Golf club head covers

By Spotlight

Get ready for Father’s Day with this dashing & sporty project that’s perfect for anyone in the house who’s perfecting their swing with style.

Final Result

Materials

• 65cm x 112cm wide printed cotton fabric
• 30cm x 90cm wide iron-on medium pellon
• 140cm piped trim
• 40cm x 25mm wide bias binding
• felt numbers
• matching sewing thread
• scissors
• pins
• sewing machine
• tape measure
• iron
• paper & pencil

Step 1

Cutting
Copy ‘Side of cover’ pattern onto paper. From fabric cut out 2 sides as per pattern and 2 sides in reverse (turn pattern over to get reverse pattern). Cut 2 strips of fabric 65cm long x 10cm wide. Cut one 65cm x 10cm strip and 2 sides (one in reverse) from the pellon.

Step 2

Number
Lay one of the strips of fabric flat, with the longer 65cm edges going upwards. Measure and mark 27cm up from the bottom shorter edge. Pin felt number onto this mark in the middle of the width of fabric and top stitch in place using the same colour thread as felt number. Iron pellon strip to the wrong side of this numbered fabric piece. Sew piped trim to the front of the fabric strip along both of the long sides, making sure the piping in facing inwards.

Step 3

Sides
Iron pellon to the wrong side of two of the side cover pieces of fabric. With right sides together sew one side at a time to the long numbered strip making sure the number is at the back top of cover. Clip all seams and turn right side out.

Step 4

Lining
Sew two remaining unpadded sides to the remaining unpadded long strip of fabric. Clip all seams. Insert lining into padded cover and pin raw open edges together. Trim any uneven raw edges at opening of cover. Stitch together 3mm from raw edges.

Step 5

Binding
Press 25mm bias binding in half inwards. Pin to raw opening of cover and stitch in place close to edge of binding, folding ends underneath.

Note

Did you know?
The medieval Dutch word ‘kolf’ or ‘kolve’ meant club. It’s believed that word passed to the Scots, whose old Scots dialect transformed the word into ‘golve’, ‘gowl’ or ’gouf. By the 16th Century, the word golf had emerged.