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DIY Laminate Sewing Machine Cover

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Hi Readers, I’ve been having some very expensive troubles with my tooth recently and Mr. H very sweetly offered to buy me a new sewing machine as a distraction. He drove one and a half hour to the sewing machine dealer so I can try out different machines including the Bernina 7 series (yes it was like a dream although my tooth hurt a lot!) I chose the Bernina 550QE as it seems to provide better stitching quality. The dealer said it’s a dressmaker’s machines which many quilters will stay away from due to its harp size. For me it’s less of a problem as I have a Pfaff Expression which can do the big scale heavy duty works. Anyway, I took the machine home happily only to realise that it comes with a carry bag but not a cover. This gave me an excuse to make my own.

I have some vintage style cotton duck from Cath Kidston which I’d like to use. Although it’s home dec weight, it’s  too flimsy to work on its own as a sewing machine cover. I also need the cover to be wipeable so I decided to make my own laminated fabric. I got some iron on vinyl called Lamifix from Plush Addict . I chose the matt version instead of glossy, somehow I thought the glossy one might be too shiny.

The laminated fabric on top, original cotton duck in the middle and Lamifix at the bottom

The laminated fabric on top, original cotton duck in the middle and Lamifix at the bottom

The Lamifix comes in 1m x 43mm or 66mm and has a gridded paper backing. I cut the laminate slightly smaller than the fabric itself to avoid laminating the iron’s soleplate. It was quite easy to peel the vinyl off the paper backing.

Peeling off the vinyl

Peeling off the vinyl

After that I preheated the cotton duck and placed the vinyl on top of the fabric. Then I used the backing paper as a ‘press cloth’ and pressed the fabric / vinyl sandwich with a dry iron. There’s a video on how to apply the vinyl on YouTube if you’re interested .

Overlay the vinyl on top of the fabric

Overlay the vinyl on top of the fabric, be sure to check that the fabric is free of bits before pressing otherwise it’ll be sandwiched forever!

I didn’t check carefully enough before pressing and managed to sandwich at least 1 cat hair under the vinyl… Next time I’ll use a lint roller to remove any bits before pressing for sure.

The laminated fabric

The laminated fabric

I was worried that the crease in the vinyl will cause wrinkles but it seems that the iron’s heat melt the vinyl onto the fabric. Thorough pressing helped to create a smooth finish. The instruction also asks to press the laminated fabric from the wrong side (the fabric side) which means you can actually press the seams to one side. Here’s my finished cover. The satin bias bindings are all left overs from previous projects. You probably can see that I only had tiny bit of the mint colour binding left and the rest is silver colour…

My DIY laminate fabric sewing machine cover

My DIY laminate fabric sewing machine cover

I also made a side pocket for the extension table. Time will tell how durable this sewing machine cover will be.

Side pocket for the extension table

Side pocket for the extension table

I’ve actually sewn a dress for myself and a little present for my niece. I’d hope to show those to you soon when my work schedule is less crazy.



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