One of the first things I made when when I started sewing was a cozy for my sewing machine. My manual instructed me to keep it dust-free, but it didn’t come with a cover! I used some old upholstery fabric and some felt and cobbled together a cozy. It isn’t my best work, but I love it because it contains some of the first seams I ever sewed.
When we opened the shop and bought our sewing machines, each one came with a plastic cover. They all looked neat and uniform, but a little sterile. Using the plastic cover as a model, we made fun fabric cozies for each of our Singers. Michael pieced, appliqued, and embellished them beautifully! They brighten our workroom, and make it more personal. Plus, now our machines know how much we love them!
In the spirit of sewing machine love, we made a downloadable pdf, located in the left sidebar, for you to make your very own cozy. Be sure to send photos of your finished covers, we’d love to see them! Have fun dressing up your machine and your workspace!
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I love it! I want to make one (eventually)
That is funky as!!! Thanks heaps for the pdf, just what I need to do (right after I clear a path through the mess to the machine).
I love it, beautiful!
Very cool. I’m still trying to figure out how to make one for my serger.
These are so cool!
I’ve been wanting to make a cover for ages!
I love the room full of machines in their pretty cozies, like girls in their summer dresses! My favorite is your original one. Thanks for the pattern.
it is as if you have read my mind! my charming 18 month old son has discovered how to climb on the chairs that are at the table and subsequently play w/ my sewing machine and serger! my serger came w/ a plastic cover, but my sewing machine was not. the plastic cover has kept him at bay, so i was thinking that i needed to figure out how to make one for my sewing machine. thanks so much!
Just in time, I’ve been wanting to get rid of my boring vinyl cover! Very beautiful.
Great pattern! thanks! Just a heads up, your RSS feed isn’t working. I will try later tonight to see if it’s on my end.
I love the one in the 1st photo the best. Great idea!!
The new free patterns are great. Definately need to make one of tthese for my sewing machine, that came witth no cover.
Any more free paterns on ts way ? I’m currently on my 9th bird for the mobile … thanks … love Julia x
I love all your cozies! They look so happy! I just made one for my daughter’s machine, but didn’t make a pattern (sort of winged it). Thank you for sharing yours.
Thank you for sharing. This is a delightful blog. I’m going to have to bookmark it! Got your link from another blog that I was visiting – One Pretty Thing – http://www.oneprettything.com. Will have to visit both – really neat ideas!
Oh this is just wonderful! Thanks for the PDF! Can’t wait to make one.
I made mine years ago…also used the plastic cover as a pattern. I used quilted material and
bias tape. Was really easy. Yours look really nice. Love your site.
I MADE ONE!!! So very fancy. Thanks for the pattern.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmensandiego/2961548825/
I’m so glad everyone’s machines are now living dust-free!
Betty- thanks for sharing your photo. Your sewing machine thanks you!!
Thanks for sharing the pattern for this! I finally got around to making one.
http://myloosethreads.blogspot.com/2008/11/sewing-space-makeover.html
Is the black cozy with the flowers embroidered or is that the fabric design. I can’t tell from the picture. I absolutely love it though
Thanks, EF! That is the fabric design. It’s from Michael Miller’s Pod Posey collection. Glad you like!
That is so cool. I love it and since my sewing machine is out all of the time I need one.
Thank you for sharing a pdf pattern for the sewing machine cover. Pdfs are so helpful, and we can only hope to design something so pretty! I’ve included this in our roundup of sewing machine cover tutorials here:
http://www.favecrafts.com/Sewing/7-Sewing-Machine-Cover-Tutorials-How-to-Sewing-Machine-Cover
I made one this weekend for my new sewing machine. I added a pocket on the front to store the instruction book since I’m still learning how to use it! Here’s some pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/ekbushnell/UntitledAlbum?authkey=Qc6ARTKj1eY&feat=directlink
I took your beginning sewing class and now I’m on a roll – I’ve made the birds (so cute!), the scarves (I get a ton of compliments on these!), and can’t wait to figure out what my next project will be!! Thanks for the inspiration!
That’s a great idea. Thanks for all the ideas so i can get going on one myself. One of those will look good over my Singer Futura CE-250.
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Those covers are simply sensational! What an eye for design you and Michael have. Great work. Thank you very much for the tute!
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.
Cheers! Sandra. R.
This is awesome! I hope you don’t mind if I put a link to this on my blog?
I just love this!
Found your sewing machine cozy online and decided to try it. I sandwiched some batting between two pattern pieces for each cut to add a little more weight and since I had unfinished quilt edges I bound them. I love how it turned out. Your pattern was very easy to understand. Thanks for sharing. Pictures of my cozy can be found here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32391933@N06/4472992443/
Just finished mine this weekend! I did mine with oil cloth (for easy cleaning and I found the cutest oil cloth I just needed to find a project for!) and made the top a little wider for my machine. Pictures here:
http://onthegrainline.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/adventures-with-oilcloth-sewing-machine-cover/
Thanks for the lovely sewing machine cover .I am building a new sewing room and it will be nice to leave my FW out with a cover
i have made a few of these machine covers for xmas and they are so cheap to make what a wonderful gift for my friends. love it. all i need to find now is the over locker cover can anyone help me please.
Regards annette
Thanks for the pattern, my sewing machine is so happy now!! Pictures here.
http://jenbugsstory.blogspot.com/2010/12/sewing-machine-cover.html
Thanks for an awesome project/tutorial….I love my cozy!!!! And it totally brightens my sewing room.
http://earthtonesgirl.com/2011/08/23/home-sewing-is-easy/
Thanks for sharing this wonderful tutorial… now my sewing machine is not nude anymore ! I had some pieces of sarge and I had no idea what should I create with it. This tutorial was my inspiration. I hope you like it !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danikasbc/6090807165/in/photostream
Thank you ! Daniela – São Paulo – BR
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