E-reader cover
For my birthday, I got an e-reader from my hubby. So I added to my sewing list: Make an e-reader cover. But that list is pretty long. And I hadn’t gotten round to it yet. In the meantime, I used the little insulation thingy it came in. I thought that would be enough for now.
It wasn’t. A couple of months later (yes, I know, I should have made the cover in that time, but life happened), my e-reader suddenly looked like this:
Not too healthy, no. Reason? No idea. Wrong place in my bag at the wrong time? Bumped into something? I don’t know. What I do know in the meantime, is that Sony doesn’t cover this in its guarantee policy. No repair service. And you know what’s really stupid? The thing still works. I just can’t read the upper part of my book. And only reading 2/3 of your books, not handy. But I was told that having it repaired would cost me more than just buying a new one. Isn’t that sad? Talk about a consumer society. And did I give in? Yes… But I’m not as big a fan of Sony anymore as I used to be.
So I bought a new one. Two actually, since it was hubby’s birthday. Sony again. So far for making a statement, I know. This time, nobody was allowed to read outside the house before both things had a cover. And this time, I got going immediately.
I based the pattern on the i-cover pattern from Eva Maria. I changed the measurements as follows:
- Cardboard: e-reader measurements + 1 cm (height and width)
- Fabric: e-reader measurements + 2 cm (height and width)
Other alterations:
- I sewed in an extra piece for my stylus
- For the top corners, I didn’t use elastics, but I made fabric corners
- For my hubby’s cover, I glued magnetic foil on the cardboard. This way, he doesn’t have to close the cover with elastics, but it closes itself
- I also added some padding. Precautions.
Meanwhile, both of us are into heavily protected reading. But why are there 3 finished covers in the picture? Well, after my hubby had showed off his new present at work, he came home asking me whether I could make another one for his colleague. So I did. And I’ll be making a fourth one soon enough. Since we’re getting a tablet for subscribing to the newspaper, woot!
Materials used
- Elastic: Palaver via Etsy
- Padding: Veritas
- Magnetic foil: De Banier
- Fabric: Veritas, Vermiljoenshop and De Banier
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Ze zien er prachtig uit, ik ben helemaal fan van de flamingo-versie! Dat stofje ligt hier ook dus misschien gebruik ik dat nu wel voor een nieuwe iHoes 🙂
Ik wil hem ook maken maar waaraan gaat het magneetfolie dan vast? Ik bedoel wat doe je in de andere kant?
Ook magneetfolie. Wel op voorhand ‘s testen of je magneet recht op mekaar kleeft, of een beetje scheef trekt. Als ze niet mooi op elkaar blijft liggen, het verschil uitmeten en aan de ene kant gewoon iets hoger kleven dan aan de andere kant.