I made these:
They were advertised as an e-reader bag (the drawstring bag for it's charger), and the pattern was free, so I figurd it was a good place to see if I still knew what the hell I was doing.
Then I made another one for my mom because she asked for one for her kobo:
I basically stuck to the same pattern, except this time I made it a functional button (I didn't take a picture, but the other one has velcro to hold the flap down, the button is purely decorative), and obviously I sewed on a couple of felt cats that I made, since my mom really loves cats. Oh, and I added a little pouch on the inside for her charger instead of the drawstring bag:
My mom wanted the sparkly button inside.
I got lucky, I found a really good pattern online to use. It's all hand sewn (which is great because I do not own a sewing machine), and pretty basic, straight forward directions. And the bags are the right size (my kindle was in the orange one when I took the picture). It was a pretty good project for getting back into it. I still have the pattern saved if anyone else wants to try it.
All in all, not bad for the first thing I've sewn in over a decade. I was more expecting something that looked like a 13 year old's first home ec project. Next I want to make a pin cushion since the only pin cushions you can buy here are the tomato-strawberry ones, but I had trouble finding the stuffing I wanted, so I had to order it online. So I'm probably going to just take a little while off before I develop a crick in my neck while I wait for that to arrive. Anyways, that's been what I've been doing the past few days.
