I bring to your attention a short description of how to sew a felt phone case with a retractable ribbon.
Everything is fast and simple:
1. Cut out 4 identical parts from felt to fit the phone(for Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, this is 8x12.8 cm - this is with allowances). Do not forget to measure not only the length, width, but also the thickness of the phone, and also leave room for an allowance - about 3 mm each.
The first and fourth parts are the outer sides of the case (front and back). The second and third details are, let's say, the lining.
Why do you need a lining? Firstly, one layer of felt is not enough - the cover does not hold its shape well, it turns out to be too thin (my felt is about 1 mm thick), and secondly, a ribbon will hide between the lining and the outer sides.
2. If necessary, we perform the application on the first detail. When stitching, the parts will be located like this:
3. We take parts 2 and 3, and cut rectangular holes in them. In part No. 2, we cut one hole at a distance of 8 cm from the top edge of the part. We cut two holes in part No. 3: one - at a distance of 8 cm from the upper edge of the part (the same as in part No. 2), the second - at a distance of 4 cm from the upper edge. The length of the hole = the width of your ribbon + a little more so that the ribbon moves freely. The width of the hole is a couple of millimeters.
Along the perimeter of each hole in part No. 3, stepping back a couple of millimeters, we lay a line.
If the holes turned out to be sloppy (like mine), do not be upset, they are absolutely invisible (it’s dark and scary inside the case).
It turns out like this:
4. Cut off the ribbon- 18 centimeters long. Ribbon length = the length of your cover + the distance from the bottom hole on parts No. 2 or No. 3 to the bottom of the part + 1 cm for the hem. Bend the edge of the ribbon and hem.
Sew the ribbon to part number 2. We sew it right above the hole to that side of part No. 2 that will be adjacent to part No. 1 (that is, to the side that will not be visible if you look into the case), at the same time we sew a line along the perimeter of the hole. We pass the ribbon through the hole. Like this:
To visualize how the ribbon will move, we thread it into part No. 3:
5. We sew the upper sides of parts No. 1 and No. 2 with a seam for applique. Repeat the same with parts #3 and #4. In parts No. 3 and No. 4 sewn together, at a distance of 2.5 cm from the edge, we make a rectangular hole, exactly the same as already done in parts No. 2 and No. 3. We lay a line around the perimeter (that is, parts No. 3 and No. 4 are sewn at the hole). You need to try and make this hole neat :) you can see it well, this is the outer back side.
Felt is a natural material that is created by felting the fluff or pile of rabbits and the waste of various furs, sometimes even with an admixture of synthetics. This fabric is now very popular among craftswomen. It is very easy to work with it, it does not crumble and has a dense soft structure. This fabric is perfect for sewing felt products from it with your own hands for various gadgets.
Do-it-yourself felt cases will create not only a protective function (the material is very delicate and a little dense, which helps protect your phones from scratches and other damage), but also an aesthetic part (the cases come out very colorful, cute and unusual). Now we will analyze a couple of master classes on how to sew cases with your own hands for phones, tablets or headphones.
Make a light and soft felt case for your phone. Sewing such a product does not take much time and will save your mobile phone from bumps and scratches.
For work we need the following materials:
- Felt of different colors - one medium-sized piece for the orange-colored cover itself and 3-5 colored pieces (green, beige, brown, purple) small size to create an application.
- Sharp scissors and glue.
- Mouline thread, needle, pencil.
Let's first go to creating a pattern. We apply the mobile phone to a piece of paper and circle it along the contours. To this value we add three centimeters for allowances. The thicker the mobile phone, the more allowances we create. We drag the resulting pattern from paper to the material and cut out two identical parts. After that, we go to creating an application- we make a beautiful kitten on the cover.
Let's draw an image of a cat on paper, then create a silhouette pattern on felt and cut it out. For the application, we also cut out beige eyes and a nose. Brown color, then glue with our glue and then stitch. We embroider the ears and mouth with floss threads. Glue the finished application to one particle of the cover and sew it.
If you want, you can sew interesting hearts or buttons to the cover. It all depends on your imagination and tastes. Then we fold two particles of the cover and sew the floss threads to match the tone with a special seam. Unusual and stylish case made by hand.
Gallery: felt phone cases (25 photos)
DIY tablet case
The tablet is considered no less fashionable gadget than a mobile phone. You can just take it with you instead of a laptop, but it is very vulnerable to scratches and bumps. To avoid such troubles, we will make a felt case for the tablet.
Equipment and materials that we need:
- Felt for the cover itself and for decoration of a different color.
- Lining material or thin felt,
- Velcro ribbon.
- Needle and thread of a certain color.
We create patterns on a piece of paper from the tablet and then transfer them to the fabric. Cut out two similar parts. We create the same patterns from the lining material, but less by 0.5 cm. We will also cut out a small rectangular detail for the fastener. At this stage, you can make any application on the product: sew on buttons or create a cat, a dog or hearts from felt, here everything is decided by your imagination. Then we fold the lining fabric and felt inside with the front side and sew on one side.
Let's take care of the clasp felt: fold the created pattern in half and sew along the edges or sew with a needle with a buttonhole. After that, we sew one Velcro particle from one edge, and sew the second part of the Velcro onto one of the sides of our cover. Sew the opposite particle of the latch to the second side of the cover. We fold the made blank with felt inside and sew all 3 sides. We turn the finished case and try on new clothes.
Another important thing at the moment is case holder for headphones. Finally, you can forget about their constant unraveling and breakage in parts of creases and folds. A very funny do-it-yourself felt case will turn out in the form of an interesting cat with a long tongue.
To work, we need the following:
- material, red, white, black,
- Cardboard.
- Normal button.
Print or draw your own patterns our cover on a piece of paper of the size we need. Material gray color cut out two blanks of the seal, from red - two blanks of the tongue. We also create a blank for a pattern from cardboard, but a little less than a pattern from gray material. We mark the place on the gray pattern where the tongue will join, and create a slot, overcast it with black threads. Then we insert a completely stitched and turned out tongue and sew it into the place where there is a slot of the cat's tongue.
Decorate the face of a cat: attach the eyes of black and white material, nose. We sew one button particle to the back of the tongue, and the second part to the cat's body. Let's close and check how the folded wire from the headphones fits there. We put all the details together, the cardboard should be in the center, and we sew along the edges with a machine or manually with a special seam. So our headphone case is made of felt in the form of a chic cat.
How to make a key holder out of leather
It is very easy to sew a key case yourself. Let's analyze the sewing option, in which leather key holder will be zipped. To do this, we prepare a piece of skin. It can be artificial, or you can cut a natural key holder from the tops of old boots or a handbag. You also need cotton materials for lining, a 17-18 cm zipper and a carabiner.
Front cover patterns, you need to measure the longest key in the bundle. Then we give approximate designations, look at our sizes. From the skin we cut out a detail in the form of a square with sides of sixteen cm. From the lining material, we will prepare a detail 16 by 19 centimeters.
To sew in a zipper, we fold the leather piece in front of us inside out, put the zipper with the front side to the square and the lining material (19 centimeters) inside out, attaching the upper sections of all elements. The lining after stitching should extend 1.5 cm beyond 2 edges. After that, we attach the lower sections of the skin and fabric with the second zipper particle and sew.
Turn our case inside out and lay the lines to the edge, attach the skin to the zipper from the front side. Next, you need to lay out the part in front of you so that the leather side is inside, and the zipper is in the center of the part. We sew open sections, retreating from the edge by two centimeters, slightly unzipping the zipper.
We attach a carabiner to the key strap and put it in a case next to the zipper. Bend the allowances on both sides and sew, grabbing the strap. Let's turn it inside out and admire - the housekeeper is made of leather with our own hands!
In the 21st century it is difficult to imagine life without modern gadgets, mobile phones, tablet PCs and so on. On this you can base a good idea for the implementation of your own business. For example, by organizing the sewing of felt covers with your own hands, which is capable of generating more than 1000 percent of net profit from each product.
It's no secret that accessories become an opportunity to express oneself along with a purely practical function. A vivid example of this is cases for phones and tablet PCs, cameras.
We are accustomed to the fact that such products are made of leather, leatherette and other materials, but recently felt has burst into fashion, practical and easy to use. From it, if desired, each craftswoman can create attractive covers for sale.
Figure 1 Felt bag
As for the area itself, there will always be demand for covers in the era of practicality. To verify the veracity of these words, you can analyze the queries of Internet users in search engines, say, in Yandex:
Figure 2 Search "grid" for the query "Phone Cases"
You can see already at the very first request “Phone Cases”, that there are a lot of variations of the introduction to the search line. People are interested in products of the designated category, which means you can find your place in the sun in the market.
It should be noted the obvious advantages of this material, regardless of cost, since it is not electrostatic, remarkably passes air (“breathes”), protecting the device from damage, but without overheating.
Figure 3 Your pussy would buy...
Plus, felt has other advantages, for example, natural for any natural hair a cuticle that will stretch as much as necessary for a comfortable fit of the device (if we are talking about natural felt, not synthetic). Finally, let's add durability here.
Detailing
Before drawing up a detailed business plan, it is worth deciding what to produce in general, since the range of felt products is more than extensive. In this post, we will be looking at:
- Cases for cameras.
- Cases for smartphones.
- Cases for tablets.
This list can be expanded, for example, by sewing bags, belts and other accessories, but for detailed coverage of the essence, you should narrow your search as much as possible.
Figure 4 Case for cameras made of multi-colored felt
The advantage of this method of earning is the convenience of working with the material, as well as its availability. We bring to your attention the idea of earning money based on the development and individual tailoring with step-by-step calculations and recommendations.
The target audience
Speaking of the target audience, we mean people who are ready to shop for such a product, that is, felt cases. With detailed monitoring of the market, we can confidently speak about the versatility and ambiguity of the niche. Why? The thing is that you can also meet serious, even elite projects, in which the case looks like a truly work of art and costs accordingly. A more common option is funny and cute little things that young girls and women especially like, which help in creating a bright and relaxed look.
Figure 5 Funny phone case
Figure 6 More expensive option for serious people
To make it easier to work, let's make an approximate portrait of our target audience:
Figure 7 Another example of a felt phone case
If you look at the examples presented in the article, you will see that almost all of them are bright and creative, so to speak, “with charisma”. The most important thing is that the products are extremely easy to sew, and the manufacturing technology is not a big secret. A little desire and imagination is enough.
Figure 8 My phone rang...
Necessary materials and tools
Naturally, a case for any gadget can be made in different techniques. If we talk about the idea itself, then felt with threads is quite enough, but you can additionally decorate the product with leather, suede - whatever. We consider in the publication a self-sufficient option made of felt (felt), more than affordable.
- To get started, we need several kits (you can start with one) to debug production and think over the concept.
- You should also take care of the availability of colored threads for sewing. By the way, often when working with felt they don’t even use machines, since all seams are done manually, but this is not a prerequisite.
There are no more essential tools, except, of course, a needle, so it remains to purchase a set of sheet felt *, and you can “set off”! As has been repeatedly noted, the cost of the material is affordable, and everyone can afford such a start-up capital. For your convenience, we have collected statistics on the cost of felt in several stores:
*Please note that the thickness of the felt may vary. It is better not to use sheet felt that is too thin, since the product will ultimately be impractical.
A brief note on start-up capital
If we consider the proposed positions, then the very first set is more attractive for a start, then you can already replenish stocks as needed. What do we see? Starting capital to start tailoring is 125 rubles. Let's throw another 200 rubles for the purchase of threads of different colors. So we can start with 325 (and this is still exaggerated) rubles.
Manufacturing technology
You can say that I don’t know how to sew, but if you figure it out, you can see that there is nothing complicated in this matter:
Figure 9 Basic parameters required for sewing a cover
Figuratively speaking, anyone can build a pattern, knowing the parameters of the device:
Figure 10 Cover pattern
Benefit analysis
Now it is important to evaluate the potential of the idea and analyze the price of similar products in order to understand what cost to put on the product, and what is the benefit of the manufacturer! To solve this problem, we monitored several commodity items in online stores, determined the cost, and then made a comparison:
Let's calculate the average cost of one product, abstracting from the details (the model of the device for which the case is intended):
(300+1920+507+1099+300):5= 4126:5=825,2
Objectively, to create 1 case for a phone, 1 sheet (dimensional parameter) is required, for a tablet PC - 2 sheets.
Phone cases made of felt. Selection for inspiration
Thus, the cost of a cover for a phone is 12 rubles (at the rate of 125:10 to get the price for 1 sheet of felt), for a tablet PC - 24 rubles.
Calculating profit is easy. Let's take the maximum figure of 24 rubles. Let's imagine that you decide to sell your products at the minimum "tax" found on the Internet - 300 rubles. Only at such a margin, when selling the simplest goods in terms of technology, you get 276 rubles of net profit, in percentage terms - 1150%. Is such a business profitable? Definitely!
Note:
- It takes half an hour to make a simple model (very hard)
- When decor is added, the cost of the product and the time of its manufacture will naturally increase, in direct proportion to its aesthetic and practical value.
Summing up
We have considered an attractive way of earning money for many people, not only for women. This niche is just beginning to develop rapidly, and thanks to the Internet, you can loudly declare yourself. Even not unpretentious covers can make good money by competently organizing an advertising campaign, communicating with potential buyers in in social networks and offline.
If you want to start doing something, open your own business, but there is no start-up capital as such, then remember that you can start even with 1 sheet of felt!
Questions and answers on the topic
No questions have been asked for the material yet, you have the opportunity to be the first to do so
Your phone is still without “clothes” - or old case disliked? Be that as it may, you can always set aside a minute for needlework to make a cute and simple felt phone case for yourself or as a gift.
Working with felt is a real pleasure. It is soft and pleasant to the touch, holds its shape well and perfectly protects the phone from scuffs, scratches and light blows. A little free time, a minimum of materials and a maximum of imagination - and in your hands - a beautiful, neat product that you will be happy to use.
To sew a felt phone case with your own hands, you will need:
felt of two colors, in our case - pink and white;
hot glue;
glue "Moment Crystal";
stationery knife;
floss pink or any other;
semi-beads "under pearls";
pencil;
Felt phone case: job description
We measure our phone and calculate the size of the felt strips, which will serve as the basis for making a felt case. To do this, add 2-3 centimeters to the width of the phone for free use, and multiply its length by 2 and add the same 3 centimeters. For example, your phone has dimensions of 6x10 cm. This means that the dimensions of the inner white strip will be as follows:
6 plus 2-3 cm = 8-9 cm (band width)
10x2+3=23 cm (strip length).
The width of the pink stripe is half a centimeter larger than that of the white one; the length of pink is 1 cm longer than that of white. Those. for our hypothetical calculation, you need to cut 2 strips: white with dimensions of 8x23 cm and pink with dimensions of 8.5x24 cm.
The pink felt is the outside and the white felt is the inside.
Deciding where to be front side on pink felt. We make an indent from the edge of 3 cm and make cuts with a clerical knife. There will be 6 slots in total with an interval of 1 cm. They should be of such a size that the felt thread passes freely through them.
Cut a strip of white felt up to 20 cm long and 3 mm wide.
We begin to very carefully thread the felt thread through the holes from the back. The ends should be hidden on the wrong side, and the thread itself should be fixed in the middle.
On the reverse side, we fix the ends with Moment glue.
Tie a simple knot in front.
Now glue the inside and outside of the cover. We apply spot glue "Moment" on wrong side pink felt, and first we put white felt exactly along one edge only to the middle. Since the width of the white felt is smaller than the pink one, we put it in such a way that the indents on both sides are the same.
The top edges of both strips must be aligned.
We make rounded corners at the top of the phone case.
Decorative seams look very nice on felt. We fasten the edges of the cover with a looped seam. We start at one end at the fold, moving to the other. We hide the knot inside between the layers. If you sew floss with threads, then it is better to connect four at once and cut off as many threads as to be enough for the entire perimeter of the cover.
By sewing with a buttonhole, we hide the white layer of felt inside.
When we reach the place where the rounding of the corner begins, we sew, without interruption, only the first layer of two colors.
Having reached the place where the second rounded corner ends, we begin to sew all the layers again.
The remaining unsewn part is stitched separately. We also hide the knot inside.
Here we have such a phone case made of felt.
You can decorate it with a heart. Let's make templates of hearts from paper and cut them out of felt.
Glue two hearts different sizes on top of each other with hot glue. Additionally decorate with half beads.
As you can see, sewing a felt phone case with your own hands is quite simple! Use with pleasure and look to us for brand new master classes.
Antonina Mazur specially for the site
Today it is difficult to find a person who does not have a mobile phone. These little helpers have firmly entered our lives, and are not going to leave it in the near future. In order for the phone to serve for a long time, it must be protected. When buying, we are offered to purchase an additional phone case. But I, for example, never liked those works of design thought that are presented in stores.
I wanted something original, different from the same type of products. And the way out was found! I started sewing felt covers. A few years ago, decorative felt appeared on the market. This greatly expanded the possibilities for those who like to do something with their own hands. In addition, thanks to the special properties of this fabric, even an inexperienced person can easily create an exclusive accessory.
So let's get started.
You will need colored felt, scissors, ruler, thread, needle, mobile phone.
Select several sheets of colored felt 1-1.5 mm thick.
To get the perfect fit for your case, measure your phone. It is necessary to take measurements of the length, width and height of the device. I got the following data: length - 12 cm, width - 6 cm, height - 0.5 cm.
Write down the measurements, they will be useful to us later.
Now you need to decide on the application on the product. As a material, felt is good because it does not crumble. You can work with it like paper. Cut with scissors and sew or glue to the surface. Using this property, you can easily embody any of your drawings in felt. However, to begin with, I recommend practicing on simple applications.
I chose hearts. It is necessary to cut 3 hearts of different sizes from felt bright colors. First you need to make a pattern on paper and attach to the felt.
Then cut out hearts from felt. The scissors must be sharp enough.
Now cut out two identical rectangles from red felt. The dimensions of the rectangles are equal to the dimensions of the phone plus half a centimeter on each side for seams. That is, in my case, one rectangle has dimensions of 13cm * 7cm. Do not forget about the height of the phone, it will also take on some of the fabric. But do not add too much material to the seams. Otherwise, the phone will not stay in the case.
Now let's sew the hearts to the cover. We will sew with contrasting threads so that the seam is visible. In this case, it will be noticeable that this handwork. Of course, you can take threads to match, but the effect will be completely different. In general, you choose, because this is the creation of your hands.
I took orange threads, contrasting for the color of the case, but matching in color with one of the hearts.
We place the largest heart on one of the triangles and sew the appliqué to the fabric.
