From e9dee0fe7e9dd72d9e7bcd5abe46dccd84ccfbe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 20:09:57 +0100 Subject: Neoprene laptop sleeve: new pattern. --- .../cases/neoprene_laptop_sleeve/index.rst | 161 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 161 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/accessories/cases/neoprene_laptop_sleeve/index.rst (limited to 'source/accessories/cases/neoprene_laptop_sleeve/index.rst') diff --git a/source/accessories/cases/neoprene_laptop_sleeve/index.rst b/source/accessories/cases/neoprene_laptop_sleeve/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd82297 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/accessories/cases/neoprene_laptop_sleeve/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +Neoprene Laptop Sleeve +====================== + +.. only:: html + + .. contents:: + +.. figure:: sleeve_teres.jpg + :align: center + :alt: Picture of a red neoprene laptop sleeve, with two overlapping + flaps with rounded edges for closure. + + View A of the sleeve; see the gallery below for a picture of view B. + +A simple neoprene sleeve to protect laptops while carrying them inside +bags, backpacks, etc in two views: A with rounded corners, and B +with straight corners for laptops that are especially pointy. + +It can be sewn by hand or by machine; view B has tight corners and +sewing it by hand is recommended. + +Materials +--------- + +Fabric +^^^^^^ + +* A piece of neoprene about as wide as the laptop and a bit more than + twice as high. + +Notions +^^^^^^^ + +* Strong polyester sewing thread, such as the same one used in the + :ref:`modular_backpack_base`; +* elastic edge binding braid, about 2.5 times the width of the laptop; +* regular sewing polyester thread that matches the braid. + +Pattern +------- + +Measure snugly around the thickest part of the laptop both horizontally +and vertically. + +.. only:: html + + Download the :download:`valentina pattern ` and + enter the measurements in the Variables Table. + +.. only:: not html + + Download the `valentina pattern`_ and enter the measurements in the + Variables Table. + + .. _`valentina pattern`: https://sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/_downloads + +Alternatively, for view A you can draw three rectangles: the base is +half the circumference measurements, the top and bottom front are as +wide as the base and 1/3 and 2/3 its height plus 3 cm respectively. +Round all corners with a radius of 4 cm. + +For view B, make just one rectangle, as big as the three rectangles +above, and round its corners with the same radius. + +You can also download an example pre-rendered pattern of view A for the +Thinkpad X200, whose circumference measurements are 47 cm vertically and +65 cm horizontally. + +.. only:: html + + * :download:`View A, single page ` + * :download:`View A, tiled on A4 ` + +.. only:: not html + + * `View A, single page + `_ + * `View A, tiled on A4 + `_ + +Or view B for the Olimex Teres, with measurements 42 cm horizontally and + +.. only:: html + + * :download:`View B, single page ` + * :download:`View B, tiled on A4 ` + +.. only:: not html + + * `View B, single page + `_ + * `View B, tiled on A4 + `_ + +Instructions +------------ + +All structural seams are done with strong thread by abutting the two +neoprene parts and either using a wide zig-zag stitch on the machine or +with an herringbone stitch on both sides of the fabric if sewing by +hand. + +View A +^^^^^^ + +.. figure:: sewing_a.jpg + :align: center + +Cut parts A, B and C of the pattern in the neoprene. + +Carefully align part C to the side of part A and sew the side, bottom +and other side, starting and ending just below the rounded corner of +part C. Push the neoprene to keep it aligned when going around the +corners. + +Do the same to part B, sewing the side, top and other side to the base +A. + +View B +^^^^^^ + +.. figure:: sewing_b.jpg + :align: center + +Fold up the bottom part of the neoprene on the marked line, sew the +sides starting from the bottom and going up until just below the rounded +corner. + +Do the same to the top part of the neoprene. + +Both views: edge binding +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. figure:: binding_front.jpg + :align: center + +Starting from the center of the bottom flap, cover the raw neoprene edge +with binding braid and either topstitch it down by machine or, +recommended for best results, whipstitch it by hand on both sides, using +regular sewing thread in either case and going carefully around the +corners where the flaps and base meet. + +.. figure:: binding_corner.jpg + :align: center + +Gallery +------- + +.. figure:: sleeve_teres_open.jpg + :align: center + :alt: Picture of a red neoprene laptop sleeve, partially open with a + laptop visible inside. + +.. figure:: sleeve_x200.jpg + :align: center + :alt: Picture of a red neoprene laptop sleeve, with rounder corners + and currently empty. + +.. figure:: parts_view_a.jpg + :align: center + -- cgit v1.2.3