Nook Cover & Easel

I made my cover with an extra pocket for the easel. 

What you need for the cover:

3 sheets of felt 9 inches by 12 inches each-color does not matter (only need 2 if you are not making a pocket)
Fabric-3 pieces that are approx 24 inches by 9 inches plus a little extra for flap. (Note, if you are not making an extra pocket, you only need 4 pieces.
1 large button
1 pony tail holder or elastic banding
Thread, sewing machine, scissors
optional: little bit of ribbon

Take your 9x12 pieces of felt and fold them in half:

 

Cut along the folded edge so that you have 6 pieces that are 6 inches by 9 inches.  Set one of the pieces aside. 

Make your sides of your cover (you need 2 if not making a pocket, 3 if you make a pocket).

 

Lay out each piece and fold in half with the "good" side of the fabric on the inside.

 

 

Sew with allowances along the two long sides so that the pocket ends up  7 inches across. 

Turn the pocket inside out and stuff two of the felt pieces inside.  Do this 2 times for a cover,  if you want the extra pocket put only 1 piece of felt in that 3rd pocket and I suggest allowing  a little extra so that it's 7 1/2 or 7 1/4 inches across. Trim excess fabric beyond the allowances.

 

Then stack all three pieces with the open part of the pockets all at the bottom.  You now need to sew along all sides EXCEPT the folded edges opposite your open pocket ends .  It will be easiest if you sew as close to the edges as possible and your felt is centered in each pocket so that you are sewing only through the fabric and not the felt.  If you made the pocket a little bigger, it might be easier if you hand whipstitch the tops together an inch or so to get everything lined up properly. 

 

See where I used a hand whipstitch to line up my pockets?  Also note the very small seam allowance-as small as you can get it.

 

Then turn it all inside out.

 

Take a length of your fabric 8 inches long by 5 1/2 inches.  Fold it in half so it's 8 inches long by 2 3/4 inches wide and sew along the long, 8 inch side, then turn the tube inside out and iron it so that the seam goes down the middle of one side. 

 

 

Insert a piece of felt 5 inches x 2 inches cut from the last piece of felt that was not used inside the pockets.

 

Roll one end of the tube in 1/4 inch sections 3 times over and attach using V stitches by hand into the furthest outside pocket (I recommend sewing into the pocket with only one piece of felt in it) about 1/3 of a way down from the pocket openings.

 

 

Use  a heavy V stitch back and forth over the hair band/elastic and the other end rolled over 3 times 1/4 inch each roll.  If it looks ugly, so a straight stitch over a ribbon to cover it.

 

Fold over your closure flap and figure out where your button should be.  I used one that had the attachment on the back rather than a flat button, it's easier to get the band on, but  a little trickier to sew the button on.  Make a mark where the button should be (about 1/4-1/2 inch down from where the flap ends up when folded over) and sew the button on, making sure to attach it only to the outside pocket by hand with needle and thread.

 

That's it, you are done!

 

 

If you want to make an easel you need some acrylic thick enough to hold up the weight of the nook. I found a sheet of it for $10 at Home Depot in the window section. 

 

You'll also need 4 small hinges and 16 small paper brads as well as a little section of cork 3/4 inch by 6 inches (or another medium that will keep the nook from slipping).  2 skinny sections of ribbon 6 inches long each.

 

You will need a drill with very small and a little bigger bits.

 

This easel will work with the Nook vertical or horizontal.

 

 

 

Cut 3 sections using a plastic cutting tool and directions that come with it so you have 2 pieces  6 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches and one that's 1 inch by 6 1/2 inches.  I also cut a little hole into one of the 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 pieces where the speaker could sit and sound won't be drowned out.

 

Mark where the holes for your hinges will be and using the drill slowly make teeny tiny holes.  Attach the hinges with the paper fasteners, then make a little larger holes and attach your ribbon so that your knots are inside the triangle made by the easel, threading them in between the main part of the easel and the little shelve to put the Nook on to.

 

That's it!  Now you can lean your Nook up on your counter.  It folds up to go in the outside pocket of your Nook Cover. Then your Nook can go into the other side.