- 1). Hold a tape measure from left to right across the top of the item you are to cover, measure and add 1 inch to the measurement. Hold the tape measure running front to back across the top of the item to be covered, measure and add 1 inch to the measurement. Write down the dimensions for the top piece of the PVC cover.
- 2). Determine a point equal in height to the top of the item to be covered and measure from there to the floor. Add 1 inch to the measurement. Measure the width of each side and add 1 inch to each of the measurements. If the item is narrower at the top, measure the width of the side at the top as well as the bottom of the item, and add 1 inch to each measurement. Write down the dimensions for the side pieces of the PVC cover.
- 3). Measure and mark the dimensions for the top and side pieces of the PVC cover on to the PVC fabric and cut them out.
- 4). Place a side edge of the top piece of the PVC cover and the top edge of one of the side pieces together, one on top of the other, wrong sides up. Fold up a ½-inch seam, making sure the edges are aligned. Push it down with your finger, creating a crease. Pick up the piece on top and turn it over. Put it back in place, with one crease inside the other. Press down along the edge of the crease again, with the fabric in this direction, to reaffirm the crease.
- 5). Sew a seam, with a sewing machine, ¼ inch from the edge of the crease. Use monofilament for thread if you want it to be without color. Repeat creating and sewing seams in the same manner until all the sides are sewn to the top. Repeat creating and sewing seams to secure each of the side pieces to the side pieces to the right and left of it.
- 6). Fold and crease a ½-inch seam all the way around the bottom of each side piece. Fold that seam up, doubling it, which will make a triple thickness counting the cover itself, and crease it again. Sew a seam, on a sewing machine, ¼ inch from the edge of the crease around the entire bottom hem.
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