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Here’s a product that not only protects your laptop in a carry-on when you travel (or tote your laptop to the local coffee shop), but also evokes a smile when you pull it out of your bag. Laptop covers by crafty seamstress Cathy Moore of etsy.com’s fernfiddlehead shop come in whimsical, upbeat, colorful cotton prints. Their design is simple, clean and durable — just my style.

Sleeve for a 15-inch laptop.

Laptop covers by fernfiddlehead come in three different styles: an open-topped sleeve, an envelope-like case and a zippered pouch. I emailed Cathy and told her I liked the idea of easy accessibility that would come with a simple sleeve, so I sent her the dimensions of my 15-inch Dell laptop (I have a bulky extra battery, so I wanted to make sure her standard 15-inch size would fit), and she sent me a custom cover in a pretty, linen sage green exterior complemented by a red, blue, orange and green flower print inside. In between the two layers of fabric, poly batting provides plenty of cushion.

I used my laptop sleeve on the go this past weekend when I flew to Park City, Utah. I tucked my protected Dell into my Briggs & Riley tote, where it felt ultra-secure and protected by plenty of padding. I liked having a classy-looking sleeve to cover my laptop when I left it in my hotel room — again, it just felt nice and cushioned when tucked in a chest of drawers (yes, I know I probably should have found the safe). Other sleeves I’ve used are boring, stretchy black wetsuit-like material. These laptop covers are fun.

This 13-inch laptop envelope case closes with a beige hemp string wound between two buttons.

If you buy a standard sleeve off the etsy.com site it’s $21; any custom work, add an additional $5 to the base size. And there are plenty of standard sizes and styles available — for Macbooks and 10-inch “mini laptops”  too. Note that the material used in these covers does not stretch to fit (i.e. you don’t want to order too small), so if you do have any questions about sizing, you can contact Cathy through the etsy.com site. She responded to my inquiries quickly. You can also return items, preferably within 10 days.

Overall these covers are quite feminine, but a couple of patterns I see on the site are sort-of manly — one is a print of white old-fashioned cars on a black background (still, not sporty enough for my husband to want to use). I think any of fernfiddlehead’s gadget covers — note she also makes iPod pockets and e-reader pouches — would make excellent Mother’s Day gifts.