A Sewing Machine cover made from Pillow Shams!

A GIFT FOR MY FRIEND!

 

I made my friend Catherine

over at "I Love To Stitch", a

sewing machine with a

matching serger cover!

 

I really do like how it has turned

out and I hope that she does also.

 

Let me tell you how this is made.

 

This is EASY PEASY!!!

AND IT IS MADE IN MINUTES!!

 

MATERIALS NEEDED:

2 Shabby Chic full size Pillow Shams, a little

bit of lace, ribbon ties, 3 buttons and

a little bit of flannel for the letters!

Further down I tell you how to make it.

 

This is what the first pillow sham looks like as

a finished Sewing Machine cover, without the pink letters

that say the name of her blog. you can see the pink

letters on the 3rd photo. This sham was not

cut in any way. The sides were not sewed together.

They remain open with just pretty sheer pink

ribbons to tie it on. Neither did I hem any of the

lace on the sides. Again hope for it to look shabby.

 

 I did not cut any of the second pillow sham. The Serger Cover is

stitched up on both sides. I was not sure of the height

of her Serger so I am including some of the lace so

she can stitch it to the bottom, just in case it is

a little short. I think that the width of this cover is

okay and should fit her Serger.

 

I hope Catherine likes this. I tried to make it

Shabby. I just drew out the letters on paper and cut

them out. Then I traced them onto fabric and pinned

the letters where I wanted them. I want the letters

to eventually fray to make it more shabby.

 

Here is a picture of what the pillow shams look like.

Hold the pillow sham up against your machine and

see which side looks best against it. If you need more

width then just turn the sham lengthwise. Otherwise

just fold the sham in half and there you have a

front and a back. Choose which side you like

best to be the front side.

 

Turn over the pillow sham and give some small

stitches to stitch down the inside opening. I hand stitched

this closed because I did not want any machine

stitching to show on the front side of the sham. I

like how this gives an automatic lining to the covers.

I hope that you are able to see it.

 

I hand stitched the lace to the backside. Add lace

or ruffles to give the sham height.

I have not shown you where to stitch on the ties.

That is left to your discretion. I placed my ties

about halfway down and hand stitched them on.

Adding multiple ties on each side, would be so cute.

After the ties are on - then decorate the top

of the shams if you wish.

I forgot to take a photo of how the shams look

on a sewing machine and a serger. Perhaps

Catherine will show you. However I did

place the sham on top of my machine to

make sure it would hopefully fit her machine.

 

I have a couple more full size pillow shams. Next week, I will

make them up and show you what those look like

on my machine and serger.

 

Catherine - I hope to get these in the mail to

you later this week. There is an additional

surprise coming with these covers!

 

I sure do hope that you will use this idea!

Thank you for visiting me.

Many smiles, Conny