Smartphone case with your own hands from the skin: a step-by-step master class

One of my acquaintances recently decided to update my battered phone and bought a pink cheholchik, which I personally liked very much for its simplicity. And I thought: "I wonder how to make a cover for a smartphone with my own hands?".

I think each of us came across the fact that screens of mobile phones are too quickly scratched because of contact with the keys or coins that are always scattered on the bottom of the bag. And do not want to give a lot of money for a leather case. But, fortunately there is a way out: you can sew a leather cover of a book with your hands for a smartphone and do not spend a penny, if, for example, ripping an old and useless leather bag.

Just look at these photos:

In my opinion, the cover-book will require a lot more skills when working with the skin, so it would not be bad to begin to sew a simple cover on a smartphone from the skin with your own hands. I decided on the following model:

Getting started, let's define the necessary tools for work:

• Piece of leather
• Sewing machine and sewing thread
• Scissors
• Attachment for installing eyelets and buttons
• Two fasteners

Work progress:

First cut carefullya piece of skin in 2 parts.

Please note that one part should be flush with the width of the phone plus a small allowance so that the smartphone is quietly placed in the case. And the second piece of skin should be 2.5 times smaller than the width of the device. So, for example, for Iphone 5, I cut one piece of skin 6.5 cm wide, and the second - 16 cm. Please note that the length of the cover should also slightly exceed the length of the phone. I made the length of the cover almost 20 cm.

Gently trim all the edges to make the pieces look presentable.

Now we smoothly move towards the sewing machine and begin to stitch our parts. If you have experience in sewing - perfectly, you do not need my help. If you are new to this case, then follow my prompts or ask for help from my mother. In case there is no sewing machine at hand, it does not matter - sew the parts by hand, so the case will look more exclusive.

A small piece of leather should be placed almost in the middle of a relatively larger piece. To accurately determine its location, you need to measure the width of the smartphone. The result is put from below a larger piece of skin and get a "bottom" of the future pocket. At this point we need to sew a small detail to the big one.

In the next step, we bend the bottom edge of the main part so that the edge of the large part is flush with the edge of the top section of the pocket. Gently grind our workpiece on the sides and stitch out the side cuts. It looks like this:

Align the side edges of the cover by cutting off the unnecessary allowances.

Now go to the creation of holes for future buckles. Armed with a press for eyelets, make two holes on the top section of the main part of the cover. Try to perform this part of the work as neatly as possible, otherwise after fastening the cover will look not very presentable.

Here is the result of the boot of the future cover:

And now we are almost at the finish. We close the cover and make marks on the inside for future fasteners. It turns out like this:

After that, again make two holes.

It's not hard to guess that we'll put the fasteners in the holes we got.

And this step will be the final step in creating a new case for the phone. Admire this beauty:

Now if you are again visited by an exciting question: "how to make a case for a smartphone with your own hands?", The answer will already be ready in advance.

By the way, the very last step: do not forget to show off your creation to your friends, who bought their covers for crazy money. Your man-made version is sure to eclipse even the super heaped case for the phone. Enjoy the creativity! Finally watch the video.