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I've made a Kindle book style cover.

I'm putting an image heavy

I found a thin bendable plastic sheet, I don't remember where I got this. I cut it out so that it measured 11 X 7 3/4 inches and rounded the corners. I folded it in half, pressed down hard on the edge, then scored it lightly with a blade.

Cut out an outer fabric and a lining measuring 13 X 10 3/4 inches. I quilted the outer fabric using scrap fabric for the backing. I cut my quilt batting in half and lined this up in the middle of the outer fabric so that it wouldn't be so thick at the spine.

I pinned down the edges so that the quilt batting wouldn't move around.

I quilted the fabric starting in the center and working my way to the outer edges. I pressed down on the fabric as I went along to keep it smooth.

Pull all the threads that are on the right side of the outer fabric to the wrong side. Don't cut the threads.

Pin some lace onto the right side of the lining fabric 1/2 inch away from the raw edge, placing the finished edge of the lace facing inward.

Now you're going to place your ribbon and four pieces of 1/8th inch wide elastic (each cut into 4 1/2 inch pieces) also onto the right side of your lining. I placed the Kindle down at this point and played around with where the elastic would work best in the corners.

Place your ribbon half of the way down the edge and pin it under the lace. Pin down the elastic also under the lace. Leave the extreme left ends of the elastic loose for now.

Stitch your lace into place and reinforce all areas where the elastic and ribbon are placed, stitching over back and forth.

Place your Kindle back onto the right side of your lining and determine where the end of the elastic on the left side should be placed.

Pin the elastic down so that the end wraps around to the back of the Kindle. This way, you won't see an unfinished elastic edge while you're reading. Yes, I'm that particular.

Stitch the elastic into place, reinforcing it by stitching back and forth.

Press the lining. By the way, my ribbon doesn't look like ribbon because it's elastic. I later decided that I didn't like it and replaced it with ribbon. If you want to use elastic, go ahead and use elastic instead! Cut a 1/2 inch piece about 13 inches long. Stitch it in as if it were ribbon.

Pin your outer quilted fabric and your lining with right sides together. Pin it together with the lining on top, facing you, so that you can see the stitching from where you sewed your lace into place.

Stitch the seams 1/8th of an inch away from the previous line of stitching. Leave the raw edges of the side where your Kindle will be placed open. This is the edge where your elastic is placed.