As Julia started packing for her term abroad, we realized that the laptop case I made for her two years ago was rather worn out. One of our errands yesterday was to pick up some fabric for a new one. She chose this adorable beachy print from Dear Stella. She wants to take a little bit of home with her to Tanzania!
The lining is a Riley Blake medium navy chevron that I had in my stash. I layered the main print with batting and quilted it with parallel wavy lines. (I was corrected. "Straight stitched wavy lines" is an oxymoron.) In retrospect, I wish I had quilted the lining, too. When I was almost done, I decided to add another layer of batting, which was quite a chore.
I used a trick I learned from Kindred Quilters and used basting tape to hold the zipper in place as I stitched.
After I had the first side of the zipper done, I couldn't find the tape. After about 10 minutes of searching high and low, I picked up my pieces and found the tape stuck to the back!
I haven't mastered stitching the junction of the zipper and bag side. This one is better than the first one I made, so maybe the next one will be better still.
All done! About a four hour job, including a lunch break.
I can't believe I forgot to stitch one of my new labels into the lining. I'll have to stitch it in by hand later.
Edit 7pm: There. That's better.
Edit 7pm: There. That's better.
2 comments:
That is really fun with the print. I have a bunch of patterns for cases, need to try one.
Debbie
very nice case and Julia will be reminded of you every time she uses her lap top whilst in Tanazania
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