Sewing machine cover and slicer cover

Added Nov 6, 2009

by almatinka

Grayling, Michig...

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Got a remnant from Walmart for a total of $2-3. It was the sort of thing you line shelves with, only rather thick. I came home and realized – surprise! – that I would be able to make a cover not only for my sewing machine, but also for the slicer!!! (Although that second one was used more and more for the breadmachine, so finally I bought more fabric – again a remnant of same sort of material – in order to do the second cover for the kitchen ;-)). The slicer cover is the same as the sewing machine cover (the only difference is that the slicer cover is rectangular on the sides, rather than trapezoid as the sewing machine cover is). But thanks to nikkishell and her technique for a bound pocket I now have a cute little pocket that goes into the built-in handle of the sewing machine, so that I can lift it now while covered and not have the whole cover bunch up, crinkle and so on. The only thing difficult about the whole cover was the corners, since they were not just “outer” or “inner”, but 3D like ;-). But I still think it’s fine!

Material Notes

A remnant from Walmart for a total of $2-3. It was the sort of thing you line shelves with, only rather thick. Thread.

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6 Comments

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    May 31, 2010, 07.09 PMby marloncosta

    I need one of those for my serger. Your came out really nice! How have I never thought of making one for my machine myself? Cleverrr!

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      May 31, 2010, 08.04 PMby almatinka

      Thank you! And… Well, I had to. ;-) You can use any fabric – I’ve seen these done in prequilted fabrics, in regular fabrics, etc. It’s just that it’s so dusty here in my basement, I preferred to use the “oilcloth”-type fabric to be able to wipe the dust off easily. Oh, and by the way, I did make the serger cover by now and tried to figure out the shape of the side panels, but since I only had a remnant of fabric and could not “play around” too much, I made just a regular “box”, so it’s quite loose int he front-top portion. I don’t really care, since it’s not for a fashion-show anyway ;-) But if you keep your serger somewhere where people will see it and want to make the cover look nice you might want to make the side panes irregular-shaped, so that the fabric that goes from front to back “hugs” all the curves and angles of the serger better.

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    Jan 30, 2010, 04.05 PMby gimmeonekiss

    hihi…i’d got the same problem with the corners of a bag i’d done some time ago..but yours look good! :D

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      Jan 30, 2010, 04.49 PMby almatinka

      Thank you! I hope I won’t have to run into that kind of problem for a looong time now. ;-)

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    Nov 9, 2009, 11.41 PMby dieselsgrl

    I like this kind of fabric especially for kitchen items because you can just wipe it off if food or anything gets splashed on it.

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      Nov 10, 2009, 02.57 AMby almatinka

      Exactly! And in the basement all I need to do is shake off the dust every time I get my sewing machine out or also wipe it off with a dry rag and all is ready! :-)
      Thank you!

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    Nov 7, 2009, 02.36 PMby almatinka

    Thank you, ladies!!! It was more a need, than imagination (my sewing stuff is in the basement, so there’s a lot of dust), but I am proud of the result nonetheless. Thank you!

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    Nov 6, 2009, 05.11 PMby strickmeise

    It’s a good and practical thing! I like it a lot, I’ve got some kitchen-machines which need a cover, so I’ll make some. Thank you for the idea!

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    Nov 6, 2009, 03.39 PMby styles

    You are so nifty!!!

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