Practical Sewing: Laptop Cover

This is my new laptop cover! 

No pattern, I just used the laptop to chalk out the shape, add 1/2 inch seam allowance and cut out the rest of the materials.  

It consists of three layers, from left to right, the black and light blue materials are for sewing ironing board covers.  The black became the interior fabric, the blue was the padding material and the red canvas became the outer fabric. 

There was just one glitch along the way. The partial loss of a fingernail that became stuck in the thread guide.  Yes, that hurt.  But once the finger was cleaned, bandaged, iced, stopped throbbing and the fingernail removed from the sewing machine, it was back to work.  Luckily, there was not much left to finish at that point.  

The Stats

Fabric:  0.5 metres of each layer

Zipper:  22 inch regular

Additional Tools & Supplies:  Cutting table, scissors, tailor's chalk, thread clippers, threads, sewing machine, serger, regular zipper foot, walking foot, screw driver, Fray Check, Polysporin wound care, bandages, ice pack, Tylenol and a Chai tea latte.  

Happy Sewing!