made a cell case for my wife...

[LederRudi]

...but she doesn't like it. Too much decoration for her taste. So it's mine now and she got my old one to make up for her worn out cheapy thing from which I took the plastic frame.

Nothing earthshaking, I know. But I will impress my friends when I casually whip out my cell.

[Halitech]

Interesting, I would never have thought about making a cover that way

[MasterLeatherCraftsman]

Very Nice!!!

[LederRudi]

Thanks for looking and commenting guys!

Originally I'd wanted to make a double layered copy of the worn out original that covered two sides of the cell with a tab growing out of one side. I'd also wanted to reuse the magnets for closure, but they proved to be too weak. Fed up with the thin stuff and wanting now to make a rustic single layered cover out of 8-9 oz leather and definitely not wanting the the snap to touch the screen I came up with this design that closes the cover on the back side.

[Windrider30]

That is a really cool idea. Wife had a good question how does the phone stay in place as there are no sides to it from what we can see?

Edited April 17, 2016 by Windrider30

[LederRudi]

Thanks Windrider.

The phone is held in place by a slim plastic frame that I simply glued to the leather. This frame also covers the backside of the male part of the snap.

[Windrider30]

cool thanks for that Leder and great idea!!!