Protect Your Sewing Machine With 6 DIY Cover Patterns

Every sewing machine needs a custom cover for a few big reasons: It protects your beloved sewing machine from dust and protects your kids from needle-related accidents. Plus, a machine cover adds a pop of color to your sewing room while giving you something fun to sew!

Make your own sewing machine cover with these six sewing patterns.

1. Sewing Machine Cover With Accessories

Get a PDF pattern to make a sewing machine dust cover, pincushion and thread catcher. All three sewing room accessories are quilted, but you can use pre-quilted fabric to make it quicker.

2. Sewing Machine Cover With Video Tutorial

Here’s a fully lined sewing machine cover, including a triple pocket and a handle on top. This FREE project comes with PDF instructions and a handy video tutorial available on YouTube. This looks so easy that even a beginner could sew it.

3. “Stitch Me” Sewing Machine Cover Appliqué

This pattern is a little bit involved because it involves the appliqué technique. On the other hand, the decoration is so fun that you may not be able to resist it! In the designer’s sew-along, you’ll also learn how to adjust the dimensions to fit your own machine.

4. Sewing Machine Cover With Vinyl Top

This pattern comes with three variations: a short version with sides, a long version with sides, and one without sides at all. Each variety includes a top vinyl window so you can see and show off your beloved sewing machine.

5. Made For Me Sewing Machine Cover

This pattern includes one set of standard measurements (19″ x 12″ x 8″) and instructions to customize your dust cover. Plus, there’s plenty of space to add any personal touch you like: paper-pieced quilt designs, embroidered designs, appliqué and more.

6. Brother Serger Cover

This last pattern is not for a regular sewing machine, but for a serger or overlocker. Designed for a Brother 1034d serger (one of the most popular models), you can easily change the measurements to fit a different model. 

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30 Responses to “Protect Your Sewing Machine With 6 DIY Cover Patterns”

  1. JULIE

    I don't understand where the patterns for these classes are located? I have a Premium Membership and I don't see a link to view/download the patterns for a sewing machine cover. I see 6 items listed above, but no content. It looks like customer service provided patterns to one of the people who wrote comments. I would like the same.

  2. Susan Delhaise

    Where are the patterns? I paid for a Premium membership and am not happy. BTW I don't plan on renewing :(

  3. Jennifer Marshall

    I am so very glad that Craftsy was revived. I purchased courses for years prior to the site going subscription and then did the subscription option. When Blu was going to close out, I had so many courses that it was impossible to download them, thus my extreme thankfulness! I look very forward to the day that Craftsy returns to it's former, vibrant learning platform. In the meantime, I am trying hard not to be impatient about the recovery of patterns that I had purchased because I am just so darned glad the doors are not permanently closed!

  4. Lois Folino

    CRAFTSY used to be a good site. It was well organized, lots of free patterns. NOW that there is an Annual Fee, the site is just about useless! Terrible search engines. Then other things that I want to learn, I have to pay MORE money to watch a video. Buyer Beware! Very disappointing.

  5. gardensue2011@hotmail.com

    The patterns were to be uploaded a year ago. Am I missing them somewhere?

  6. Laura Conner

    Links to patterns are not included!!!

  7. Anna Benoit

    Your IT people still don't know how to add links? Still working on it? I'd be fired by now....

  8. kirstymel8268679

    Over a year later and still no patterns???

  9. Diane Cordova

    Where are the patterns please?

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