My Tablet Fits

Last Saturday I failed at making a zippered bag to hold my tablet.  This past Monday, I was successful.

This time I went slow and closely followed the tutorial from 'N Stitches Designs.   I cut new fabric, oriented in portrait mode, so I could use my short green zipper.  Using that zipper with a bag in landscape mode was what caused my previous failure.

Now my tablet fits into the zippered bag with room to spare, and the zippered bag fits into my new tote bag.

 

The outside fabric is on both sides, like it's supposed to be.  This time I quilted both sides the same - vertical bands of stitching in green and pink thread, overlaid with intersecting large curves - one green, one pink.

The inside stayed on the inside, just like it should.

The topstitching and completely finished interior (no raw edges) makes for a pretty bag.  Now that I know what I'm doing, I'm going to make a more advanced one.  I've seen tutorials that do cool things with the zipper closure and tab.  The only trouble is I can't remember where I've seen them.

The other thing I'd like to try to improve on is the sides of the zipper where the seam lines are.  When you turn the bag inside out, those top corners are rounded.  I wonder if there's a way to make them more square.  Maybe if it wasn't full of batting and quilting, it wouldn't be so round.  Something to strive for, some day.