{Scrap Fabric} Coffee Coozie

Happy Wednesday!!! Today, in addition to my next sewing project below, I am also guest posting over at the Sweet Spot! To check out that post, click on her button right up there! It's something delicious I've whipped up for dinner...mmm!!!

Onto the sewing project, right!  Last year, I bought one of these coffee coozies from a local coffee shop. It had my favorite NFL team on it and I proudly used it all the time. Until of course I threw it into the garbage right along with the cup! At least, I'm assuming that's what happened. It could also be in the bottomless pit that has become the inside of my purse.

Instead of buying a new one, I've been using the cardboard ones they provide. With all that "being green" pressure around, I feel terrible grabbing those. And when I don't, it sure is painful to drink from the cup!

Last time I was in "that" coffee shop, when I reached for the coozie, I thought of another sewing project! What if I wrapped that cardboard in fabric, made it pretty, and then used that instead. And since I'd make it with scrap fabric, I won't feel terrible next time it accompanies my cup into the trash can.

And for those of you who don't know what a coozie is...it's a little "sweater" that keeps our beer cold, on the dock, at the cabin :) A coffee "coozie" keeps you from getting second degree burns as you enjoy your cuppa joe.

You will need:

Sewing machine
One cardboard coffee sleeve & coffee cup saved for sizing
2 pieces of scrap fabric big enough to cut a pattern with 1/4 to 1/2 inch border
pins

First, using your sleeve as the pattern, cut both pieces of fabric leaving 1/4 to 1/2 inches around the sleeve. If you are a beginner like me, go with 1/2 inch to be sure you have space to sew.

***Make sure you cut the fabric with the RIGHT sides facing in.***

With the sleeve still in between, pin the fabric together {not through the cardboard}. Leave one end open so you have a place to turn it inside out after sewing around the edges.

Remove the sleeve and sew around the edges, remembering to leave that ONE end open.

Flip the coozie inside out, and re-insert the sleeve.

Wrap the fabric over the end of the sleeve, fold the ends in for a clean look all around, and pin it closed.

Now we've prepped it for our last finishing stitch. This final stitch will also close this hole as well as sew the fabric to the cardboard coozie.

Once you finish sewing around the edges, wrap your coozie around the coffee cup to size it and see where you need to sew your ends together. You can hand sew this shut {the cardboard is pretty easy to sew through} or you can use your machine like me. I had to sew from both sides towards the middle, which is hard to see, I know.

You'll need to hold back the top part when you sew the ends together since it's a small circle and you can't lay it flat and run it through. This also means that you may not be able to sew straight across. Instead you'll have to turn it 180 degrees and repeat on the other side and go as far as you can. See what I mean in the pictures below?

And the completed project...

Even if you don't ever use it, it's a great project for beginners to practice their skills {like me}. This was my first attempt - you can see I need to work on sewing a straight line, right???

And since it was basically free - cardboard sleeve and scrap fabric, who really cares if you toss it out with your coffee cup??? Just keep your next cardboard coozie and make yourself another! {Which isn't really "green" and kinda defeats the purpose of the fabric coozie, but you know what I mean.}

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