This iPad stand, wedge or bean bag is very easy to make. They’re perfect as Christmas or birthday gifts.
This is a beginner sewing project.
Video: How to make an iPad stand or beanbag
Watch this 3 minute video tutorial and learn how easy it is to make a tablet holder:
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Materials
1/2 yard of fabric
decorative button
polyfill
rice, beans, a stone or some other weight for stability (optional)
cardboard base template (optional)
Download
iPad cardboard base (pdf). The base can be adjusted to the final width of the tablet stand.
Make the tablet stand using the leg of a pair of jeans
This tablet stand is even easier to make as some of the sewing is already done! Just cut the pants below the knee, close the tube, fill it with some stuffing and you’re basically done!
Win my heart is a quick and easy quilt pattern for confident beginners and above.
The quilt can be made scrappy, like the one on the cover of the pattern, or in coordinated fabrics. Check out the video for other colour schemes.
Have a look at the quilt
Watch a short video on the quilt:
Quilt details
5 quilt sizes: Mini, throw, twin, queen and king.
Block finished size: 7 ½” H x 6 ½” W.
Two block designs: Block A and Block B.
Quilt technique: the cutting instructions include directions for fast cutting using a 60° ruler. A 60° ruler template is provided as well as templates for traditional piecing.
Printing: When printing the paper templates make sure your printer is set to print at 100%. Use the 1” square in page 2 of the ruler template as a guide.
Skill level: Confident beginner / intermediate.
Seam allowances are ¼”.
The width of fabric (WOF) for the purpose of this pattern is 42”.
Bonus: links to relevant video tutorials, 60° ruler template, quilt colouring page.
RosieJCB who named her version of the quilt “Into the Heart of Australia”;
Kathy Brukman;
Kate, with her “Gonna Teal Your Heart Away” quilt which uses teal as the base colour, the colour of the OCA. Kate will donate the quilt to OCA. She added an extra strip to make it a bit larger. Check out her photos of the quilt in her blog.
