Laptop Bag - Tutorial

I bought myself a new computer - a MacBook Pro 13" laptop.

Of course a laptop is far more useful if you can carry it around safely - hence a laptop bag is required.

But I didn't really want to spend MORE money - or be the same as everybody else - so I decided to design and make one myself.

It has three internal padded sections, a front pocket,

and a back pocket with flap.

 Want to see how?

Jeans Refashion

I really don't like waste, so my sons have many pairs of trousers/shorts with patches, replaced elastic or drawstrings.  This set though had already been patched twice (and I do an inside patch as well as an outside one), and appeared beyond rescue.  Until I realised that the pants section was intact.

Pretty far gone.

 So I cut the legs off - making sure they were level of course.

Psychodelic Grey

 Made some wide binding - about 10cm before folding.  Pinned it to cover the raw edges & stitched it on.

The finished shorts.

L7 liked the transformation of his trousers and wore them the next day.  I rather like them too.
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Book Cover

At the last meeting of my quilt group one member showed a cover she had made for a note book.
It was really lovely, and very artistic (she does more textile art now than traditional quilting), and inspired me to make one to cover & protect my 2012 Permaculture Diary, which was already getting a bit ratty from being carried around everywhere.
So - here it is.

Front cover (rear is the same) is actually all one fabric

Do you like the Piggy Pocket?

A vertical pocket inside the rear cover, and if you look closely you can see the striped pen loop.

I made one fairly major error - I only measured the diary open and therefore didn't have enough give when I needed to close it.  I had to cut the cover in half and add a different fabric spine (the green & fawn stripe).
It actually improved the aesthetics as well as the function, but I won't make the same mistake again.

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Welcome

I decided to separate my blogging into two distinct areas - Gardening and Environment and related topics over on ravsrecreations.blogspot.com, and my craft pursuits (sewing, knitting, embroidery, refashioning & repurposing etc) here.  I'm hoping this makes it easier for people to find what they are looking for, and more interesting to those of you who have an interest in the one but not the other.
So - welcome to Ravs Creations - I look forward to conversing with you.