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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

If You went to a Retail Store...

What would you pay?

For a Leather IPad case?

 
Some time ago, I bought a leather skirt at a thrift shop and took the panels apart. The skirt cost me a shocking $7! And yes it is real leather, not a man made material that imitates leather...  Now a bit of that lovely skirt, is partially remade into an ipad case.
And.
So simple to make!  I did buy a pack of Leather needles to use in the sewing machine so that was $6 but of course there was 5 needles and I can use them again and again.  I simply measured the size of the ipad and added an inch all around.  I cut the two squares of leather and then using heavy duty Heat n Bond, fused flannel squares cut to the same size as the leather for the inside 'lining'.  I then sewed around three sides, made a leather overflap and added a decorative bit of fabric on the edge, then a button to close the flap and VOILA`!!  I have a Ipad case...
Took me about 30 minutes including sewing on the button...
 
There is still alot of leather to be used from that skirt -- I'm gonna have to think up things that want to be made in leather.