I decided to run myself up a sewing machine cover, as I really dislike the white plastic sleeve that came with the machine. It doesn't look nice and it hardly encourages me to cover the machine when not in use and so dust has been collecting (naughty me).
I pulled out some check material I had bought to recover my ironing board - a super quick, easy job. I simply pulled off the old one, cut around it as a template and then sewed the new cover onto the old one by folding the edge over and sewing along the inside of the pull cord so that the cord was still free and was able to still pull tight underneath.
Anyhow, I used that as a lining and pulled out two lovely fat quarters for the outer cover. Patterns that would somehow convert the sewing machine into an attractive object d'art.......well almost!
I measured up the sides and length and width of the old plastic cover and used that as a template for the cutting of the new one, so the base length I cut about 16 inches with an extra 7 inches either side for the side panels. The height came out at 12 inches with another 5 inches for the top panel.
I sewed up the long sides first and then the top edges - I did this from the inside and then I turned the material the right way around and ran over every edge to give it a little more form when it sits on the machine. It certainly makes me remember to cover the machine when not in use now and that corner of my room is a little more interesting than before.
So the wee ones are needing entertaining now - but my toddler has decided she needs mummy to sew her toy iron a cover now too - how cute is that!
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