Just like a turtle has its shell, your sewing machine needs a cover! Not only does Carolyn Letten’s sleeve protect your machine from scratches, it’ll cheer up your deskspace, too, especially if you coordinate it with your craft room décor! Our designer chose haberdashery-inspired materials and a fresh colour palette of sky blue and spring yellow to sew this project, plus she’s added front pockets for extra storage space.
1 Download and print the templates. For the front pockets, cut royal blue floral fabric, 14cm x 22cm, blue swirl print, 7cm x 14cm, and pale blue floral, 14cm x 17cm.
2 Pin the royal blue and swirl pieces right sides together, and sew a seam. Stitch the swirl and pale blue pieces right sides together, trapping a loop of printed cotton tape in the seam. Sew the seam, topstitch, then press open on the wrong side.
3 Attach printed cotton vertically onto the royal blue fabric, and press. Pin and stitch the wrong side of the front pocket to calico of the same size, using a 5mm seam allowance. Sew spotty bias binding across the top raw edge.
4 Cut yellow fabric, 29cm x 42cm, and printed cotton tape, 43cm long. Pin the tape across the yellow material so that it’s 17cm above the bottom edge of