Remember the teaser picture I shared with you based on my monthly crafty challenge last month? Well now I am very happy to say I have finished the idea that came to me during the last week of May, which was a set of 4 covers based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
I was mainly inspired by some cushion covers I had seen at comic con the weekend before, and I pointed them out to Ben who dutifully said "You could make those". Of course this is not necessarily in the spirit of supporting fellow crafters in making their living in a craft they love, but I do not intend to sell these, and I was thinking of sharing a tutorial to make these but decided not to for the same reason. So I hope you won't mind!
I was mainly inspired by some cushion covers I had seen at comic con the weekend before, and I pointed them out to Ben who dutifully said "You could make those". Of course this is not necessarily in the spirit of supporting fellow crafters in making their living in a craft they love, but I do not intend to sell these, and I was thinking of sharing a tutorial to make these but decided not to for the same reason. So I hope you won't mind!
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here are the 3 electronics' cases open so you can see the (expertly) sewn flaps with velcro fastening |
I really love how all of these cases match so easily, achieved through the minimalist but distinctive design that (I hope) clearly denotes these guys as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They were all very easy to make once I had the basic design worked out, and pieces were cut out free hand, pinned together and sewn using a machine. Initially I used a stick on velcro strip which didn't hold at all. I tried to sew it into place but the glue bunged up my needle on my machine, causing me to change it twice! I switched to a sew-friendly velcro and everything was fine in the end.
They aren't quite perfect - which comes from cutting out pieces free-hand and only pinning into place - but I am extremely pleased with how they have turned out. My room has that extra cowabunga touch to it now, as will my bag if ever I need to take the gadgets out and about.
Hope you like them as much as I do!

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