iPad cases are SO overrated...

Having now made two iPad cases, this is my sage advice: Spend the $30 and buy one. Don't waste time trying to sew it and figuring out why the heck the laws of physics don't apply to fabric in your home. Just buy a case made by someone who knows what they're doing.

This is my second attempt at the process. "But it looks pretty," you might say.

So. Not. Worth. It.

I had great plans initially. I was going to use this cute quilting fabric, put a layer of solid foam between two fabric bags, and put a zipper in. I was going to write up a tutorial about how to do it.

And then the cursing started.

I failed to realize in the initial plans that to fit the foam and make the whole thing snug enough to actually protect the iPad (silly me for wanting it to be more than just cute!), the two bags would have to be different sizes. And they wouldn't line up. And thus a zipper could not be added.

Lots of swearing involved by the time I figured all of that out.

So this is how we have it now: no zipper, and the inner core is merely tacked to the foam and the outer core. There is a band and Velcro to keep it shut, and overall, it's still fairly well padded. I feel like a Bad Person for using fabric glue to attach the band to the case, but by that point, the idea of trying to sew Velcro through quilting fabric and one layer of foam by hand was something I just didn't want to do.

But it still serves its purpose.

And eventually, when I get the spare cash, I'm so buying a "real" case from Vera Bradley.