Matzah Cover

In preparations for this year's seder, my grandmother's matzah cover has gone missing.  This is (was) a round velvet cover with "לכבוד חג פסח"  embroidered on it.  The velvet was very faded, the trim coming off.  Still 100 ish years old.  It is probably not really missing.  It was last seen last year at the seder at my mother's.  It couldn't have gone far - either stashed away somewhere at her place or at one of the participants who brought stuff for the potluck seder we had.

In the meantime, I am quickly putting together a new cover, making up the design and stitches as I go along. 

I started with a gold table runner from my "maybe you can use this" stash, cut into 4 pieces so that there will be three pockets.  I cut it so that the finished rolled edges will be at the opening and I won't have to finish the inside pocket edgs.

 So since it is obvious to me and the family attending the seder that it's a matzah cover, I decided to adorn it with the Hebrew letters of   הא לחמא עניא

which roughtly translates to "this is the bread of our affliction".

I cut the letters out from my duppioni scraps and decided to place them on a piece of matzah fabric, leftover from a years ago Pomegranate Guild wine bottle apron making activity.  This is what it looks like.  

I then proceeded to quilt it, just the top and batting, and attached it with green binding (think Spring - think I didn't have a better option in my stash) to the gold background.

 

 Alas, the binding corners were not stellar. However, I remedied this by sewing 4 buttons on the corners, for the four sons and/or four questions.  That's my story and I am sticking to it.

Below is the finished cover.  Not perfect but at least we have a matzah cover for the seder.