21 July 2017

EPP Hexagon Kindle Cover

I love to read and while I much prefer 'real' books, I do like to load up my kindle for holidays and travelling.  While browsing Pinterest I saw several pictures of patchwork covers and thought I would have a go at making one.

I had a mini charm pack of Kate Spain fabrics that I picked up on sale, they are the perfect size to cover 1" hexagon papers. I carried my tin of hexagons and pieces around with me while visiting friends, and just kept joining hexagons until I had a piece about the size of A4 paper


I enjoyed piecing this and finished it several weeks ago, realising that we leave for France in a couple of days, I thought I better get on with actually making it into something!

I found a scrap of batting in my stash and a cute piece of fabric for the lining


I machine stitched in the ditch down the length of the piece and then trimmed it down to 8" x 13"


added binding all round and folded up the bottom to make a pocket; I stitched on a couple of pieces of velcro to keep it closed





all ready to go en vacances :)
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11 comments:

  1. Jeanna21/7/17 14:54

    Absoutely GENIUS! Such a beautiful cover but I could see it being used as a pouch for other things as well.

    Safe travels and enjoy France!

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  2. Karen - Quilts...etc.21/7/17 19:23

    perfect idea to hold the kindle and so pretty with all the colors - have a great trip

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  3. Helen 21/7/17 20:37

    Looks great love your colours :)

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  4. Robin21/7/17 23:12

    Darling! What a sweet little pocket for your kindle library. Very clever.

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  5. Kim22/7/17 05:31

    LOVE your hexies, Elaine. They are perfect for your pretty new Kindle cover. So jealous of you holidaying in France. Have the best time, lovely lady!

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  6. Andree G. Faubert22/7/17 06:14

    Hi Elaine, what a great idea for using up hexies. It looks great. Enjoy your vacances!

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  7. Margaret22/7/17 18:07

    This is a great use for those hexies! Love it! Safe travels!

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  8. Rachel22/7/17 20:56

    What a charming piece - and so satisfying to have made it!

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  9. Karen23/7/17 03:37

    Very good idea to make a padded cover for your reading device. I will keep that idea in mind. Probably not hexagons but something.

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  10. pandchintz23/7/17 08:25

    So cute! Bet it makes for better reading too!

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  11. sue24/7/17 15:37

    So pretty, can't wait to give this a try. Thanks for sharing!

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