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Quick hack: I made a cover for E-book reader using stapler :) | Quick hack: I made a cover for E-book reader using stapler :) | ||
− | <gallery> | + | It took me an hour, and I had all the materials at home, but they are really easy to find (...mostly Hema). |
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+ | =Step by step instructions= | ||
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+ | What you need is: felt, velcro, stapler, scissors. | ||
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+ | Cut felt to measure: size of E-Book reader + 1cm extra on every side. | ||
Image:cover for ebook reader - 01.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 01.jpg | ||
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+ | Staple the outer corners first, planning to have them as "triangles". I started with 2 staples on each side... | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 02.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 02.jpg | ||
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+ | ... but that was too little so I added 3rd staple. // Cut the "triangles" off. | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 03.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 03.jpg | ||
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+ | Now, add one of the inner corners. Staple on the narrow side of "reader". | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 04.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 04.jpg | ||
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+ | Then fold the cover, and staple from the OUTSIDE of the wide side of the "reader". | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 05.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 05.jpg | ||
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+ | Try if the reader fits in, and adjust by stapling extra here-and-there. | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 06.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 06.jpg | ||
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+ | For the "closing" mechanism: cut the ribbons, and staple them to the end of "flap". | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 07.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 07.jpg | ||
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+ | Cut velcro in pieces that fit the width of ribbons. | ||
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+ | Staple velcro to the "bottom" of the cover. | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 09.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 09.jpg | ||
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+ | Next, staple velcro to the ribbon. Cut the excess of ribbon. | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 10.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 10.jpg | ||
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+ | Add some extra staples, to make velcro more attached to the ribbon. | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 11.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 11.jpg | ||
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+ | This is how it looks finished, from the outside! | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 12.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 12.jpg | ||
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+ | This is the final look, when open. | ||
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Image:cover for ebook reader - 13.jpg | Image:cover for ebook reader - 13.jpg | ||
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+ | Next projects: make the cover using sewing machine & felt; another one from leather; and laptop cover made of lanyards :) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
− | [[ | + | =Related projects= |
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+ | * [[Fifty_Shirts_of_Gray]] | ||
+ | * [[T-shirts_Hacking]] |
Latest revision as of 00:31, 21 December 2013
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Participants | Becha |
Skills | stapling |
Status | Finished |
Niche | Sewing |
Purpose | Fun |
Quick hack: I made a cover for E-book reader using stapler :)
It took me an hour, and I had all the materials at home, but they are really easy to find (...mostly Hema).
Step by step instructions
What you need is: felt, velcro, stapler, scissors.
- Cut felt to measure: size of E-Book reader + 1cm extra on every side.
- Staple the outer corners first, planning to have them as "triangles". I started with 2 staples on each side...
- ... but that was too little so I added 3rd staple. // Cut the "triangles" off.
- Now, add one of the inner corners. Staple on the narrow side of "reader".
- Then fold the cover, and staple from the OUTSIDE of the wide side of the "reader".
- Try if the reader fits in, and adjust by stapling extra here-and-there.
- For the "closing" mechanism: cut the ribbons, and staple them to the end of "flap".
- Cut velcro in pieces that fit the width of ribbons.
- Staple velcro to the "bottom" of the cover.
- Next, staple velcro to the ribbon. Cut the excess of ribbon.
- Add some extra staples, to make velcro more attached to the ribbon.
- This is how it looks finished, from the outside!
- This is the final look, when open.
- Next projects: make the cover using sewing machine & felt; another one from leather; and laptop cover made of lanyards :)