro,

and we ran out of paperbacks!

It was time to embrace technology,

and go with an electronic reading device.

I guess it was the perfect present for

being one year on his new job.

I jumped on the opportunity to make

a cover for it,

it is not often that I get to sew

something for him!

I was inspired by this cover seen on Flickr,

make of wool felt and leather.

I made mine of wool that I brought back from France,
some imitation leather and quilting fabric.

I cut from the wool 2 rectangles:

10 x 15 and 10 x 5,

from the quilting fabric 1 rectangle:

10 x 11

from the imitation leather:

a square 4 x 4

and a rectangle 10 x 1.

I also used some interfacing for the quilting fabric,

and some velcro.

I used 1/2 inch seam, wool can fray pretty fast!

I sewed the pseudo leather pieces and

 the velcro on the top of the cover,

I sewed both pieces of the inside

and the other side of the velcro.

 

With right side together, I stitched around the top flap,

so just both wool layer, starting and finishing at the quilting fabric.

I then returned the flap, right side out.

I folded under 1/2 inch the bottom of the quilting fabric,

then I folded the rectangle in half, meeting the seam between

the fabric and the wool.

I sewed both side of the rectangle (short sides on the picture)

 

I did the same thing, on the wool side,

creating 2 pockets.

Then I turned right side out of the wool pocket

and slided inside the cotton pocket.

I then hand stitched the 2 pockets together.
I also top stitched the flap.
And voila a cute manly cover!

Happy sewing!