Thrift Flip: Quilted Pillowcase to Padded Laptop Cover & Kindle Sleeve

After following tutorials and creating my own Makeup Travel Pouches, I decided to make my own Kindle sleeve and laptop cover! I used the leftover fabric from the pillowcases I purchased at the thrift store which was pre-quilted with padding. 

Kindle Sleeve Materials:

  • Fabric
  • Lining
  • Bias Tape

Kindle Sleeve Steps:

  1. Lay your kindle on your fabric and measure 3 times the width of your kindle
  2. For the envelope shape shown in my picture, trim the final ⅓ of the fabric into a triangle
  3. Cut out the same shape for your lining
  4. With wrong sides together, top stitch around the entire outline
  5. Add bias tape to the straight end of the sleeve
  6. Fold the end of the sleeve (with bias tape) to line up to ⅔ of the fabric with the lining on the outside (main fabric on the inside)
    • If you are creating an envelope shape, the end should line up to the base of the triangle portion
  7. Stitch along the two sides
  8. Flip the pouch portion you just created inside out
  9. Add bias tape around the triangle portion to enclose the seam
  10. Measure and cut your preferred length of bias tape to create the sleeve tie
  11. Sew the bias tape closed
  12. Top stitch the bias tape to the back of the sleeve
  13. Done!

Laptop Cover Materials:

  • Fabric
  • Lining
  • Zipper ( I used a smaller zipper a little longer than the length of my laptop, but feel free to use a longer zipper to accommodate the width)

Laptop Cover Steps:

  1. Lay your laptop on the fabric to measure your preferred cover size (don’t forget to add enough for seam allowance
  2. Cut 2 pieces of fabric and 2 lining that match your measurement 
  3. Sew the zipper to the fabric and lining 
  4. Matching the fabric together, sew along the edges
  5. Repeat for the lining, but leave a 5” gap at the end
  6. Turn the laptop cover inside out
  7. Top stitch the 5” gap in the lining closed
  8. Done!

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