Craft Fail....

For my birthday I got a the wonderful gift of a Nook Color E-Reader.  I knew that I wanted to be able to carry this sucker around with me all the time and it not get damaged.  I have seen lots of e-reader cases all over the web.  Well my sewing skills are not wonderful and I didn't want to shell out the money for a pattern so I just made a super simple case and made it up as I went along.  I measured my reader, cut out the fabric, and used some batting for the padding.  I even went so far as to try and do a little quilting to make it a little fancier.  Ummm yeah CRAFT FAIL......

I am really not sure how the fabric shrunk up so much, upon being sewed toghether.  I guess that's what I get for not using "real" measurements.  Stinks too cause I fussy cut so that the skull shapes would be front and center.  *sigh* No clue what to do with this tiny thing but it ain't going to be a Nook holder....

Back to the drawing board.  The second time around I cut the fabric a bit larger, didn't quilt, actually sewed it up a little differently.  I mainly made these changes out of laziness..

But it worked!  It's nothing super fancy and I am kinda sad that the skulls aren't the way I wanted them but it serves it's purpose. 

I still want one of the fancy cases and may splurge and buy myself the pattern one of these days.