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TerryB
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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2011, 11:29:05 PM » |
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That is adorable!! What a great use for an old pair of jeans and a cute Kindle cover!! Some people are so talented... *sigh*
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« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2011, 11:31:33 PM » |
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I love the bluejeans cover! What a great idea. I only wish I could use my jeans for cover.... but just wouldn't work for Kindle or Kindle DX. About the only thing they would work on would be a large flat-screen TV!! Hah!  |
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2011, 05:03:44 AM » |
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That looks great, Manou! But seriously, that has to be from a child's size pair of jeans, right? I agree with Blanche, if I used my own jeans, the case would be way too big for a Kindle. And I like how you incorporated some of that New York fabric in with it. I have so much of that left over from cutting out specific parts, it looks like a jigsaw puzzle.
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2011, 07:36:00 AM » |
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The jeans were a size 26 and didn't fit her for years. She just kept them for sentimental reasons. Thus they were finally discarded and serve now a new purpose  |
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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2011, 08:16:36 AM » |
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Being a person whose sons are probably going to have "Forever In Blue Jeans" played at my funeral.... I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this sleeve! Those of you who have made comments about using your jeans for a big screen TV have me laughing out loud.... and sobbing because it would be true for my jeans. I'm thinking you might be able to find an inexpensive pair of child's jeans at the Goodwill..... it would take an even smaller pair for my K3.
Congrats, manou.... this is awesome!!
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2011, 08:21:18 AM » |
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really cute! But Wow that must have been one tiny bottom |
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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2011, 08:51:11 AM » |
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I am now wrecking my brain on how to use the front part of the jeans...  Hope to come up with something that'll keep the use of the pockets. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2011, 12:08:52 PM » |
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That is absolutely darling.
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« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2011, 10:05:23 PM » |
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I am now wrecking my brain on how to use the front part of the jeans... Hope to come up with something that'll keep the use of the pockets. As creative as you are... I'm sure you'll come up with something soon. I can't get over how much I love this sleeve! |
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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2011, 10:31:32 AM » |
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I am now wrecking my brain on how to use the front part of the jeans... Hope to come up with something that'll keep the use of the pockets. Maybe a piece of velco? A button and toggle? It wouldn't be able to hold much, but pockets just have a way getting filled with something, don't they! I keep wantingthere to be a piece of ribbon to run through the belt loops... |
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« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2011, 02:12:06 PM » |
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So, where did you get the jeans material with the seam down the middle for the front flap? Side seam from a leg possibly?? Is the denim piece with the pockets lined with the NY fabric also? You really put a lot of time into the design of this one. I have a pair of "very skinny jeans" from my post-Weight Watchers days and I measured those back pockets.... and they're double the width that I'd need for my K3. So, I'm thinking it would have to be a pair of child's jeans to make this work.
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« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2011, 03:36:34 PM » |
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So, where did you get the jeans material with the seam down the middle for the front flap? Side seam from a leg possibly?? Is the denim piece with the pockets lined with the NY fabric also? You really put a lot of time into the design of this one. I have a pair of "very skinny jeans" from my post-Weight Watchers days and I measured those back pockets.... and they're double the width that I'd need for my K3. So, I'm thinking it would have to be a pair of child's jeans to make this work.
And it would have to be a very young child's jeans wouldn't it? I noticed the seam on that front pocket too, I agree with you, it must be part of one of the legs of the jeans. In one of her earlier posts she says the jeans were size 26, their sizes must be quite different from ours, because a size 26, ummm, in the U.S. would be quite large  Unless she's talking about waist size 26, but that would still be too big for a kindle case. |
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« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2011, 04:11:22 PM » |
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It's a sleeve for a DX in a Oberon cover - not for a K3 And the size 26 is the waist size, Patricia is right there. The flap at the front is made out of material from the leg, hence the seam in the middle. |
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« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2011, 07:53:08 PM » |
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That is too cute! I love it. And I agree with the kids jeans being needed. Mine would make a good laptop bag!
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« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2011, 08:22:30 PM » |
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Oberon for DX is 11 inches high. The bag would have to be made even larger to cover it.
The back of a size 26 jeans would only be 13 inches wide, so you wouldn't have a lot of fabric left over.
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« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2011, 09:35:27 PM » |
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Oberon for DX is 11 inches high. The bag would have to be made even larger to cover it.
The back of a size 26 jeans would only be 13 inches wide, so you wouldn't have a lot of fabric left over.
I must be confused, because my "very skinny jeans" are a 26" waist in women's jeans (and these are form-fitting - not baggy or loose fit at all)... and the measurement from pocket edge on the left to pocket edge on the right is 16".... and that's not adding the inch or so of material beyond each pocket edge that manou's sleeve shows. My 26" waist jeans would give me about 18" finished measurement for my sleeve which is much bigger than I want. So far I have not been able to find a pair of jeans in my household that is around 11" from pocket edge to pocket edge which is what you'd need so that your pockets aren't wider than your DX. I'm going to head to the Goodwill and thrift shops with my tape measure to see what I can find there. Going to look in the children's section. |
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« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2011, 09:54:05 PM » |
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I must be confused, because my "very skinny jeans" are a 26" waist in women's jeans (and these are form-fitting - not baggy or loose fit at all)... and the measurement from pocket edge on the left to pocket edge on the right is 16".... and that's not adding the inch or so of material beyond each pocket edge that manou's sleeve shows. My 26" waist jeans would give me about 18" finished measurement for my sleeve which is much bigger than I want. So far I have not been able to find a pair of jeans in my household that is around 11" from pocket edge to pocket edge which is what you'd need so that your pockets aren't wider than your DX. I'm going to head to the Goodwill and thrift shops with my tape measure to see what I can find there. Going to look in the children's section.
Oooops, I didn't intend to start a discussion on jeans sizes But yes, the girl I made this particular sleeve for is very small. Clothes sizing in Hong Kong tends to be on the small side too. While I fit into a size S in Europe, I need to buy M or even L here in Hong Kong. Please keep in mind that pocket sizes differ from brand to brand, the pockets on that particular pair of jeans were fairly small (just about 4.25" wide) and the side seam was moved a bit to the front. On my own jeans the pockets are about 5.5" wide - I am wearing 28" - 29" waist size, depending on the brand. I have made K3 sleeve of some of my old jeans - with one pocket only. |
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« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2011, 10:10:19 PM » |
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Oooops, I didn't intend to start a discussion on jeans sizes But yes, the girl I made this particular sleeve for is very small. Clothes sizing in Hong Kong tends to be on the small side too. While I fit into a size S in Europe, I need to buy M or even L here in Hong Kong. Please keep in mind that pocket sizes differ from brand to brand, the pockets on that particular pair of jeans were fairly small (just about 4.25" wide) and the side seam was moved a bit to the front. On my own jeans the pockets are about 5.5" wide - I am wearing 28" - 29" waist size, depending on the brand. I have made K3 sleeve of some of my old jeans - with one pocket only. No, no... discussion is good!! What you said makes good sense.... I'm not going to depend on sizes and just go with measurements only. And, TerryB's suggestion of putting a ribbon through the loops of the waistband sounds so cute too. Pastel polka dots for spring... rusts/oranges/golds for fall... a Christmas ribbon..... the creative options just never end. Makes it so much fun! I actually just knitted and felted a tote using denim and five progressively shaded (blue/lavender into finally a blackberry color) yarns that make pleats. I think a denim sleeve would be perfect to go in the new tote. I was thinking that I could even use the same fabric with the denim for the sleeve that I use for lining the tote.... options..... |
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« Reply #19 on: March 06, 2011, 10:20:01 PM » |
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No, no... discussion is good!! What you said makes good sense.... I'm not going to depend on sizes and just go with measurements only. And, TerryB's suggestion of putting a ribbon through the loops of the waistband sounds so cute too. Pastel polka dots for spring... rusts/oranges/golds for fall... a Christmas ribbon..... the creative options just never end. Makes it so much fun! I actually just knitted and felted a tote using denim and five progressively shaded (blue/lavender into finally a blackberry color) yarns that make pleats. I think a denim sleeve would be perfect to go in the new tote. I was thinking that I could even use the same fabric with the denim for the sleeve that I use for lining the tote.... options.....
The ribbon idea sounds indeed great I am currently trying to turn a front part of some black jeans into a DX sleeve - I used the back of that particular pair to make two K3 covers... |
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« Reply #20 on: March 07, 2011, 05:23:16 AM » |
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Oooops, I didn't intend to start a discussion on jeans sizes But yes, the girl I made this particular sleeve for is very small. Clothes sizing in Hong Kong tends to be on the small side too. While I fit into a size S in Europe, I need to buy M or even L here in Hong Kong. Please keep in mind that pocket sizes differ from brand to brand, the pockets on that particular pair of jeans were fairly small (just about 4.25" wide) and the side seam was moved a bit to the front. On my own jeans the pockets are about 5.5" wide - I am wearing 28" - 29" waist size, depending on the brand. I have made K3 sleeve of some of my old jeans - with one pocket only. Oh I love these kinds of discussions! Gets everyone's creative juices flowing. I love it when people are seeing all these ideas in their minds and thinking about how to make them come to life. I have a 7 yo grandson and a 2 yo granddaughter so I do have access to some small jeans. |
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« Reply #21 on: March 07, 2011, 05:54:03 AM » |
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Wonderful job, that looks great
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« Reply #22 on: March 07, 2011, 07:30:17 AM » |
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And it would have to be a very young child's jeans wouldn't it? I noticed the seam on that front pocket too, I agree with you, it must be part of one of the legs of the jeans. In one of her earlier posts she says the jeans were size 26, their sizes must be quite different from ours, because a size 26, ummm, in the U.S. would be quite large Unless she's talking about waist size 26, but that would still be too big for a kindle case. Actually a 26 in jeans is TINY... don't think I could get my leg into it. |
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« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2011, 08:39:06 AM » |
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Actually a 26 in jeans is TINY... don't think I could get my leg into it.
I agree, a 26 is tiny if you are going by the waist size. But go to Lane Bryant and look at a size 26, very different. |
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« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2011, 01:27:07 PM » |
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That is adorable! I'm heading to Goodwill as soon as I get off work.
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