Kidproofing the Kindle: A DIY Kindle Fire Cover

My husband got a Kindle Fire this past Christmas, and ever since then he’s been tempting fate with it by leaving it around naked (no cover)! I’d been meaning to make a cover for it for awhile but when I accidentally dropped a brush on it over the weekend I thought it was time to get going on that little project. Last year I made a Kindle cover that was more like a book jacket, but since his needs to be protected when he’s not using it I designed his cover as more of a padded pouch.

His only request was that I not make it “too girly” so I looked through my fabric stash to see what I could use and came up with a navy blue fabric for the outside and a cream-colored fleece (from our little guy’s old sleep sack) for the inside.

I measured and cut the fabric by laying the Kindle on top – two blue and two fleece panels. I then added a little embellishment on one of the blue panels – an embroidered heart with our initials inside. I was worried that was crossing the “girly” line, but he likes it so it’s okay!

 

Next I pinned the panels together (one cover piece + one lining piece) wrong sides out and sewed them together on both long sides and one short side. Then I trimmed each piece close to the hem.

 Once the panels were sewn together I pinned the two pieces (front and back) together wrong sides out and sewed them together on the long sides and across the top, then turned the whole thing right side out (notice that the bottom of both the front and back pieces are still open at this point).

 

I cut stiff pieces of cardboard to fit each panel, then slid the cardboard pieces between the cover and lining of both the front and back panels, pinned the openings closed and hand stitched them shut.

 

Finally I finished it off with some adhesive velcro to help keep the Kindle in it’s place when it’s stored in the cover.