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Neoprene Laptop Sleeve
======================
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.. 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 <laptop_sleeve.val>` 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 <laptop_sleeve_x200.pdf>`
* :download:`View A, tiled on A4 <laptop_sleeve_x200_tiled.pdf>`
.. only:: not html
* `View A, single page
<https://sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/_downloads/aac84cf7f8cd40941b724ab27bf5087f/laptop_sleeve_x200.pdf>`_
* `View A, tiled on A4
<https://sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/_downloads/5015b22d0ae1c9d1a97195f8a3bff20c/laptop_sleeve_x200_tiled.pdf>`_
Or view B for the Olimex Teres, with measurements 42 cm horizontally and
.. only:: html
* :download:`View B, single page <laptop_sleeve_teres.pdf>`
* :download:`View B, tiled on A4 <laptop_sleeve_teres_tiled.pdf>`
.. only:: not html
* `View B, single page
<https://sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/_downloads/f9b2926acdfa88dd1bb59b3d66b953d7/laptop_sleeve_teres.pdf>`_
* `View B, tiled on A4
<https://sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/_downloads/0c74ff54ef80d14da47db0bd75b883b1/laptop_sleeve_teres_tiled.pdf>`_
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
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