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Sparkle (3)
Last March, my hubby gave me a kindle for my birthday... I was so excited! He even got me the case that had a light in it! There were many nights spent reading to the wee hours with my handy dandy lighted case...
Until the tragedy happened (twice).
My little 3 year old is the perfect toddler when it comes to getting into things. She hardly gets into anything that she isn't supposed to until that fatal day...
I was reading my kindle and put it onto the nightstand for a minute to leave to grab something and came back into the room and the kindle had been ripped from its case! The prongs were broken off inside the kindle.
I am not going to lie... I was pretty close to crying!
But I kept it together and went into the other room to calm down.
A trip to Amazon to get fixed and we were golden.
After a little talk with her about how we shouldn't touch mommy's kindle, I thought we were on the same page.
Fast forward 3 months and the exact same thing happened again! I could not believe it! I should have been more careful, but I honestly thought she wouldn't touch it after how bad she felt the first time. I know some of you are thinking "She is 3... what do you expect?"... ha ha What can I say- She is my first child- I am still learning as I go along. I guess I am just not meant to have a lighted kindle case. There is no way I was sending it in again and definitely not buying another one at $60 a pop!
So I made a new one... Unbreakable even!
So even though I made this for a kindle- you could really make it for anything... Ipad, tablet, nook, etc.
Here is how I made mine...
Supplies:
1 fat quarter main fabric
1 far quarter coordinating fabric for the liner
(I used the leftover fabric from the Messenger Bag I made for my sister... it was home dec weight but you could use whatever you had on hand)
fusible fleece
velcro
2 elastic hair elastics
To start, measure whatever you are creating the case for. My kindle measures 5x7.5 inches so the measurements will coordinate with that.
This tutorial is kind of a cut your fabric as you go, so for those who like to cut your fabric before you start, you will just have to visualize and calculate your measurements before you start.
Step 1: Cut your two hair elastics in half so that you have 4 pieces that are the same size.
Step 2: Pick the fabric that you want to be in the inside of the case (liner). Add 1 inch to the length and one inch to the width when you cut your pieces. ... My kindle is 5x7.5 inches, so I cut my 2 pieces of fabric to be 6x8.5 inches. (one for
