Made by Special Request

The hubby got himself a new netbook since his old laptop finally kicked the bucket. It is considerably smaller than his laptop, which left him with nothing to keep it in. He asked me if I would make him a cover. I accepted the challenge and a few days later I was reading the Prudent Baby blog, and what did I see a tutorial for? That's right, a laptop sleeve. Talk about perfect timing. It is a pretty simple idea, so I probably could have managed to make one without a tutorial. However, this tutorial had a link to another tutorial for another way of sewing bias tape that I had never tried before. I used a fat quarter of fabric I found that looked modern and manly and incorporated some orange (our favorite color). I used my walking foot for the first time and I now understand the hype. It did not take long to put together. What took the most time was hand sewing the velcro. My middle finger pad is quite tender from not using a thimble. Lesson learned. The hubby is quite pleased with the end result. I'm happy to have a happy customer.

Next I will be making one for my Wacom Bamboo tablet that I got for Christmas. The only thing I will be doing different is sewing the velcro on before putting it together and adding a pen holder. I'll post pictures when I get that one done. I have a few different sewing projects to complete before classes begin in January. Those are for another day.