A little cover for my Parasol...

I made a parasol cover as I am taking it with me to Bali and as it is made of paper I thought it needed a bit of protection – plus while I am out and about it will be a place to store and carry it when it is not needed.













I used a canvas bag that you get from every clothing store nowdays, cut the sides to open it up and cut the straps off (to be used for the shoulder strap).

Work out how wide it needs to be by inserting the parasol and pinning the sides – you can cut it as a cone shape or leave as a rectangle, I had it as a rectangle.

Next sew the straps on by sewing one at either end of the cover, right side of the fabric (making allowances for side seems, bottom gathers and top fold over) – to make it strong I sewed using a triple stitch so the strap is extra tough.

 

Next put you fabric inside out and create the gather at the bottom by sewing a long stitch then pulling the bobbin thread to gather then sewing a triple stitch along the bottom to set the gather. Also overlock or zipzag the side and sew a seam.

Create the drawstring at the top by folding over the top and sewing the bottom edge – I also folded the openings back so that no zigzag edges were showing. The cord I used was already ‘closed’ so I inserted it in the fold before I sewed the edge.