Milk Machine Inflation Covers
Use this simple sewing tutorial to make covers for your cow or goat milk machine inflations to keep them nice and clean!
Yield: 4 covers
Equipment
- Sewing machine
- Fabric scissors
- Pinking shears
- Sewing pins
- Safety pin
- Iron
Materials
- 1/4 yard Cotton fabric
- 60 inches 1/8 inch elastic
- 1 spool Thread
Instructions
- Print off the pattern and cut it out. Using fabric scissors, cut out 2 circles of fabric per inflation using the pattern.
- Place 2 circles of fabric right sides together and sew around using a 1/4-inch seam allowance and leave a 1-inch space for turning. Backstitch at both ends. Cut around the outside of the entire circle using pinking shears, being careful not to cut the stitches.
- Turn right side out and press, turning in and pressing the opening as well.
- Sew a 1/2-inch seam all the way around the circle. Trim threads. This creates the pocket for the elastic.
- Cut a 15-inch piece of elastic and attach a safety pin to one end. Feed the safety pin and elastic through the opening, all the way around the circle, and back out through the opening.
- Pull the elastic tight and pin. Place the cover on an inflation if able to adjust the elastic as needed. Stitch the elastic pieces together at the pin using several stitches. Trim the excess and tuck back into the circle.
- Sew the opening closed either using your sewing machine or by hand.
- Repeat for remaining covers.
Notes
Machine wash covers as needed.
Instructions are for 4 covers for a cow milk machine, adjust if you only need 2 covers for a goat milking machine.
This tutorial works for jar covers too! Simply measure jars and enlarge the pattern as needed to make custom jar covers, perfect for gifts!