I gave you a sneak peak at this one a few weeks ago, but I didn't tell you what it was. You probably couldn't have cared less, but you will now, oh yes you will.
A LONG time ago, I made a sewing machine cover. It was from an issue of Homespun and I still love it after all this time. After I'd finished it, I vowed to make the matching machine mat and thread catcher from the following issue, Homespun Vol 12 no. 1. Vowing was as far as I got, until now.
It was really hard to take a picture of. My machine is in front of the window so anything hanging below the desk is just dark and out of focus, but you get the gist? I can show you better when it's not in situ:
It has lots of little pockets for various things, things I need to keep at hand. Like my seam ripper. And I should probably have a swear jar in there.
See that magnetic clasp? Wondering what it's for? No, not the swear jar...
Though this could be a swear jar! It's not. It's a thread catcher. See how I sewed it upside down? The tape measure ribbon is supposed to be at the top, then it wouldn't look so weird. It's also supposed to have some running stitch and buttons to match the machine cover, but in all honesty, I just couldn't be arsed.
Thought I'd better get a photo of the magnetic catch in case you didn't believe me. Not quite sure why you'd think I was lying though, strange thing to lie about, magnetic clasps...
Ta dah! All magnetic clasped up.
I tried to get a hanging shot. I hung it from my g-string bunting but it didn't hold, so I did some artful draping.
One last crappy in-situ shot?
So, I know what you're all thinking. The thread catcher sewn upside down can't be the only cock up. You're correct. There are binding issues:
And corner binding issues:
And just plain puckering:
That puckering bothered me at first as I thought this could be a matt to sit on my desk, I could move the machine out of the way and take photos on it. Two problems with that: It's far too short, my photos on white backgrounds are absolutely shite. So puckering is a good thing in this case! Big cheer for puckering! And crappy binding whilst we're at it!
