Edited to add this great tip from Paula:
"Additional note to your great tute, dry your rice by heating the oven-250 degrees, spreading the rice on a cookie sheet, turn off oven and leave the pan for half an hour. That way the rice won't absorb moisture. Especially if used in the kitchen for the cookbook prop."
Awhile back I showed an Ipad rest that I had made so my husband would stop yelling at me for hunching over it.
I said I'd make a tutorial and never did. You know how that goes right? Well, this morning Amanda and a few other Twitter girlfriends (yes, we are all kind of dating) were talking about it. Since my old one is so dirty and well, just plain gross (all my recipes are on it so it lives in the kitchen around food a lot.) I thought it might be a good time to make a new one with instructions. This is very photo heavy-just sayin.
Start with two pieces of home dec or laminated cotton cut at 7' by 11"
Sew 1/4" along the sides with the fabric pretty to pretty. Making sure to leave a 1" opening for filling.
Turn out and press.
Match side seams.
Measure 1" from raw edge, then 2" from 1st pin, then 1" from 3rd pin
Draw a line from side to side were your pins where (I used a chalk pen)
Sew down chalk lines-add stitches in-between the two 1" lines. Leave 1" opening on 1st line for filling
Fill the 2" opening with rice. Fill it FULL this is what keeps your Ipad up. Stitch close with a zipper foot.
Your stitches will not be perfect. It's okay. Really. It is. (Go slow and be careful not
to sew over any of the rice!)
Fill up the main part. I suggest using a funnel. I didn't the first time. Also, I added some essential oils, now my space smells like a spa. It's nice! Eucalyptus and Geranium.
Once it's nice and full, hand stitch it closed. (I used a blind stitch-truely it will only take like five minutes.)
Last thing to complete are the raw edges. The last time I made this I just trimmed and hit it with a super tight zigzag. If I had a serger, I'd do that. Do what works for you.
This time around, I just tucked them under and did a top stitch.
You are done! Enjoy and I hope this helps your neck and back!
awesome. I MAY even get my sewing machine out to make one of these.....
ReplyDeletethat is very clever! I don't have an i-pad but I'm thinking a larger one might come in handy for a cookbook instead. Really cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this tutorial. Will have to make one of these. Or two.
ReplyDeleteI know I'm late to the party, sorry.
ReplyDeleteAdditional note to your great tute, dry your rice by heating the oven-250 degrees, spreading the rice on a cookie sheet, turn off oven and leave the pan for half an hour. That way the rice won't absorb moisture. Especially if used in the kitchen for the cookbook prop.
Very cool, thank you. BTW, I take it the measurements are meant to be 7" x 11" not 7' x 11" (or you just have a very long, narrow iPad ;o) )
ReplyDeleteThank you! I ran right down and made one :) My little boys watch Netflix on the IPad all the time and they have already used it for longer than it took me to make it! (Which isn't saying much because it was very fast to make)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am already enjoying the benefits of not having to hold the IPad while my boys watch cartoons :)
ReplyDeleteI've made these for the past year--I love them! I do mine a bit different--I sew the bottom up and then fill it and add the stitching lines ...but I like how you do it;) THANKS for sharing!
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OH--I forgot to say that I also add lavender in my rice mixture. Sometimes I use flax seed too:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great tutorial! Going to make right away! Do you know about how much rice you used?
ReplyDeleteGenius Status! Love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat and straightforward -- whipped this up (a hair smaller since my tablet is a bit smaller) in hardly any time at all last night! Unfortunately I didn't have a funnel--- defintely need to get one!
ReplyDeleteCrunch... crunch -- this is me walking in the rice I spilled all over the floor of my sewing area. Back to the grocery store. I'm guessing it takes about 2# of rice.
ReplyDeleteOh no!!! I've done that several times Maybe doing it over a bowl would help?
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