Laptop Case

this project was quite the endeavor. my wife needed a laptop sleeve so she could take her computer to class with her on wednesday nights, and i offered to make her one. this was actually a collaboration! she made the interior liner, with batting to pad the laptop, and i made a shell and sewed the liner into it.

it was a stylistic choice to use a raw edge on the flap of the main compartment, the small outer compartment was a mock-raw edge.

this is another instance where i went without a pattern, although i don't know that one would have helped me much anyway. having to adjust the width and the depth of the seams (i.e. the amount of leather that went into the pocket of the liner) so that the leather wrapped around the fabric enough was tricky and i don't think i would have been able to plan ahead for it.

all told, i am really happy with the way it turned out, and my wife is as well! the front pocket is big enough for her mouse, which is an accidental win, if only just. the interior is intentionally oversized in case she wants to carry a notebook or something inside it as well.