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The Sewing Machine Hideaway is a custom-fit sewing machine cover that

combines beauty with practicality! Choose your favorite fabric collection
and show it off or choose two favorite collections and reverse the
cover whenever the mood strikes. Instructions are included to make the
cover reversible and for customizing the cover to perfectly fit your
machine.

Supplies:
Cotton quilting fabric for a
reversible cover:
8 fat quarters or yard
of two fabrics plus 12
charm squares or 12
scraps of fabric about 4
square
Cotton quilting fabric for a
single-sided cover:
4 fat quarters or yard
of one fabric plus 6 charm
squares or 6 scraps of
fabric about 4 square
1 yard fusible fleece for either
cover style (I used Pellon 987F.)

Seam allowance is . Use a short stitch length for stronger seams.

Begin by creating a
pattern for your cover.
Start with the side panel
since this is the most
difficult piece. Measure
and record the front
height along its angle,
the top width, the back
height, and the bottom
width. Be sure to make
allowances for parts that
stick out, like the handle
and the thread pin on the
machine pictured. You
want your cover to fit loosely, so make these measurements slightly big.
If your machine has one side that is larger than the other, be sure to
measure the larger end.

Here are the measurements that I got when

measured the side of my machine.

And, these are the final

measurements of my side pattern
piece. You can see that I added to
the top width and to each of the
heights, but I had to add a whole inch
to the bottom width so that my front
height didnt end up too short.
Remember to go big!
(You math whizzes might notice that the
oblique side of this right trapezoid is

Use your
measurements to
draw out a paper
pattern for the side
panel, adding to
the width
measurements and
to the height
measurements.
Making this panel is
tricky because of
that angle. If you
need to adjust,
remember to go
slightly big. You dont want your cover to be too snug!

actually a teeny tiny bit less than 14 .

Theres a formula to figure this all out, but
its a bit complicated. I think its easier to
just play around with paper and ruler for a
minute or two to get what you need.)

Once youve finished this pattern piece,

hold it up to the end of your machine and
check to see how it looks. It should
generously overlap on the front, back and
top. (At least on the front and back
and to on the top. Slightly more is
okay, though.)

Now generously measure the width of the widest part of the front or back
of your machine and add .

When youre ready to start your cover, begin with piecing the front.
Youve got to do a bit more figuring here. To find the width of your
patchwork squares, subtract from the width of your front fabric piece
and then divide by six, then add seam allowance. The result will be
the size that youll cut your patchwork squares. In the case of this
machine, my front fabric piece was 18 , so I subtracted for 18, then
divided by six and got 3. I added , and cut my squares 3 X 3 .

Youll use this last measurement as the width for your front, back and top
pattern pieces. For the height of your front piece, youll use the length of
the front of the side pattern piece. For the height of your back piece,
youll use the length of the back of the side pattern piece. For the length
of your top piece, youll use the width of the top of the side pattern piece.
Figure and write down these measurements.
I highly recommend quickly sewing up a muslin at this point to check all
of your measurements. It only takes a few
minutes, and you wont waste your best
fabrics or your time spent piecing! To sew
a muslin, use scrap fabric, cut your
pattern pieces according to your
measurements above and skip forward to
page 8 for how-to-sew instructions. Keep
in mind that your final cover will have
more structure from the fusible fleece that
youll be adding.
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Stitch your squares together into a strip. Press your seam allowances
open. Once my squares were stitched together, I had a strip that
measured 3 X 18 .

Almost done with the math, I promise! You just need to find the
measurements for the remaining two strips of fabric that are sewn above
and below your patchwork strip.

Cut out all of your remaining pieces. Iron all of these pieces, along with
your front piece to fusible interfacing.

For the strip below, measure and cut the width of your front piece X the
height of your patchwork strip plus . I cut mine 18 X 3 . Sew this
strip to the bottom of your patchwork squares.
For the height of the strip above, measure the height of the pieces that
youve sewn together already and subtract from the height that you want
your front piece to be, add . (I actually added a bit more in case my
math was off.) Sew this strip to the top of your patchwork squares. Trim
everything up so that your front piece now measures what it should.
Be sure that your seam allowances are all pressed open.

Curve the top two edges of both your front and back pieces. (This will
give you a nicer finish along the top corners.) To do this measure down
over and down on each corner. Mark those points, draw in a curve
and trim away the excess fabric.

Now youre ready to sew your pieces together!

Pin the side panels to each end of the top piece and sew. (If youre
sewing a single-sided cover, finish your seam allowances to prevent
fraying by serging or overcasting.)

Sew along the pinned edges. Go slowly around the curves, lifting the foot
and adjusting, as needed, to prevent puckers. (If youre sewing a singlesided cover, serge or overcast your seam allowances.)
Repeat this process to sew the back to the top/side piece.

Pin the top and side panels to the front piece.(Be sure that youre pinning
the fronts of the side panels to the front piece.) Match up the center of
each corner curve with the corresponding seam on the top/side piece.

If youre sewing a muslin, stop here and check the fit on your machine.
If youre sewing a single sided cover, fold the bottom edge to the inside
, hem and youre done!
To continue on and make your cover reversible, sit the part youve sewn
aside, and follow the same method to sew the reverse side of your cover,
skipping the fusible fleece.

Gently curve the top/side pieces around

those curves and pin well. Continue pinning
along the top and sides.

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Turn one of your sides inside out and slide it into the other side so that
the right sides of the fabrics are together and the bottom raw edges are
lined up. Line all of the seams up and pin them in place. Using a seam
allowance, sew all the way around, leaving a 5 to 6 opening in the back.

Place your cover on your machine! Admire its beauty and its
practicality!

Turn the cover through the opening and push the two sides into each
other so that the wrong sides are now facing. Press the bottom edge well.
Topstitch all the way around at , closing the opening as you go. (Using
a denim needle for this step will help prevent skipped stitches.)

Then, reverse it and enjoy it some more!

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