“Trip to the South Seas” - Protective i-Pad Cover! designed and created by Anna Hergert ©2011 A simple quilted project that may be completed in one afternoon. Materials: ! - Feature cotton fabric for the outside cover - Lining fabric - Strip of bias cut fabric - Batting of your choice - Timtex - Threads of your choice - Small piece of Peel&Stick vinyl or freezer paper - Shiva or Markal fabric paintstick, stencil brush Tools: - Janome Horizon 7700 - Dual feed foot AD - Convertible free motion quilting foot QB-H - Hand sewing needle & thimble - Craft knife - Cutting mat, ruler and rotary cutter - Iron and pressing surface Method: 1. Cut feature fabric for the outside cover 17” w x 11” h 2. Cut lining fabric for the inside 17” w x 11” h 3. Cut Timtex 7 1/2” w x 9 3/4” h twice 4.Cut batting 17” w c 11” h 5. Cut a bias strip of contrasting fabric 51” l x 2 1/2” w 6. Use Peel&Stick vinyl or freezer paper to create a template. Use motif of your choice! 7. Peel off protective paper from the back of the template or press freezer paper template the the fabric. Apply oil stick to the template and brush onto the fabric with a small stencil brush. Let cure for at least one hour. Press fabric from the back to fix. 8. Assemble the individual components as follows: - Lining fabric - Timtex - Batting - Front cover fabric 9. Choose your threads, wind bobbin and insert into the bobbin case. 10. Engage the automatic plate converter or switch to a straight stitch needle plate. 11. Switch your foot to the dual feed foot or walking foot and proceed to stitch several lines to indicate the spine, about 1” wide. Note: You will only stitch through lining, batting and top fabric. Timtex will be positioned on either side of the spine. 12. Change to the free motion foot and outline the stenciled motifs on the front cover. Filling in the inside of the motif with stitching is optional! 13. Once all motifs have been outlined with free motion stitching fill in the background of the front with quilting lines of your choice. Continue quilting on the back. Quilting the cover is quick and soon you will be ready to finish the iPad cover. 14. Press the bias strip fabric in half. Stitch it to the outside edge of the iPad cover by machine using the dual feed foot and hand stitch the binding neatly to the inside of the cover. 15. Continue to attach the binding first by machine and finish by hand. Enjoy your designer iPad cover! >>>>> Each one is an original, especially if you use hand-dyed fabrics! A great gift idea! These instructions may be modified for smaller tablets and e-readers. Hope you enjoy this free pattern. Drop me a line if you have questions: [email protected] www.annahergert.com