NEW! Quilt As You Go: Sewing Machine Cover & Caddy Sewing Tutorial Plus QAYG SALE

Stitch it! Sisters Quilt As You Go: Sewing Machine Cover & Caddy Tutorial

by the  Stitch it! Sisters

Quilt As You Go: Sewing Machine Cover & Caddy Tutorial Supplies

Exclusive Quilt As You Go: Sewing Machine Cover & Caddy Bundle Boxby the Stitch it! Sisters

Rotary Cutter, Ruler and Mat

June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy

June Tailor’s Eze View Pressing Cloth

June Tailor’s Non-Stick Teflon Appliqué Pressing Sheet

June Tailor’s Shape Cut Plus Slotted Ruler

June Tailor’s Binding Buddy

June Tailor’s Fabric Glue Stick

June Tailors Magic Seam Wand 

Schmetz Machine Quilting Needles Size 90 

1/4″ Quilting Foot

Clover’s Hot Ruler or Hot Hemmer

Clover’s 7-3/4″ Bordeaux Ultimate Shears

Clover’s 28mm Rotary Cutter

Clover’s Straight Tailors Awl Stiletto

Clover’s Wonder Clips

Iron – such as Oliso Mini Project Iron with Solemate

Optional: Clover’s Ultimate Quilt ’n Stitch Presser Foot

Optional: Clover’s 1/4″ Fusible Web Tape

Prepare your fabrics! Pre-shrink fabrics by steaming and pressing. Then, stabilize fabrics for the sewing process by pressing and starching fabrics with Quilter’s Starch Savvy.

Be sure to measure your sewing machine to select the appropriate size Sewing Machine Cover, we’re making size large!

Sewing Machine Cover Approximate finished size options:

• Small – 16″ W x 7″ H x 12-1/2″ D
• Medium – 18″ W x 8″ H x 12-1/2″ D
• Large – 20″ W x 9″ H x 12-1/2″ D

Sewing Machine Caddy Approximate finished size:

• 20″ W x 25″ H

Cut Fabrics 

 You’re the designer! Audition your fabric and create a layout. We’re using Bali Batiks Caribbean Collection, by Benartex!

We’ve arranged our layout as shown:

• Cut Three 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangles Bali Batik Caribbean Floral Sprigs Turquiose/Multi(shown below on far left, middle, and far right)
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Granite Peacock
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Bubbles Seabreeze/Sage
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Granite Aqua
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Bubbles Turquoise/Multi
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Floral Sprigs Aqua/Lime
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Mabelized Seabreeze
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Marbalized Mint
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Paisley Aqua/Kiwi
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Mabrelized Kiwi
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Agate Teal/Lime
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Mod Paisley Lime/Blue
• Cut One 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle Bali Batik Caribbean Marbelized Lemon

• Cut Two 2-1/4″ x 37″ rectangles
• Cut Two 3-3/4″ x 37″ rectangles
• Cut Two 7″ x 37″ rectangles
• Handle Cut One 11″ x 4″ rectangle
• Cut one 32″ x 40″ rectangle for backing
• Cut 110″ of 2-1/2″ strips for binding

Assemble Quilt As You Go: Sewing Machine Cover and Caddy

• Cut out desired size.
• Place wrong side of backing fabric on  (unprinted) side of batting. Make sure backing fabric completely covers printed area.
• Baste stitch around outside perimeter pattern line.

Use June Tailor’s Quilt Basting Spray to spray baste batting to backing fabric!

• Place piece one right side up.

Printed lines are for placement only and are not stitching lines!

• Place 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle – two, onto 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangle – one, right side together.
• Stitch with a scant 1/4″ on long side of the rectangle as shown.

• Flip rectangle 2 right side up.
• Use June Tailors Magic Seam Wand to press seam open.

• Continue to place 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangles by number, right sides together with previous pieces and aligning with placement lines.
• Stitch with a scant 1/4″ on long side of the rectangle as shown.
• Flip rectangles right side up.
• Use June Tailors Magic Seam Wand to press seam open.

• Center and place 2-1/4″ x 37″ rectangles eighteen and nineteen right sides together.
• Stitch with a scant 1/4″ on long side of the rectangle as shown.
• Flip rectangles right side up.
• Use June Tailors Magic Seam Wand to press seam open.

• Continue to place 2-1/2″ x 8″ rectangles by number, right sides together with previous pieces and aligning with placement lines.
• Stitch with a scant 1/4″ on long side of the rectangle as shown.
• Flip rectangles right side up.
• Use June Tailors Magic Seam Wand to press seam open.

Create Handle

• Meet cover gusset seam, stacking side seam over lower center seam. Wonder Clip.Stitch.
• Repeat steps to create opposite gusset seam.

Shop June Tailor Quilt As You Go Products & Timesaving Sewing Tools at ShopNZP.com

Visit the Nancy Had a Notion History Exhibit on Display this Summer in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin at The Nancy Zieman Sewing Studio!

For a chance to be the random winner of a June Tailor’s Magic Seam Wand, please leave a comment below sharing your favorite June Tailor Quilt As You Go Project!

June Tailor will give away one Magic Seam Wand to one US resident in the 48 contiguous states. Winner must reply within 30 days to the official giveaway announcement email message – sent from Nancy Zieman Productions.

Happy Quilting!

Team Nancy Zieman

Nancy Zieman Productions. LLC.

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