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Home ยป TUTORIAL – Slow Cooker Lid Cover

TUTORIAL – Slow Cooker Lid Cover

November 4, 2014 by Nanny 33 Comments

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Have you noticed the revival of interest in cooking with a slow cooker?  Maybe it’s always been there and I just hadn’t noticed! Anyway, it takes me back to the 70’s when our ‘crock pots’ were well used and really appreciated.

Today I thought I would share a quick tutorial for a lid cover for your Slow Cooker so that you don’t have to resort to the ‘tea towel under the lid’ trick again and your cooker can look stylish and colour co-ordinated in your kitchen.

I picked up some microfibre towels at the ‘cheap’ shop thinking they were tea-towels but they turned out to be more a ‘hand towel’ size so they will be perfect for this project.  You can use any cotton fabric for this – maybe a cheap towelling tea towel, remembering that it is to be absorbent.

What you need:
Fabric – enough to cut double
Elastic – measure it around your lid stretched (you have to have it big enough to get it on!)
Thread

Let’s Sew!

Take your chosen fabric (I am using a double layer) and trace the lid shape.



I left as large a border around the lid as I could (determined by the size of the towel) but I suggest 2.5″ would be a good size.

With right sides together, stitch around the outside, leaving a gap to turn it through.


Turn through to the right side.


Sew a row of stitching around the edge, about 1/8″ from the edge, leaving a small opening big enough  to thread the elastic through.


Sew a row of stitching about 1/2″ from the edge. (check your elastic size). I shifted my needle to the left and ran the edge of my foot along the other row of stitching.


Thread the elastic (I just used a safety pin) and join the ends.

Finish sewing the edge.



Taa Daa – that’s it!  Wasn’t that just sew easy!!!

Now we will have the best dressed cookers around! 



Until next time
Nanny xx

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Comments

  1. Pam @Threading My Way says

    November 8, 2014 at 10:52 am

    A great idea, Margie. My slow cooker is buried at the back of the cupboard and hasn’t seen the light of day for years.

    Reply
    • Nanny@nannynotes2u says

      November 8, 2014 at 9:16 pm

      Time to get it out again Pam! New take on recipes are worth a try and it allows more ‘free’ time for sewing!! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  2. Roopini V says

    November 8, 2014 at 10:37 pm

    Wow! This is genius. Definitely gonna try this. I always used tea towels under lid for slow cooking. Thank you for sharing ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Nanny@nannynotes2u says

      November 9, 2014 at 3:14 am

      Thank you Roopini and thanks for stopping by! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  3. Joyce says

    November 9, 2014 at 1:01 am

    Why do you use tea towels? I have used the crockpot for years but have never heard of this.

    Reply
    • Nanny@nannynotes2u says

      November 9, 2014 at 3:15 am

      Hi Joyce! It is used when you don’t want condensation to fall back onto whatever you are cooking eg cakes. You’ll have to give it a try now! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
    • Sheryl Hastings says

      November 10, 2014 at 12:58 am

      Oh! this makes sense. I was going to ask the same thing. Now I have to make me one.

      Reply
    • Nanny@nannynotes2u says

      November 10, 2014 at 1:46 am

      Hi Sheryl! I’d love you to share a photo when you make it! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  4. Gina says

    April 3, 2015 at 5:18 pm

    Does anyone know if these are for sale anywhere? I am not a crafty person. Thanks.

    Reply
    • nannycra says

      April 6, 2015 at 10:43 am

      Hi Gina! I’m not sure where you live but if you would like to contact me, I am sure we could work something out! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  5. Keren says

    June 22, 2015 at 12:06 am

    hi,
    I am interested in a full cover to cover the slow cooker and lid – like dust cover when not using. I would love an attractive quilted type cover. I know these type of things are popular in the USA. I am not a sewer so wondering if you knew where I could get such a thing?
    Keren –
    Brisbane

    Reply
    • nannycra says

      June 22, 2015 at 8:27 pm

      Hi Keren! If you would like to contact me via the contact page right at the top of the page, I am sure I could help! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  6. Tania says

    July 27, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    What a great idea. Wish I had a sewing machine ๐Ÿ™

    Reply
    • nannycra says

      July 27, 2015 at 9:23 pm

      Hi Tania! Thanks for stopping by – maybe you will have to put a machine on your wish list for Santa! Sewing is a wonderful craft! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  7. Jenny says

    October 12, 2015 at 3:08 pm

    thank you for sharing. Will try and make tonight. Was just looking to see where I could buy one.

    Reply
    • Nanny says

      October 12, 2015 at 9:02 pm

      Thanks Jenny and you are so welcome – so glad you found me so please come again! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  8. Sandra says

    October 21, 2015 at 4:51 pm

    Thank Heavens for people like you. I just found your site and didn’t waste any time in joining up. My kind of stuff. My sewing machine is in the hospital right now, but when it gets well, guess what my slow-cooker friends are going to get.

    Reply
    • Nanny says

      October 21, 2015 at 6:10 pm

      Oh welcome Sandra – thank you for taking the time to say hello! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  9. Carol says

    June 5, 2016 at 7:17 am

    I made one for both my slow cookers when I bought them. Great idea ans so easy to make. Incidentally, I am not a sewer.

    Reply
    • Nanny says

      June 5, 2016 at 6:39 pm

      Hi Carol and thanks for taking the time to share! I am so glad you found it easy to make!

      Reply
  10. Sharon says

    June 14, 2016 at 6:25 am

    What a great idea, as you mentioned it is “sew” simple, gret work Nanny ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Nanny says

      June 15, 2016 at 9:30 am

      Thanks Sharon! Happy to help! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  11. Gloria says

    June 14, 2016 at 10:02 am

    Hi Nanny,
    Thanks for the super-easy tutorial. I need to make one of these for my slow cooker. I made a dust cover for it ages ago, but it never dawned on me to make the lid cover. Doh!

    Reply
    • Nanny says

      June 15, 2016 at 9:31 am

      Thanks Gloria – you are so welcome! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  12. penny tamatea says

    June 14, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    hi i live in new zealand i dont sew never have dont own a sewing a machine but would like a slow cooker cover where can i get one please.

    Reply
    • Nanny says

      June 15, 2016 at 9:35 am

      Hi Penny and welcome! If you ‘google’ them you will probably find some for sale on-line or if you have a friend who sews I would love them to follow my easy tutorial to make one for you. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  13. Barbara says

    June 23, 2018 at 2:36 pm

    Hi Nanny, I was told about your site and the Slow Cooker Lid Covers, great idea, thanks. I have an oval Slow Cooker so am going to have a go at making one.

    Reply
    • Nanny says

      February 14, 2019 at 7:50 pm

      Thank you Barbara and welcome! I hope you enjoyed making your cover! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  14. Barbara says

    February 15, 2019 at 9:05 am

    Thank you Nanny, The Slow Cooker Cover turned out well. One of my friends has a slow cooker that has a fitted lid any thoughts on how I could make one of these for her. The lid is attached at the back of the unit and just lifts up.
    Kind regards, Barbara

    Reply
  15. Kathy says

    November 7, 2019 at 3:16 pm

    Thank you for this! Perhaps this could also be used to make a (matching?) cover for a stand mixer? Making a holiday themed pair might be a cute gift

    Reply
    • Nanny says

      January 7, 2020 at 9:13 pm

      Hi Kathy! You are so welcome – I actually made my Mum a cover for her mixer so maybe i should do a tutorial. Thanks for the suggestion! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  16. Deb says

    January 6, 2020 at 5:09 pm

    What’s the best material to use please?

    Reply
    • Nanny says

      January 7, 2020 at 9:11 pm

      Hi Deb! I used absorbent micro fibre hand towel – just choose something that is absorbent. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply

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