My machine has been in need of a cover since the day I bought it. I’ve just been draping whatever fabric that’s been laying around over it waiting for this sewing machine cover pattern to come out by Bloom. Isn’t it lovely? What a nice job she did.
It might seem ironic that someone that writes directions simply doesn’t follow them. You could view it as my improvisational nature at work or that I am an optimist when it comes to good outcomes.
I just decided to make the first sample a gift knowing the recipient will not see the little imperfections that would drive me batty (you didn’t read that Lotta).
- The first direction I didn’t follow (and suggest you do) was to make sure my printer was to scale. Whoops, as you can see the bottom doesn’t quite reach the table because I had to cut the front and back to match the sides.
- Second, I didn’t really follow the supply list. I’m not a lover of fusible anything. If I have to use it I fuse it to muslin and then baste it in. So I skipped the fusible and added batting with a thick canvas as backing and quilted it.
- Third, I also like thick canvas over stabilizers, so that’s what I went with.
- Fourth, see her awesome patchwork in the instructions up there? I’m too lazy to cut (60) 2″ squares and sew them together so I cut the panel as one strip.
- That ribbon sure is cute…I don’t hand sew…I serged the inside and turned the bottom under so I didn’t have to do a lining….get the point…I’m lazy.
I will say I loved the pattern. I’m doing another today, with the right measurements and for my own machine. I think I’ll even use the same fabrics, but with the same lazy technique.
Hope you are having a nice, cozy, LAZY Sunday.
Not so Lazy! you actually made one 🙂 looks good too
Thanks for the positive spin!
It looks really cute. I need to get busy making one of those.
dust is BAD.
I love it! I have a hard cover for my sewing machine, but I may have to sew one of these just for aesthetics in my studio, would be sooo much cuter than my hard cover.
We are having a lazy Sunday too, enjoy! See you soon! xo
in vanilla milkshake color with some fab print.
Yep! I am the same. Love writing directions but can’t follow other people’s to save my life.
Your cover turned out pretty good though!!
Oh Katie, this so made me laugh! Especially the photo – sort of like the skirt that I didn’t quite have enough fabric for, but I made it anyway and is now just that bit too short to cover my bottom! Your cover looks great – you have made it yours. Glad to see the piping worked. Thanks for the lovely comments about my pattern and for the laugh along the way. I am way too guilty of exactly the same pattern-improvising habit! I am only glad that you actually purchased my pattern as a springboard for your impressive creativity. I think you would have been fine all on your lonesome! Best wishes, Ros x
Well done, Katie! And I like the random straight line quilting. Thanks for sending me over to Bloom. I’d never visited there before!
It sounds just how I would follow a pattern like that. While I am diligent about following quilt patterns I mess around with other things. I was already thinking I might make a hole in the top to pull the handle through. Can’t wait to see the next version.
I love this cover so much. I bought the magazine that had the pattern, and I want to make the other things she designed that coordinate.
Fusibles freak me out. So you just used batting and canvas? I didn’t understand what you said about canvas and stabilizers. Did you just mean batting and canvas? Apparently the word “fusible” makes my eyes cross and brain glaze over and I can’t understand anything that is written after that…
Last, I have had a serger since December. It is sitting on the floor in my sewing room because just looking at the four different needles that need to be threaded also freak me out. Please tell me it’s easier than it looks….
I only use three needles on my serger…once you know how to thread it it is less intimidating. Go get some classes, who you bought it from should offer you help.
So as far as the cover, just make a quilt. Piece the top/middle panel together, then make your quilt sandwich with heavy canvas as the backing. The more you quilt the better for holding its shape. I recommend not extending the piping the last half inch on each end/side so that when you turn the bottom under to serge and hem it, it isn’t such a pain. Let me know if you have anymore questions.