Here’s a Project for a Leftover Quilt Block

Do you have any leftover quilt blocks floating around your sewing area? Use one of those orphan blocks as part of a cover for an e-tablet or paper-tablet cover. You’ll make a statement and give that quilt block a good home!

During the Sewing With Nancy two-part TV series of Sew Techie Covers, I featured 12 different creative ways to sew covers for your electronic or paper tablets. Click here to watch the second episode of Sew Techie Covers. You can also watch the first episode by clicking here.

Preview of Two of the Projects You’ll See on Sewing With Nancy 
Showcase a Leftover Quilt Block to Make a Paper-Tablet Cover

Use the largest size of the Trace ‘n Create Template–E-Tablet & Paper Tablet Keeper. Trace and cut out the background fabric.

Then, use a leftover block such as a 12″ Dresden appliqué. My staff and I created the appliqué using the  Trace ‘n Create Quilt Template—Dresden Collection and topstitched the design in the center of the rectangle.

A partial Dresden Fan block was ideal for the inside pocket of my Paper Tablet Keeper.

Watch the Sew Techie Covers episode to see exactly how to create the Dresden appliqué and then, apply it to the tablet keeper. The details are also in the companion book.

E-Cycled Cover for your iPad, Kindle Fire, Nook . . .

Do you have an embroidered shirt that’s just hanging in the back of your closet? Give it a new life as a tablet keeper cover. I called this Sew Techie technique an E-Cycled Cover—embroidery that’s recycled!

Select an embroidered shirt (or other embroidered project) that’s been hiding in the back of your closet.

Select the original  Clover’s Trace ‘n Create Tablet Keeper Template  for an iPad, iPad Mini, or the original Kindle. (There are more tablets that fit the original Tablet Keeper.) Click here to view the  original Tablet Keeper Template device listing .

Select the newer Tablet Keeper,  Trace ‘n Create Tablet Keeper Template 2.0 , for the Kindle Fire, Nook, and many more. Click here to view the  Tablet Keeper 2.0 device listing . If you don’t see your tablet listed, email us at info@ziemanproductions.com and we’ll add your electronic device to the listings.

Trace tablet keeper size on paper and cut out a “window.”

Audition the placement. In this example, the embroidery is across the center back. In the above photo, there would not be enough embroidery for the front and back, necessitating a seam at the spine.

Trace the template size on the shirt and then cut it out. Follow the instructions for stitching the pieces together.

There’s more on TV and in the book!

This is just a sneak preview of some of the Sew Techie Covers you can create. All the specifics can be found in the Sewing With Nancy companion book.

 Watch  Sew Techie Covers  (Part One and Part Two)  on Sewing With Nancy  online.

To watch Sewing With Nancy on your iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone, download the app.

Make and embellish a tablet cover of your own, or give one as gift. Here is your chance to win this Clover’s E-Tablet & Paper Tablet Keeper Template set by leaving a comment telling us how many covers you think you’ll make. One winner will be selected randomly and announced on June 25.

Bye for now,

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