How to Make a Sewing Machine Cover
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Learn how to custom make your own sewing machine cover! In this video I teach you how to take the measurements needed and translate them onto fabric to create a cute cover for your machine. This is a great beginner project and requires only a few materials to create! All you need is the fabric of your choice, fusible fleece (or batting/felt) and a coordinating thread.
Fabric used in this tutorial is from the Jay McCarroll Habitat line for FreeSpirit: freespiritfabri...
Supplies:
fabric of your choice- can be solid or pieced
Pellon Fusible Fleece (or batting/felt)
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rotary cutter: craftygemini.c...
cutting mat: craftygemini.c...
pins
sewing machine: craftygemini.c...
coordinating thread
iron (my favorite irons: • Best Irons for Sewing ... )
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Measuring/ cutting requirements:
Measure the length, width and height of your sewing machine and write those numbers down. If the measurement is close to the next inch measurement up, go ahead and round it up. This will help you account for your seam allowance.
1. Take your length measurement and add 1".
2. Then calculate your height + width + height measurement. In other words, the height measurement x 2 + width.
The measurements you end up with in steps 1 & 2 are the length and width measurements of the large fabric piece you need to cut for your cover.
Then you will need 2 side panel pieces that measure height x width of your machine.
Also cut 3 corresponding pieces of Pellon Fusible Fleece to match your fabric pieces.
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I love the little helper hands in the video :)
I searched TH-cam and found this, exactly what I needed. Thank you Vanessa!!
Congrats on your new machine. I'm sure there are a few ways to do it. I would probably do it after the cover is done. measure on your machine where exactly the opening should be located on all sides. Transfer those measurements to your cover. Stitch around it maybe witha zig zag stitch and then cut out the opening so your edges are already zig zagged, or finish it with some seam binding or something if you don't like that look. I'm using a Janome 11542 in the video. Thanks for watching.
Love the little hands helping!!! Thanks!
This has video is the only one I’ve seen so far that helps me to understand how to sew a dust cover. Thank you for explaining and showing how you sew each corner of the dust cover. A lot of videos don’t go into detail about that.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video. For a whole at the top I recommend making the whole cover first and then place it over your machine and make some rough marks of where you want the opening to begin & end. Stitch with a zig zag a little outside your marking lines and then cut it out. That's a real simple way to make it. Hope that helps.
I know 12 years pass but I finally figured out how to make my 3 dust cover for my machines thanks to you. Wonderful just what I needed thanks again 🤗☺😄
loved making this cover. I did improvise and made a slit in the top for the handle so i could not just cover my machine but also carry it to quilt night at my local quilt shop. Thanks for all the great videos and ideas.
Commenting all the way from N Ireland! Thank you so much for your videos they are brilliant and so helpful for an amateur:)
I like the way you walk us through it, and explain it ; your instructions are easy to follow, you explain it plainly, and step by step. Thank you.
i really liked this video, i am going to make this for all 6 of my sewing machines
Thanks Vanessa. we love your tuitorials. softly spoken makes it so much nicer to listen.
I hope all your family is well. love lily
I absolutely loved this video. Being a beginner I found It so easy for me to understand. You explained things simply and thoroughly at the same time.
Thank you so much!!!
Glad to hear it! I have hundreds of other beginner friendly tutorials on this channel. Check them out! Happy sewing! 🧵 ✂️
Thank you, thank you!! I watched other ppl making a cover and they made it look so difficult to sew with several different steps. Yours is very simple and your instructions were very clear.....now,I am going to make one.
Hello, and thank you so much for posting this video. I have used it twice. Once to make a cover for my sowingmashine, and once for making a cover for my Kenwood foodproccesor. Your Language is very articulative, and it makes you easy to understand. With love from Lena, Stavanger, Norway
I didn’t need anything but exactly what you showed, mostly because I’m limited on time. And using the different fabrics was super sensible. I’m visiting my daughter and she still had the cheap manufactured one. Starting right now, A million thanks.
Thank you for this detailed tutorial! I’m excited to use your method to make covers for all of my machines, including my serger and embroidery machines.
I just purchased a new larger embroidery/sewing machine that came with a heavy, stiff cover. I was looking on TH-cam for a video on how to make a custom cover and saw several options, but when I saw that you had a video, I said, "bingo" that's the one I'm going to use! I've been a fan of your sewing videos for awhile and of course, your FB page. I'm going to give this a try!
THANK YOU FOR LEAVING THESE UP!!!
Thank you!! never made a box shape for anything but a dog rescue group asked me to make crate covers and this is a great start.
I was looking for a simple tutorial for making a sewing machine cover, I am still very new to using a machine, yours was the easiest to follow and i cant wait to have a go.
I look forward to seeing more things i can make using your tutorials.
you're so professional, clear & concise! love it!
Love how you used scrap pieces. Zero waste. Got a new machine (upgraded) and this will help keep it clean.
I've just made this and decorated it with bias binding that I've embroider with a decorative stitch. This is my second project ever - my first was the tissue holder! I'm enjoying myself so much. Your videos are brilliant... Thank you.
Oh, Thank You, so very much---I needed a cover for the new machine I received---this is so easy---need easy--have not sewn in over 45 years---You are so informative--
Wow. I was scratching my head this morning on how to make a cover for my sewing and serger machine- it was a gift from my awesome husband! Thank you for this tutorial. I am going to try this and surely post it on fb. Thanks!
Great tutorial. As a new sewer I really need all the steps broken down. I appreciated how you included your calculations so that I could modify for my sewing machine's dimensions.
I have watched this tutorial all through and have the fabric ready to go tomorrow. Thank you for another brilliant video.
Great tutorial. Short and to the point. I am going to whip up 3 for me and a few for friends. Thank you for sharing your talent!!
You speak so clearly and in simple terms. Great video.
Love how you showed us how to turn & fold the fabric in order to clip the sides to the main piece.
LOVE your tutorials! You are such an excellent teacher! Thank you so much for sharing all these wonderful "how tos".
Ty for the tutorial on how to cover my machine. I have had my machine for about 4 years now but just recently using it and learning how to many projects.
Lol i got my sewing maching as a gift from my grown children. I didnt take it out of the box for about five years cuz i never learned how to use a sewing machine. I finally took the leap n now i cant stand to not have my sewing machine around me always😀
I love all your tutorials. You are very easy to understand. Thanks for all you do for others. Happy Sewing
This was such a great tutorial! I watched yours first, then unfortunately tried to watch a few others. Yours is by far the best: quick and to the point; on-screen text to explain dimensions; your voiceover rather than talking while filming. Thanks so much for sharing, I will be making one of my own!
The best how to sew a machine cover. I made mines today and it turned out perfect. Thank you!
Your video just popped up on my TH-cam feed today. I have been watching several others in order to make a simple cover for my machine. I tried making one using fat quarters - what a mistake! Your video by far is the best one I've watched; your explanations are simple and to the point and easy to follow as you show how it's done. This is exactly the sort of cover I wanted to make. Glad I am a subscriber.
I'm a beginning sewer. It was a treat to make a cover for my sewing machine. Thank you. I learned SO much. I also added a muslin backing. It was fun to quilt for the first time and I finally used bias tape. Your use of the word "accommodate" gave me the courage I needed. Thanks so much. I would send you a photo of the finished project if I knew how. Sob.
+Nancy Solomon Hi Nancy! I'm so glad to hear that you gave this project a go and made a cover for your machine! Go you! You should be very proud. You can post pics on my Facebook page: facebook.com/craftygemini
ur awesome all d best
Well... this is honestly only my second or third ever completed sewing project. I guess you could say I am a beginning beginner. I love your tutorials. They are fun, quick, and simple enough for even the most inexperienced sewer. Thank you so much for posting these videos. They are wonderful and easy to follow. please keep them coming.
I just finished my sewing machine cover and I love it! So easy and took me about 2 hours!!! Thank you for sharing your skills!
I love the little fingers in the tutorial! Anyway, years after you posted this, I was looking for a variation of the machine covers I usually make. This was really nice. What I did differently is create a curved edge at the top part of the side panels, and this made the sewing a bit easier. Even though I used the fusible interfacing, I wanted to have my cover lined, so I made the exact same pieces as the outer part, but not interfaced. I sewed them right sides together leaving one of the side seams open. This way I made a bag, and then pulled the cover through the opening and then topstitched the hem. Very cute and easy to make. Thanks for the pattern!
This is 2018 and this is still one of the best videos I've seen on this topic. Thanks!
Fabulous. Thank you. I've just got my first ever sewing machine even though I'm in my 40's, so this is a straight forward tutorial I'm going to use to make a cover for it.
Your tutorials are, by far, the best I've seen online!!! :)
Great tutorial! So professional. Easy to understand and very clearly filmed. Thanks so much.
I love all of your tutorials. I am getting a new sewing machine and this is one of the first things I am going to do. Thanks for making sewing simple.
I have a large unusual sized machine and was dreading making a custom cover. Thank you for such easy to follow instructions!
Thank you for showing how easy this is!
This is the best tutorial I have ever watched. So clear and easy. Can't wait to get sewing!
You are just the cutest thing. I discovered your channel this weekend. Great videos! Thanks for sharing!
What a great little project!! I recently bought a sewing machine and this is the first thing i made, I'm a newbie at this and love your vids. Thank you!!
I used scraps and made this. It turned out soooo cute.. I added a lining and absolutely love it! Thanks for this tutorial!
I've watched a few tutorials for sewing machine covers but yours seems the easiest. I don't want to mess around doing linings just for a machine cover, seems a waste of fabric. Thank you for showing us beginners the easier way.
BY FAR THIS IS THE BEST INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO! Thank you!! I also made my main body with 3 pieces & im very happy with it. Now making my Mom one, & excited for how much better hers will come out (since Im a new sewer)
i'm a long time sewer and yet i found the other videos overly involved for such a basic project. yours is right on the mark, thank you for sharing it and will use your pattern to make my machine cover. and by the way, yes, love those little future sewer's hands!
Just wanted to drop in and thank you for a great tutorial. I made my own and I'm so proud of it...thanks : )
Brilliant!! Ive been keeping my machine in its box...soooo bulky, I'm gonna make this for sure! thanks for sharing you talented lady!! xx
First off, I would like to thank you for these tutorials. They're easy for beginners (like me) but still look great. Secondly, I was wondering if you could make a tutorial for the pocket suggestion that you made.
I used this tutorial to make an amplifier cover and work just fine! thank you so much
8 years later, and your video is being watched
I love your tutorials they are very easy to follow, my daughter and I enjoyed watching the video on how you teach your son...so she is gettting motivated to go on this journey with me. Thanks...and Blessings to you and yours.
Ten years after its upload and I'm re-learning so much about machine sewing! Thank you and this is awesome because I wanted to make a simple sewing machine cover.
Thanks for that tutorial. It was very helpful and now I can make my very first sewing machine cover.
I was thrilled to see how easy this was to accomplish! In my mind, those corners were going to be a lot trickier! Bravo!
@eliphs11 Thanks for watching. I'm glad to help. :o)
Thank You!!!! I've had my brown,old plastic cover for many moons. I've even bought a pattern, but never made one. You've made it so easy (despite my cutting, measuring, and sewing problems!!!) Now I feel so much better because I don't have to look at the old cover that was much too small and UGLY!!! Oh, thank you, Vanessa!!!!! :-)
Easy to follow and straight to the sewing (without all the extra chatter). Thanks for a great tutorial!
WOW,this is the best tutorial I've seen on TH-cam for a cover ! Thank You.
Glad it was helpful!
Love your videos! Your videos are so clear and easy to understand. You are so cheerful and make me want to sew when I don't feel like it. Thank You!
Thanks! You can use this video to make a cover for your stand mixer just take the measurements of the mixer instead and apply the exact same method. Good luck!
You always post the cutest things! Thank you for sharing this! God bless!
Just made this. I am a beginner; this was my first project. It was pretty simple and I'm pleased with the product.
Very easy to follow, I made this for my first sewing machine a couple of years ago, I have just bought an embroidery machine which is a totally different shape, so attempting to make another....I plan to add a pocket this time for accessories. I have learned a lot from many of your tutorials, but this is the first time I have commented. Thank you.
This is the BEST/EASIEST tutorial for a sewing machine cover. I made mine this weekend. The fusible fleece was a wonderful idea and gives the perfect amount of strength/body to cotton fabric! I wish I could upload a photo to show you all!!!!
The instructions worked beautifully. I love my sewing machine cover.
This is the best sewing machine cover video I've seen. Very helpful; great instructor. Thanks!
I realize this is an old video but I've just gotten back into sewing after about 15 years (never got past beginner status). I wanted to start again with simple items . This tutorial was perfect. I've made 3 covers so far, one for each of my sewing machines and one for my Cricut maker. Thank you so much.
I just bought a new brother sewing machine to take to quilting class. I need to make a tote bag for the machine. these videos are great can wait to start the tote bag tomorrow
Thanks
Donna
What a brilliant tutorial! You were very clear and didn't miss a step. Very enjoyable!
the best tutorial for a machine cover
Thanks for the no-nonsense tutorial.
You rock!!!
Wow thanks so much, that is very easy to follow. I am new at sewing but now feel more confident in trying it.
You have such amazing videos!!! I get such great ideas after watching your videos! For this video I'm gonna piece all my fabric bits together and then cut out the size I need for the main body out of this 'new' single piece of fabric, therefore giving the main body a beautiful quilted look and then I proceed with the rest of your directions for the rest of the body!!! Thank you GEMMY!!! I love your videos! Please don't ever stop!!!
No problem. Sounds like the perfect project for that! Have fun!
I've just made this, so easy to do following your tutorial and it looks great! thank you for a brilliant tutorial.
I really like your videos. Very clear and easy to follow. I will be making THREE...one for each of my machines. Thank you for your great projects.
OMG I so love this. Thank you very much for this excellent tutorial. I can't wait to try this.
Your tutorials are great! Im a visual learner, so this is great! You are keeping me busy this month!
Wow, what an awesome tutorial! I can't wait to make one for each of my girls' sewing machines!! Thank you!!
Thx Vanessa. How great . I just said the other day, I need to make a cover for my sewing machine. I could't believe it when I checked your videos. THANKS!!!!! :) Awesome.
Just made this as my first ever sewing project! Was lots of fun and you explained it so nicely. Thanks for your videos...need to look through the rest of your videos for my next fun project!
Thank you for the tutorial. This looks very easy! I always thought this is so difficult to make.
This was a great tutorial - I have been sewing for a long time BUT couldn't figure out how to make a pattern. You made this totally understandable and easy to follow. You are an excellent teacher. Also I had never used fusible fleece before and you have converted me.
Love this! Thanks for the tutorial. You have the BEST turorials...I love them!!! I just made this sewing machine cover today and it turned out really cute!!! Thanks again and please keep posting more sewing tutorials.
Yay! Congrats. Glad you enjoy my tutorials. :o)
I have never made a cover for my machines, even tho I have been sewing for many years. I just have ugly plastic covers on them. But it is time to remedy that. I am making a new curtain, a new cover for my ironing board, and now new matching covers for my machines. Your video makes it look simple! I am going to do it. Thanks, and I love your videos. To echo other posters, if you had a tv show, I would definitely watch it!! I also love seeing you with Jenny Doan. Your ideas are so creative!
I absolutely think your tutorials are the best I've ever seen. Just finished watching the oven mitt one and made 5. I'm on a roll so I thought I'd do the machine cover next. Keep up the good work, making things simple so we can feel accomplished! Thanks! Debra
OMG! This was my first big project as a very super beginner and this video made everything so simple! Absolutely love your stuff!
Made this machine cover as a Christmas gift for my mom and it looks great!
Thank you for making this so easy!! I had gotten really frustrated on my earlier attempts to craft things but this showed me I actually can do it!
love your tutorials. you have motivated me for making the cover. i have contemplated sewing one but like you said, its not as hard as it may seem. thank you much. by the way, your daughter is adorable.
You make it nice and simple, yet looks and fits really great!