{"id":10379,"date":"2011-09-10T05:59:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T12:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=10379"},"modified":"2016-06-28T15:48:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T22:48:56","slug":"finished-sewing-machine-cozy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/finished-sewing-machine-cozy\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished: Sewing Machine Cozy"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Front<\/a>
Front View<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have been thinking (and, perhaps, also talking about) making a cover for my sewing machine for a long time. Last Friday was the day! I took one extra day off work and made the long weekend really long. I got a ton done and was able to rest a bit. I didn’t feel so exhausted when I went back to work.<\/p>\n

I buy some large pieces of fabric if I think I will make a bag from the fabric. I don’t like piecing together bits and pieces to make a bag. The Philip Jacobs Japanese Chrysanthemum print I used was one such piece. I was going to make a bag, but I really like it and thought I wouldn’t mind looking at it all the time as a sewing machine cover.<\/p>\n

I used a pattern<\/a> from Strawberry Patches. I had a hard time understanding the pattern, so I also printed the post<\/a> where she talked about making the cozy and showed pictures. The pattern is fine; my brain just didn’t understand how to make the thing without pictures. I do appreciate people posting tutorials like this, which is part of the reason I post tutorials, too. Have you see the AQ Tutorials<\/a>? Someday I’ll optimize them for printing.<\/p>\n

\"Side<\/a>
Side View<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pattern provides measurements for some Bernina machines, but also tells the maker how to measure your own machine, which is what I did. The one thing I should have done is compared the measurements for the lining and the outside. The author suggests that you do those measurements separately, but I think they need to be similar in size. Mine were similar, but not exactly the same and I found the outside was larger once I was ready to sew the lining to the outside. I put some tucks in it, which I wouldn’t do for a gift, but I consider it a lesson for the future.<\/p>\n

I am not sure why the author had pockets on the pattern, but I put them in. The Michael Miller turquoise dot makes me happy. Now I can keep the dust off my machine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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