For those of you who are lucky to find a laptop/notebook sleeve for an average sized- laptop you are lucky!
My new laptop is a Dell 15.6 inches, and it’s wider than the average 15″ notebook sleeves you can purchase at any retail store.  Any sleeve that I did find was just over my budget.

So I decided to get crafty and become my own designer!
With pen and paper handy to write my measurements down, I measured the area of my laptop and added a 1″ allowance.  Not only this enabled me to pull my laptop out of the sleeve but it allowed me to insert it back with ease.
I picked the fabric I wanted and according to my measurements cut two panels.  I cheated a little and used the padding from my old laptop sleeve since I couldn’t use it anymore (My old sleeve was made for 13 inch laptops).  I sewed the padding onto the inside of my panels and completed the project by adding the velcro band.

I love the way my new laptop sleeve came out!

New Laptop Sleeve

You can visit eHow website for detailed instructions at
http://www.ehow.com/how_4965527_design-own-laptop-sleeve.html