Sewing machine cover

So you remember I was whipping up a machine cover & mat for my sewing room?  Yeah that was a few months ago...

I had the cover all done and the binding sewn on the front, but I needed to sort out ties and I was avoiding the fabric shop so that delayed my plan. 

I was trying to resist temptation, and so was just physically keeping my distant from the place with the fabric. Have you seen my fabric addiction!! This was a justified strategy. But I had to go there to pick up some supplies for Christmas and so snuck some ribbon into my cart (I just love the satin texture for ties and binding). It still took me a little while to get to it (Christmas themed items took priority) but I finally finished off my sewing machine cover.

I had a tiny issue attaching the ribbon, just because I hadn't secured them before I tried to attach the binding, so when I was sewing the back side down I found a couple of the ribbons slipped out. I did some more scetchy seams in various colours - I tried to make it seem intentional... I actually really liek this, so might try this again.  It was my first try at doing all the binding by machine. Normally I machine stitch one side and then hand stitch the other so my seams are hidden.
 

 

Yeah, my seams are a bit wonky, so hidden is better. But wonky and sketchy seams are a great combination, in my humble opinion.  So yes.  Will do this method again.

Did I mention that the cover is double sided!! I feel pretty awesome about the cleverness of me right now ;-)

 

While I was at it I did the quilting on the mat (I did the piecing way back when) and added the binding straight away. That's a first for me. 

 

Quilting the cover I had an issue with it disturbing the line of the piecing. I ended up with very wonky patchwork. But with the mat I was fine! I don't know if it's that I wasn't running across the line as much, or if it was just that I was focused on it, so I kept pulling it to try and keep it straight, or if I was just calmer and slower (which I have heard can be a contributing factor). There are still sections that are a bit wibbly wobbly but I'm much happier with the finish on this.

So that's my little set! Took a little time, but I'm really happy with it. My sewing table now has some pretty decor. I'm actually inspired to make some more coordinating pieces. But I'll see if that inspiration goes any further before I blog about it ;-)

 

It's a bit much all together, isn't it.  The reverse side is calmer and is what I have visible on the table in real life.

And this is my first project to get linked in to making for me! I'm pretty excited!!!! Not only that, but this is the first TWO things on my finish-a-long list!! Yeah, I cheated. These were so close to finished that they probably shouldn't have been on the list at all.  But they have been sitting around for months!!

How are you all going with your selfish sewing? Have you started something? Mid way through? Re-discovering a lost treasure?  I just want us to be greedy and enjoy some indulgent private pleasure (does that sound dirty? I didn't mean it to, I swear!)

Talk to you soon!

E xx