Spock's Sister Sees

Another day, another microscope cosy…

This time the microscope cosy is for me. It’s a little simpler than the last one but not much. It’s cotton lined with lint free microfibre cloth. It takes ages to do because I have to overlock every seam. If I didn’t overlock each seam the microfibre cloth might fray and produce fluff and the last thing I need is a fuzzy microscope.

I chose orange bias binding to contrast with the teal cloth and stitched on a Nikon patch which cost me three quid on eBay.

Very simple and rather smart. I’m rather chuffed with it.

Microscope cosy

My friend in America once joked that as my hobbies include microscopy and quilting I should make some microscope cosies, also known as dust covers. This my first attempt, I have attached my appliqué shapes using Bondaweb and tomorrow I shall sew them on.
This will be the front. I shall probably appliqué “Amscope” on the other side for that is the make of my friend’s microscope.
After I have attached the sides to the top I shall line the microscope cosy with lint free microfibre cloth because cotton isn’t soft enought for optical equipment.
Looking good so far don’t you think?