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Monday, December 12, 2011

What I Love About...Coffee Cup Cozy DIY


So this Monday I was feeling a little crafty and was not in the mood to make another hair clip!

So here's what I love about a DIY coffee cozy/sleeve!


It was so easy I thought I'd share how I did it.


Step 1: Trace the pattern of a coffee sleeve from onto a sheet of felt and cut out two separate pieces.


Step 2: Place the two pieces on top of each other and thread together. I used embroidery floss because it's a bit thicker and easier to see than thread.



Using this sort of threading pattern made it easy to pull the two pieces of felt together to give it a little "fluff". Just pull on the thread as you are stitching to pull it together.

Step 3: Tie a knot at in the corner to secure the two strands together.



Step 4: Trim off any part of the felt that doesn't match up perfectly.



Step 5: Cut out a tiny circle and a tiny rectangle in a different color and sew a button to the circle felt.


I use a tiny spool of thread to give me a perfect circle pattern.


Step 6: Hot glue a 1.5 in piece of elastic to the rectangle and glue to the inside of the cozy.




And you're done!



I just love these!

These are going to make a great teacher gift!

5 comments:

rreynol3 said...

Those turned out so great! They're really really cute, and perfectly cozy!
And putting a button on anything makes it perfect.

Erin James said...

just found your blog through the wiegand's, and i'm your newest follower!

love this great project, you did a great job!

XO
erin

sweetnessitself.blogspot.com

The Olive Tree Blog said...

seriously adorable!

Lauren said...

These are so cute! They would make great little gifts too.

I'd love for you to link up and share: http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/2011/12/pinteresting-linky-party-week-nineteen.html

Jen @ Craftincowgirl said...

Ooooh, I love it! Great gift idea for my sisters!