The other day I shared photos of a sweet set I made over the weekend, and part of that trio was an iPhone sleeve and a lined zippered pouch. I promised to share tutorials for making the pouch and phone sleeve and today we'll begin with how to...
(I got the original idea from Squidoo and have changed a few things to suit my own requirements)
Firstly, let me assure you that you can use this tutorial to make a cosy for any mobile phone, you just need to adjust the width of my measurements to suit.
You will need your mobile phone, a piece of fabric you love (mine is Japanese linen), and a piece of felt in a colour that blends with your fabric...
I have an iPhone 4 and it measures 2.25 inches wide (6cm) so I cut my felt and fabric 4" x 12" each...
Lay the fabric face down on the felt...
Pin both narrow ends together...
Sew along the ends with a 1/4" seam...
Turn the fabrics right side out and press flat...
Fold in half across the middle, fabric side facing each other...
Sew down both raw edged sides with a 1/4" seam...
Place your phone inside to check how snug it sits.
My cosy was too loose around my phone so I needed to have more taken out of the sides. I stitched two more side seams, 1/4" in from the first seams...
I trimmed the seams back to a scant eighth of an inch, turned the cosy right side out and it fit my phone perfectly.
But I couldn't stop there!
It's the little extras that take simple projects up a notch, don't you think?
By simply threading some red beads with both red and beige Perle #12 threads and tying off the ends with a cute birdcage charm my new little iPhone cosy is ready for use!
These would make excellent gifts, and it only took me 15 minutes from start to finish.
Yesterday Heather, Barb and I met up at Absolute Tea for a morning of sweet and savoury nibbles, and non-stop chatter.
I take much better photos with my camera than my phone so I only have two pics from my phone to show you, but you can see we had delicious fun.
Heather (below) and I had the sweet taster platters which held a macaron, scone, cupcake and chocolate, all of which married perfectly with our delicious Vanilla Chai Lattes...
Barb enjoyed a pot of elegant tea with the savoury taster platter of ribbon sandwiches, quiche, fritatta and herbed sour cream...
I've stolen this photo collage from Heather. She was wise and brought a real camera!
I love the photo she took of Barb and I...
A wonderful morning with special friends.
These days are what memories are made of...
hugs
