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Step 2Gather and Cut the Materials
- Batting*: one piece of batting the same size (width and depth) as the cabinet top. The batting should be made from material that can take heat (and not melt). I used cotton (doesn't melt. takes heat fairly well).
*I cut up an old never to be used again mattress protector (it didn't seem thick enough, so I doubled it to two pieces, one on top of the other).
- Velcro Loop Strip for Sewing (Loop is the hairy side): enough to encircle the cabinet top - twice the width and depth of the cabinet top (for sewing means it has no tape on the back). Try for the narrowest strip you can get, so it won't get in the way of the cabinet doors.
Cut into two strips the size of the cabinet top width and two strips the size of the cabinet top depth.
- Stickable Velcro Hook Strip* (Hook is the side that cloth sticks to): enough to encircle the cabinet top - twice the width and depth of the cabinet top. Same width as other Velcro strip. *I used a sewing strip and stuck double sided tape on the back.
- Cover Material: 2 pieces of light colored thick cotton or linen (material that takes heat well and won't transfer colors)*, the size of the cabinet top + twice the width of the Velcro strip + two seam allowances + 1 cm/half inch (to add a little give for the volume of the batting).
Number example: My cabinet top was 70cm wide with a depth of 40cm, the Velcro strip width was 2cm and I leave seam allowances of 1cm. I used 2 pieces of 77cm (70+1+2+2+1+1) on 47cm (40+1+2+2+1+1).
* I cut up a thick old cotton sheet. If your material has a pattern on it, you might want to stop first and decide which way the pattern should go (after cutting the pieces I realised my ducks were going the wrong way, and had to cut out two more pieces)
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