For my daughter. 
Whole cloth.
Hand quilted.
Lined.
Fake piping.
Inside.
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Happy 90th Birthday!
My aunt had a milestone birthday last month and I sent her a goodie box filled with fruits, muffins, breads, and a special handmade gift.
Her iPad has a factory Smart Cover to protect it but when she takes it out of the house she doesn’t have any way to carry it except in a way-too-large tote bag.
And since I am on this sewing and quilting kick, I sewed and quilted one for her.
In red and purple.
Two of her favorite colors.
With a bit of pink since that was what I had in my stash.
The darker red is actually part of a skirt I had that I ripped apart.
The closure is actually two buttons sewn on together.
The strap is padded with a couple of layers of quilt batting as most tablets have a bit of weight to them and I wanted it comfortable enough to carry over a wrist or in the hand.
It’s just machine quilted in a grid.
Lined with red cotton and light blue flannel (because that’s what I had).
I schootched the lining out a bit before I top stitched around the edge so it almost looks like piping.
To be totally truthful…this is the second one I made for her. The first one fit my iPad but not hers as her Smart Cover adds an inch or so to the overall size. My sister took the smaller one for her tablet so it all worked out.
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It FITS!!
Remember my failed, successful, and failed attempts for a tablet/iPad cover? I have succeeded once again!
I decided to follow the KISS rule. Keep It Simple, Sweetie.
My inspiration came from something I found on Pinterest:
I love all grey colors and the stripe of bright called to me. I didn’t want to buy any more yarn for this project so I used what I had. My red didn’t pop as much as I wanted but I like it anyway. Plus it fits my iPad.
I started with the flap end on straight needles then switched to circular needles to knit the body in the round. Actually I wanted it in garter stitch since that was how my successful one was knit so I knit a row then purled a row. I don’t mind purling though I know some people HATE it! I dislike seaming more than I dislike purling. When I got to the bottom, I did a 3-needle bind off. No seams!!
Measurements before felting:
Measurements after felting:
The top flap was pulled and stretched to make it the size I wanted so it is basically the same length before as after. The cover really is square but the it was at a slight angle when I took the photo so it looks a bit lop-sided.
This could have been felted a bit longer as I can still see the knit rows. The finished cover is thick and dense. Maybe it’s the lighter color that shows the rows but I really don’t want to make another one of these (if you know what I mean) since I’ve already made this four times! Reknitting a failed project isn’t fun.
I haven’t lined this yet and I’m debating on whether or not to add a magnetic snap. The cover stays closed but I would feel better knowing nothing (like the iPad) would fall out if picked up with the open end down.
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Houston, we may have a problem
Silly me. I assumed something and we know what that means.
My iPad cover swatch. Remember it?
I pinned the felted swatch to the cover on my ironing board to dry so I could use the squares as my measurement.
Great plan.
Those squares are one inch so my swatch would be five inches square. And I really had to tug to get the width to five inches.
Mr. Aitch’s cover was 48-49 stitches so I thought I would make this one a few stitches bigger since I was doing a two-color design and I had to work within the color pattern. I cast on 26 stitches for this swatch since I planned on 52 stitches for the width. Wonderful. I needed the cover to be about 10 inches wide. This was going to be a piece of cake.
After felting and measuring the wet swatch, I went on my merry way. Now with only a few more rows left to knit I’ll be ready to felt in no time. Then I decided to remeasure the dry swatch one more time. The swatch is not five inches square. The swatch is 4.5 inches square and the finished cover just might not be wide enough. How can this be? It must have been stretched so much that once it was unpinned, it relaxed. Relaxed a half inch. Which translates to one inch on the finished project.
Had I realized this before I cast on, I could have just made it eight stitches wider. But n-o-o-o. I had to hurry up and cast on before checking and double checking my swatch. Length-wise there is no problem. I can knit a few more repeats. Width-wise is the issue.
I’m going away next week and really, really, really wanted to have this cover finished for my iPad.
Do I keep going as though nothing is wrong and hope and pray (and tug, and tug, and tug) that it will fit?
Do I pick up some stitches along the sides and make a gusset-type of thing?
What would you do?
Knitting In Flashes 