


Food Cover: free PDF sewing pattern
📍 Level: Beginner • Video tutorial length: 12 min
Keep insects away from your food with this clever mesh food cover! A useful, eco-friendly and decorative sewing project, perfect for summer. The cover folds flat and stores easily.
📏 Size
One size, big enough to cover a standard dish or salad bowl.
🧵 What you need
- Mesh: 4 rectangles of 25 × 30 cm (stiff or drapeable mosquito netting)
- Cotton fabric (base): 4 rectangles of 10 × 30 cm in a basic cotton (poplin, cretonne)
- Fusible interfacing: 4 rectangles of 10 × 30 cm (to stiffen the base)
- Bias binding: 2 metres of 20 mm binding
- Matching thread, scissors, pins, sewing machine
📐 Cut dimensions
- Mesh: 4 × (25 × 30 cm)
- Base cotton: 4 × (10 × 30 cm)
- Fusible interfacing: 4 × (10 × 30 cm)
- Bias binding: 2 metres
✂️ Technical details
- Dome-shaped food cover with a stiffened fabric base
- Mesh structure: light, airy and protective
- Bias binding finish for a clean look
- Folds flat for storage
- Ideal for protecting food outdoors (picnic, terrace, garden)
🎬 The video tutorial
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