I carry around an obscene amount of technology in my commuter bag on my way to and from work.  Typically, I have my smartphone, a work-provided Macbook Air, Nintendo 3DS, Kindle, and also a 10-inch Android tablet from time to time.

My tablet did not have a carrying case, so to keep it from getting dinged up in my commuter bag I’ve been wrapping it in T-shirts and other less-than-optimal things.

I have a carrying sleeve I made for my Macbook Air about a year ago. It does the job, but I made a crucial mistake in design; it opens from the side rather than the top, so it always slides out of the sleeve when inside my commuter bag.

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I recently found a great, super-cheap set of earbud headphones from Amazon to listen to.  They sound better than the half-dozen sets of  iPod earphones I have lying around from every Apple gadget I’ve ever purchased.

Recently Brian from the BrianSews! blog put a great earbud case tutorial on YouTube.  He was inspired by an idea off Pinterest, but adapted the construction method to make it easy for the children in his sewing classes. His method doesn’t require any precision cutting or placement of fabric; you just snip some oversized pieces of fabric, and baste them all down into a single layer before doing the precision stitching (sewing in a circle). Continue reading →