Reversible and Reusable Bowl Cover Pattern

Learn how to make a custom sized reversible bowl cover pattern. This ingenious creation serves a dual purpose: first, as a handy cover for your dough bowl during the bread rising process, and second, as a versatile accessory for picnics or potluck gatherings.

Because it’s reversible, you can choose which side to show off. Would be super fun to make one side spring then other in summer fabrics or specific holidays even.

This bowl cover pattern is custom to the size of bowl you are making it for. How great is that!?

You can make multiple covers for different sizes of bowls.

This bowl I use for making bread in. It works really well while the dough is rising. No flies or cloths that drop into the bowl when you move it.

I used cotton – so it’s super simple to toss into the washing machine for easy cleaning whenever you need.

This is a great thing to make for wedding presents, showers or when you just need a little cute something in your own home that’s new.

What fabric for bowl covers?

2 Fat quarters can be used for making your bowl covers. These are regular quilters cotton fabric. If you’d like, you could use a linen fabric to make it a little more breathable – but the cotton will work just fine.

Choosing your fabric

I used quilting cotton. It breathes. It’s simple and it’s what I have a lot on had. Feel free to explore other fabrics – like linen because of the weave it allows more breathability.

As far as the elastic – I used 1/4″ wide elastic and it worked great. Fancy elastic is not needed for this project.

Materials Needed:

• 2 Fat quarters fabric (1 for each side)
• elastic

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How to sew a reversible bowl cover

Step 1- Lay your two fabrics right sides facing

Step 2- Take your bowl and place on your fabric

Step 3- Trace around the shape with a pencil

Step 4- Draw another line 2″ from the first line – I made marks around every 1 1/2″ around the whole shape so it was easy to follow when cutting.

Step 5- Make sure when you are drawing your line, it’s not going off the edge

Step 6- Pin your layers together

Step 7- Cut on the outer drawn line by following the marks you made

Step 8- Continue to cut around the whole shape

Step 9- Mark a 2 1/2″ opening for turning right sides out later

Step 10- Stitch all the way around the shape- leaving the opening for turning. I used a 1/4″ seam

Step 11- Turn right sides out

Step 11- Push the sides out with a pencil or dowel

Step 12- Press the circle with a hot iron. Make sure those seams are all pushed out nicely. Tuck the seams at the opening

Step 13- Mark on one side of the bowl cover 3/4″ from the edge

Step 14- Stitch on the drawn line

Step 15- Add a safety pin to the end of the elastic

Step 16- Thread the safety pin with elastic in the opening and push through till you come out the same opening

Step 17- Continue pushing the safety pin around

Step 18- Place your bowl cover on your bowl

Step 19- Make sure the whole top is covered

Step 20- Hold the elastic end with the safety pin and pull on the other end of the elastic until you are happy with how tight the bowl cover is

Step 21- Mark on the elastic where they meet

Step 22- Sew on the mark and then cut the elastic and tuck into the opening

Step 23- Sew the opening closed

Step 24- Your bowl cover is finished and it’s reversible!

Reversible Bowl Cover Video

How do you make this customized?

When it comes to the size – you are going to just follow the same steps for whatever bowl you are going to cover, or even a mason jar. It’s the same process and super simple to us this on any size.

What is a bowl bonnet?

This is the same as a bowl cover… it’s just called a bonnet because it looks – like a bonnet. It has a gathered edge which has elastic in it, so it is snug against the side of the bowl.

How do you measure elastic for a bowl cover?

You can take the measurement from the bowl and then subtract 2 inches. This will be enough to keep the bowl cover tight enough to use. This is a great place to start. I pulled on the two ends of the elastic until I was happy with how snug it was.

Tumbler Table Topper pattern (in picture above)

Additional Kitchen Patterns You Can Sew

• Kitchen Table Cloth Pattern
• Cute kitchen towel
• Quilted hotpad with a pocket
• Casserole hot pad pattern
• 5 Sewing projects for your kitchen

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