How to Sew a Sewing Machine Cover - Pattern and Assembly 

I'm so glad you love your new dust cover :)

Yes it will. An option would be to add 1/2 inch to that measurement and then cut it in half and then flip one side so it will be pointed in the right direction on both sides. The extra 1/2 inch is to account for the added seam allowance. You only have to add it to the fabric that needs to be cut for the largest pattern piece and only for the outside unless the inside is also directional.

Great idea; using actual fleece would never have occured to me.

You've made a convincing argument.

Your comment made me smile. My Mom's sewing scissors were sacred, and we children dared not touch them. I treat my scissors the same,

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yes that was a very expensive mistake my husband made, lol .... he bought me new fabric scissors and now always asks which ones are for paper

I just read tour comment about your labs, I know what you mean about the hair, I had a dog that was only part lab, and the amount of hair was insane, noe I have a border collie/ Siberian husky mix, and the hair is even worse, and it does get on/in the machine.

+Corina Shull yay! I'm glad you're stepping up your game, you can do it! :)

nice! I hope yours turned out nice. please post a pic on our fb wall when you finish :)

i will when i finish

gatt be

yeah, it's a little tricky. You can always hand baste it first to give yourself a guidline.

you can do this with any machine. You just have to measure it. :)

nice! You can post it on our fb wall. I'd love to see how it turned out :)

I used something like pellon 987F fusible fleece

Actually. Good idea. While learning to make patterns is a good skill, in simple cases...one can wing it. ;)

Thanks, you just made my life that bit simpler, your system has worked well for me, thank you!

She did explain that she made a pattern for future use.

thank you. when you make one, please post a picture on our fb wall :)

Verna John son

you can just use a soft fabric like regular fleece as a lining

my mom got it for me from Joann's but it was several years ago. they might not carry it anymore

Cotton fabric

the instructions are only in video from, not written.

@@ProfessorPincushion thanks but it would be very helpful if you had some written instructions

nice! As long as it keeps the dust out then that's all that matters :)

oh no! that's ok. I still use a seam ripper a lot too. In fact, I have several seam rippers. It happens.

I buy mine through amazon. just search for alphanumeric pattern paper. Or if you have an art supply store, you can buy a role of tracing or graph paper

when you do, please post a picture on our fb wall :)

the paper is called alphanumeric pattern paper. I got mine off of amazon but you can google that term to find other vendors. the fabric is from JoAnn's but it was from a few years ago so I don't know if they still carry it.

Professor Pincushion Thank you so much!

+Gia Alvarado I usually buy it online. You can google "alphanumeric pattern paper" here's one option: www.amazon.com/Dotted-Pattern-Paper-45-Inch/dp/B009KCWGKQ

my mom picked it up at JoAnn's but that was a couple of years ago. I don't think it's still available.

My mom actually bought it for me. I think she got it at JoAnn's but it was a few years ago.

Thanks so much for replying! Love your channel and I learn a lot from you!

I picked up mine at JoAnn's. It's in the same section as interfacing

+Alison Janvrin I think my mom picked it up at JoAnn's in the specialty cotton section :)

I have to admit that I have enjoyed watching this tutorial multiple times because of the main fabric pattern. You are lucky your mom has great tastes! A sewing machine cover is one of the first projects I tackled when I bought my sewing machine last year. It didn't turn out great because I used scraps of fabric and kind of quilted it. And, I hadn't sewn in several decades. Now I'm thinking my sewing machine is looking very pitiful, so for its birthday, I'll make it a new cover. It is so great that yours is reversible. I love reversible things! The reverse side can have pockets on the ends of the cover. One thing I think I will do differently is put in zippered pockets. I made my pockets kind of deep, but found that even so, stuff was always falling out of the pockets when I removed the cover. Needless to say, I stopped using the cover a while ago because I was tired of trying to find a new spot for all the stuff that fell out of the pockets. I use a simple old towel for a cover in the interim. Another tip, use the really stiff interfacing, so that the cover will stand up straight on a flat surface. Then you can easily access all the goodies in the pockets whether the cover is on the machine or on the table. I also sewed a loop of fabric to make a handle at the top of the cover. Since I'm already making the cover different than last time, I may use some boning to make the cover stiffer, and the handle will also function to hold the boning in place at the top. While the pockets hold it in place at the bottom. Still in the "thinking" phase, so I'm only hoping this will work as I haven't begun a pattern for this project yet. Your videos always inspire me to revisit old projects and abandoned projects and make them MUCH better. P.S. I still want that Spiegel sewing machine.

You included a lot of good tips. Thanks.

You can, if you want :)

@@ProfessorPincushion I just purchased one, but I'm not positive when it's meant to be used, and when it's not.

My mom picked it up for me a few years ago. Don't know if it's still in print