I won a set of five “Sew Inspired” Kokka fabrics from Pink Chalk Fabric’s weekly newsletter giveaway. I knew right away that I wanted to make a cover out of them for my sewing machine…I mean, come on, it’s perfect…sewing machines, scissors, buttons, dress forms… I used a great free tutorial from Spool.
Fabrics – Since I was working with three of the fat quarters that I got, I decided to make things interesting and use the large print blue and the large print red colorways split in half (the back of the cover looks the same as the front). I used the third fat quarter for the sides of the cover. After I sewed the front two pieces together, I sewed two lines of decorative stitches down the front, like I did for the Amy Butler Origami Bags. On the designer’s blog, they mentioned that they made their covers with canvas material; two of the fat quarters that I used were mid-weight quilting cotton and one was canvas, so the two that were lighter-weight I stabilized with fusible woven interfacing.
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| Decorative stitching down the front of the cover. |
Pattern Pieces – There are 3 different shapes to cut from the fabrics, based on measurements in the illustrations. Two of them are rectangular pieces, and the third is almost a pyramid shape, which is easy enough to cut (I just drew mine on the fabric, but you could also put it down on paper first).
Illustrations/Instructions – I found this pattern simple enough. There were no color pictures or illustrations except for the cutting instructions. I thought this was adequate to get the project completed.
The instructions mention that you should just sew the top to the front and back, and then sew on each side. I thought it might be helpful to add that when sewing on the sides, it’s easier if you begin sewing the side onto the top piece. Start and stop 1/2″ from each end. This makes it easier to rotate the side toward the front and back panels and and then finish sewing the sides on. This is a minor detail, but if you haven’t sewn on a box-type corner like this before, you might find it useful.
Conclusion – Great tutorial, simple project for any level of sewing. This would make a great cover for your own machine, or a quick gift for a sewing friend.
P.S. I’m sharing this project for Modern Monday, Fabric Tuesday, and Sew and Tell Friday!
Oooh I love it!! Love how you combined the fabrics, it works great! And i like the topstitch detail. Is it sitting over a hard cover or directly over your machine? I have a hard cover but must make something like this to pretty it up.
That’s so adorable! Thanks for the extra construction tips!
That fabric is perfect! I should probably make myself one of these. I try to be good & keep the plastic cover that came with mine on to help fight the dust, but a cute, colorful cover might make me remember a little more, plus it’ll take up less space when it isn’t on the machine.
So inspiring! I am in the process of figuring out how I want my sewing machine cover to look – thank for this, and for your review of the pattern/tutorial!
So cute, I love the fabrics!
This is so great! I have bookmarked this pattern and can’t wait to make one! 🙂 Thanks for linking up to {Sew} Modern Monday, have a wonderful week!
Oh my goodness! That is the cutest fabric ever. Perfect item to make with it too. That turned out great.
It’s beautiful! I’ve never seen this fabric before, but I love it!
Michelle
What a perfect cover for a sewing machine! Congratulations for winning so beautiful fabrics!
Sunny wishes!