Red Week - Quilted Kindle Cover for my BIrthday

Yup, today’s my birthday. I’m officially 30-something. No more 20’s. Goodbye 30. I’m now 31. And I’m okay with it… surprisingly.

For my birthday, I’ve gotten all kinds of wonderful birthday wishes from my family. Tonight, hubby and I will go out to celebrate. And, I thought I’d make myself a little something for my birthday… a kindle cover for my new kindle!

I’ve been wanting to make one, and this was the perfect opportunity. All the fabrics here are from “Bliss.” I used 4 “Chocolate Bar” pieces for the squares, and 1/3 of a yard of the main fabric.

I started by cutting a 1.5″ strip of the main fabric, and picking out my 4 “Chocolate Bar” pieces. If you don’t have these, you can just cut 2.5×5″ pieces of fabric.

I stitched them onto the strip using a 1/4″ seam.

Then cut the strip the same size as the bar piece. (Please excuse the shadow in the next several photos)

I then stitched the pieces together to make a strip.

I cut the strip lengthwise to make two 2.5″ strips.

I stitched these two strips together, making one very long strip.

To the right side, I added a 2.5″x18″ rectangle, and the the left a 5″x 18″ rectangle.

Using 505 spray, I attached this piece to a layer of batting.

I quilted lines down the 18″ piece, and squares inside my aqua squares, using a walking foot. There is no backing fabric here, just the top fabric and some batting. Notice that the top square isn’t quilted. This one was saved for later…

Then, I cut what will become the lining. For this I needed an 8.5″ by 18″ rectangle. I stitched it to one end, making sure it was the end where the square WAS quilted.

The backing fabric was folded over the seam, leaving a nice little strip of lining showing. This would be a super-cute touch if the lining fabric was a contrasting color.

This shows the top piece folded over, leaving 5.5″ underneath.

I flipped it over, and then folded the lining fabric over, folding it about 1/4″ further than the batting. Leaving about 1/4″ of the batting showing makes for less bulky lining on the finished piece.

Final step before turning – I stitched both sides, and the top… leaving a hole at the top for turning. I then clipped the batting as close to the seam as possible, and left myself some extra fabric at the top to make stitching the opening closed a little easier.