LONG STRIP TABLET COVER.
This one for my wife’s tablet.
Had acquired this sweet coloured leather
from my vendor. Something had to be
made, but it was a very intriguing piece of leather, this one. The colour and temper is rather soft and
subtle. Rather unsuitable for robust looking products. At the same time,
leather being leather it is made to withstand some very serious pressures of
life. It was lying around for a while.
My wife’s tab was coverless for a
while but nothing was striking my mind. There was this morning when I happened
to be gazing at this piece and the picture of a tab cover kind of began forming
in my mind. A bit more of giving it a look and the picture was completed with a
nice twist in the tale (or head in this case).
The leather is quite longish, and
the idea was to create the cover in one full, single, strong and continuous
piece. One end of the leather had this cut which we get in almost all full
pieces. The idea was to convert that part into a closing flap while the rest of
the piece would take care of the tablet itself. The item being intended for my
wife, a colourful button was searched out from the house supplies and used to
add some more splash of colour. But not so much as to kill the original
sweetness.
Hand stitched using a red thread
(the colour theme kept alive!) from two sides, with the flap coming down to
close the cover and secured by the wooden art button, the feeling is to exude
subtle and understated happiness. A sense of lively calm and security.
Again, leather being leather, it is robust enough to take on
the elements and is therefore not a dandy piece of work. It looks sweet and
subtle, but is a strong workhorse.
Should be able to do many functions, long after the tab is
retired.
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