DIY Baking Dish Covers
This simple sewing tutorial will produce DIY baking dish covers in a matter of minutes. What better way to cut down on consumables and make use of scrap fabric!
Servings: 1 cover
Materials
- Scrap fabric; you can also use fat quarters if you’re fresh out of scraps. Think super fun prints for gifts seasons, etc.
- Various sized baking dishes like casserole dishes, bowls of all sizes, and platters.
- 1/4 ″ elastic I like to buy this in bulk when possible
- 1 package Extra Wide Double Fold Bias Tape or more depending how many covers you’re making. This can be optional as you could simply create a casing for the elastic by cutting the fabric extra wide by an inch or so.
- Scissors
- Thread for sewing
Instructions
- Place the dish you want a cover for on the wrong side of your fabric. Trace around the outside perimeter, with an extra 1-2 inches. If not using bias tape, add an additional inch to make a casing for the elastic.
- Sew the bias tape to the edge of fabric. Do this by placing the edge of the fabric inside the fold of the bias tape and stitch close to the edge along the opposite edge of the fold. Leave an opening about an inch from the end.
- Measure how much elastic you need by wrapping the elastic around the perimeter of the dish. Using a large safety pin, feed the elastic through the opening you left at the end of the bias tape.
- Secure the ends of the elastic by overlapping its ends and stitching back and forth a few times for reinforcement.
- Sew the end of the bias tape. Enjoy your new, reusable and washable dish cover!