iPad 2 sleeve and boxers

[via_ostiense]

I made two more pairs of boxers (one is pictured under the cut).



I also made a pair out of pink fabric with black cats wearing silver ribbons. With the scraps of the cat fabric and the ladybug fabric, I made a quilted sleeve/carrying bag for sahiya's iPad 2. One side is ladybugs, the other side is cats, and the interior is lined with yellow leftover from a quilt for troisroyaumes.





Instructions for the sleeve, for my own reference:

Exterior: 2 pieces of fabric, 9.5" x 12 1/4" (ipad 2 dimensions are 7.31" x 9.5")
batting, 9.5" x 11 1/4"

Interior: 1 piece of fabric, 9.5" x 22 1/2"

Sew the exterior fabric pieces, right sides together, on a short side w/a 1/2" seam allowance and flat fell it. Lay the batting over the wrong side and quilt it.

Fold in half along bottom seam, right sides together, and sew the long sides together w/1/4" seam allowance, up to 1" of the top. Backstitch. Sew the top 1/2" of the sides, leaving a 1/2" gap for the drawstring.

Fold the interior piece in half, right sides together, and sew the long sides together w/1/4" seam allowance, up to 1" of the top. Backstitch. Sew the top 1/2" of the sides, leaving a 1/2" gap for the drawstring.

Turn interior piece so the wrong side is in the inside, and stuff it in the exterior piece (exterior piece will be wrong side out, the exterior piece and interior piece will be right sides together). Align them along the top and sew with a 1/4" seam, leaving a 2-3" gap. Backstitch on either side of the gap.

Pull the right sides out through the gap, so that the exterior piece is right side out, and the interior piece is lining it with the right side visible. Stitch the gap in the top seam closed.

Sew a line the width of the case right below the 1/2" gap in the side seams. Sew a line the width of the case right above the 1/2" gap in the side seams. This will leave a 1/2" channel for a drawstring. Thread a drawstring through the channel (I made bias tape out of scraps of the ladybug fabric, sewed it flat, and used that as the thread). Voila! You have a sleeve that will not make your iPad bounce if you drop it, but it will prevent scratches and dings.

Comments

[carolyn_claire]

Sharing this with my daughter, she's been looking for a project like the iPad sleeve, thanks!

[via_ostiense]

You're welcome! For clearer instructions that come with good pictures, your daughter might also like to look at this reversible ballet bag tutorial, which is what I adapted the sleeve from. The changes I made were adding quilting to the exterior layer for additional iPad protection; flat-felling the bottom seam (just to get practice making flat-felled seams); not making gussets (because the iPad is thin enough not to require them); and doing the interior of the bag with one piece of fabric rather than with two, because I wanted to make a lined bag rather than a truly reversible one.

[carolyn_claire]

I've bookmarked the link--the instructions and pics are very good, just what she needs. Thanks again!

[dhae_knight_1]

I feel really, really stupid after seeing the picture, that I read that as boxes, not once but twice, going down over my reading list... XD

I will definitely be sewing something like that for my iPad if I get to keep it (it's currently on loan from my school). :-)

[leia_solo]

They are both adorable, but the cats one is wicked!