Last night’s great adventure at the CuteGecko home base was the creation of an iPad case for Karl’s new toy.

It started earlier in the week when we attempted to make a case out of material we found at Michaels… which failed horribly. With all of that learning behind us, I knew we had the knowledge to create a masterpiece this time.
I’ve written the simple instructions to make this awesome little iPad and iPhone case.

Materials:
3 millemeter thick felt (not the soft kind!)
-  iPad: 8.375 x 23.5 inches (folded)
-  iPhone pocket: 4×7.5 inches (cut into pocket & flap)
black thread
2 black buttons of different sizes
optional: Hugo Boss tag :)

I was fortunate enough to have a little cloth Hugo Boss bag with matching buttons that that I could borrow those materials from, but obviously they aren’t necessary for the project.

I started by measuring everything.  The main ‘bag’ section is 8.375 inches wide by 10 inches tall.  The flaps, etc can be measured at your own desire depending on the look that you’re going for.

The sewing from there was pretty simple as long as I remembered to put the iPhone pocket on before sewing the rest of the bag.  The iPhone pocket is about 4 inches wide x 6 inches tall.  This leaves enough room for the width of the iPhone.  I centred the pocket on the same side as the flap for the main bag so that the bag could lay flat on one side.  The tag was placed in before sewing.. (try using a piece of ribbon or something similar for the same ‘store-bought’ effect).

I used the sewing machine for all of the stitching and had to practice a few buttons before I stitched them in – they turned out ok, but are still tight, I think they’ll loosen up over time.

I made Karl sew the buttons onto the case so I could relax for a minute.
He did a great job.

And.. Voila! There it is!  Big pocket for the iPad and little pocket for the iPhone.

If you saw it without knowing it was home-made, would you be fooled???
Should I sell my plans to Hugo?

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