“Creating means living”
– Dejan Stojanovic

I’ve owned a Kindle for a long time and wanted to make a cover for it myself. I’ve been putting it off for the longest time. Until I made this a few weekends back.

Now, this is a slightly complicated DIY and one of my biggest projects till date. But it was totally worth it! I’m super glad it turned out perfectly – just the way I’d imagined it to 🙂

Things needed

Pieces of cloth (I used the sleeve from one of my mom’s kurtis)
Needle & thread
Foam sheet (one thick and one thinner)
Cardboard (optional)
Paper cutter/knife
Ribbon (to go with the cloth chosen)
One matching button
A pair of scissors
3 Hooks

Steps

First, cut out a piece of cloth four times the size of your Kindle. Then stitch it out on three sides, leaving one of the shorter sides open to make a bag. For my Kindle Paperwhite 6″, I stitched a bag 8″x 10″.

Your Kindle should very easily slide inside the bag sideways.

Now, cut out the foam sheet in a rectangle such that it fits exactly inside the bag. I used a piece 7.5″ x 9.5″.

Next, put your Kindle inside the bag (sideways, as shown above) and using a pen, mark out the exactly the screen size. measurements for Paperwhite : 1″ from the top, 0.75″ from the side, and 2″ from the bottom.

Next, you use a paper cutter to cut out a flap smaller than the square you just made. I left 0.75″ edges on each of the four sides so I could fold them under.

Now take some soft foam. And cut out 4 strips of 0.75″x to fix on the sides of the flaps. You can also use cardboard (it will be sturdier).
Turn the cloth bag inside out and fix the strips on 4 sides as shown below.

Let it dry.

Now turn the bag around (right side out).
We need to make a fastener. Fold and stitch a rectangular strip of the same or a contrast cloth. Attach it at the back of your Kindle cover.

Make a triangle in the front with a button hole in it. Attach a matching button on the front of the cover.

Tip: Alternatively, you can do away with a button and tie a matching ribbon around your cover – to give it a more vintage look. Like those in old fashioned diaries