The Floral Obsession Begins

I’ve traced the start of my crazy obsession with florals back to the making of this little iPad case.  My parents surprised my tech-loving husband with the newest iPad when it came out a few months ago.  Yes, sometimes I wonder who’s their favorite.  Ha!  So, I inherited his old iPad.  And I’ve got to admit, I was more excited to make the case than I was to actually have an iPad.

It’s not perfect, but I sure do love it!  I just grabbed all of my favorite pieces of material in my stash and started ruffling.  It’s a ruffly, floral explosion of girliness.  When I was sewing all the little ruffles I asked Timothy what he thought so far.  ”Ummm … nice?”  The poor guy’s eyes glazed over just looking at it.

He won’t carry it for me unless he makes this face.  It’s pretty awesome.  I just told him to be thankful that I didn’t make the floral ruffles into a cute pillow cover.  Because I so want to.

I made it just like I made my mom’s iPad case, but I kind of free-styled the ruffly flap because there was no way on God’s green earth I am ever going to attempt that zipper installation again.  Unless I change my mind.  I’m a fickle sewer.   I used this tutorial from See Kate Sew for making the bottom ruffle stick out the bottom of the flap.

This is my best Vanna White impression showing you how the flap opens.  I had planned on using those fancy purse magnetic snap things for the enclosure, but velcro was wayyy easier and faster.  And I couldn’t leave my iPad in that hideous black case for one more second.

All in all, I’m really happy with how it turned out!  Of course there are a few things I would change if I were to make it again.  I don’t let anyone look at where I sewed the flap to the case – it’s pretty scary.  But the ruffly floral mess on the front kind of covers a multitude of sins.

So what about you?  Have any of you made your own case?  Do any of you use an iPad?  I really need some help using it for more than just viewing knitting patterns on the road.  Ha!

~Whitney