Here is a fun little project I did for my sister... it was her idea when she spotted a pillow cover she liked at IKEA. Then all it took was a layer of batting and felt quilted all together. The pillow cover already had a zipper at one end, which made it easy.
Order of operations:
1. Cut pillow cover to laptop's size, remembering to leave enough for seam allowance. Put the zipper* where needed before cutting. It's easier to quilt if you cut all existing seams (save for the zipper, of course) off the pillow cover. You now have two rectangles of fabric held together by the zipper.
2. Cut batting and felt to fit each rectangle of the pillow cover.
3. Layer batting on wrong side of pillow cover, then layer felt on top of batting and pin in place. Do this for both sides of pillow cover.
4. On one side, quilt all layers together in desired pattern. I did simple straight lines several inches apart. Repeat for other side.
5. Put the right sides of the pillow cover together, pin, and sew around the three open sides. Be sure to have the zipper halfway open or so before sewing!
6. Bind the seam by serging or sewing a tight zig-zag stitch around the raw edges.
7. Turn inside-out and you're done!
*This will only work with a plastic zipper that can be cut, not an old-school metal one. Pretty much all zippers on new pillow covers will be plastic, though.
