Do you remember in my post back in February on gadgets and making them pretty I mentioned making a laptop cover for my husband's work laptop. Well he finally has his laptop & I have finished the cover. It's custom sized to his laptop and quilted to protect it. It closes with a flap and Velcro. The fabric is perfect on for my husband who works in public transport industry and is something of a "bus nut". I based this project on a pattern from the book One Yard Wonders (which is a fantastic book if you want to get into sewing) but I added a lining rather than binding the seams as recommended in this pattern.
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If you are planning on making this project I would strongly recommend you invest in a walking foot for your sewing machine. This is a foot used in sewing many layers of fabric (so quilting) and fabrics with a deep pile such as velvets. The foot attaches to the needle shaft of your machine and has a set of feed dogs that work in conjunction with those of your machine to give even feeding.
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These Photo's don't really do the lovely colours in this Echino Nico, Etsuko Furuya for Kokka fabric justice. I am photographing it in very poor light.
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