A seat cover comprising a seat cover top for overlying a top of a seat, the seat cover tip having a perimeter, a skirt extending downward from, and running lengthwise along the length of, the perimeter of the scat cover top, the skirt having opposite lengthwise ends that are in confrontation with each other at a location along the perimeter of the seat cover top, the skirt comprising a cord spaced below the seat cover top and running along the length of the skirt and having a first end that protrudes from one of the confronting lengthwise ends of the skirt and a second end that protrudes from the other of the confronting lengthwise ends of the skirt, the cord having an association with the skirt that allows the skirt to be drawn around the seat for holding the seat cover in place on the seat, and an open-top pocket hanging from the seat cover at a location along the perimeter of the seat cover top other than the location at which the opposite lengthwise ends of the skirt are in confrontation, in which the seat cover top has a rectangular shape, and the location along the perimeter of the seat cover top at which the open-top pocket hangs from the seat cover is along one of opposite sides of the rectangular-shaped seat cover top, and the location at which the opposite lengthwise ends of the skirt are in confrontation is along the other of the opposite sides of the rectangular-shaped seat cover top, the skirt comprises a hem through which the cord runs, the pocket has an interior that is narrower than both its width as measured along the length of the perimeter of the seat cover top and its depth as measured downward from the perimeter of the seat cover top, and the pocket comprises a flap having an end margin placed between a margin of the perimeter of the seat cover top and a top margin of the skirt, and further comprising stitching that stitches together the pocket flap, the margin of the perimeter of the seat cover top, and the top margin of the skirt.