A Little Sewing Project.

This Christmas it was Kindle readers all around in our family. Husband, Son in law, Sister in law and Daughter all got one! I don't read enough to make one worthwhile for me. I do listen to audiobooks though and find it a very convenient way of 'reading'. Anyway, that is degressing from the point of my post. My DD decided that she wanted a cover for hers so she chose some lovely butterfly fabric and got all the little beads out of mothballs and began her project. She got quite a way and then discovered that she had sewn the wrong butterfly! She was devastated and defeated. She threw it on the table and said 'blow it'! (no she didn't!) In fairness she was struggling with sleep deprivation (her 17 mo son is still waking through the night for a suckle) a headache and stomach cramps SO I offered to finish it for her. It was actually quite fun to do. I haven't done any beading for ages (which is probably quite apparent from the finished product).
Anyway I thought you may like to see it.

Here is the padded 'envelope' Kindle Cover. 

If anyone is interested I will post a pictorial 'how to' hopefully in the next couple of days. This will be for the making of the little envelope, not the beading.
I made one for DH too but didn't bother to photograph it. It is very 'blokey' and boring, just as he ordered it to be! ;o) They are simply for storage to stop the screens from getting scratched.

The Kindle in the pic is too big for this cover, just in case you were wondering. But it shows you what I'm talking about. The Kindle simply slips into the 'envelope' cover and the flap buttons shut.

So there we are; a tiny project but so nice to get something pretty done so quickly. The cover measures about 5" x 7". I was surprised at how quick the beading is to do and as I said good fun too!