I made up some bowl cozies this week as there was request at the Chili For A Cause event we held on Wednesday for some. I made up 10 of them with some very cool fabric I had on hand!! They are made with 10" squares of fabric and cotton batting - 2 of each. I stitched one fabric to one batting and then did the same for the other two pieces with cotton thread. Then I rounded the corners using a template I drew on cardboard using a glass. I folded them in half and marked and stitched a dart - 1" across and 2" long on the fold on both sides. I stitched the darts and repeated the same darts on the other two sides. I trimmed the darts after sewing to reduce the bulk. Then I placed two with fabric facing fabric and stitched all the way around leaving a small gap for turning them inside out. Once turned inside out I top stitched all the way around the outside edge which conveniently closed up the gap. Then I added two more rows of stitching from the top of a curves to the other curve passing through the middle. Just nicely secures both pieces together and helps the middle create a bottom for the bowl. I really enjoyed playing with fabric and coordinating the patterns and colours. I made up 10 of them!!! Therese
I made up some bowl cozies this week as there was request at the Chili For A Cause event we held on Wednesday for some. I made up 10 of them with some very cool fabric I had on hand!! They are made with 10" squares of fabric and cotton batting - 2 of each. I stitched one fabric to one batting and then did the same for the other two pieces with cotton thread. Then I rounded the corners using a template I drew on cardboard using a glass. I folded them in half and marked and stitched a dart - 1" across and 2" long on the fold on both sides. I stitched the darts and repeated the same darts on the other two sides. I trimmed the darts after sewing to reduce the bulk. Then I placed two with fabric facing fabric and stitched all the way around leaving a small gap for turning them inside out. Once turned inside out I top stitched all the way around the outside edge which conveniently closed up the gap. Then I added two more rows of stitching from the top of a curves to the other curve passing through the middle. Just nicely secures both pieces together and helps the middle create a bottom for the bowl. I really enjoyed playing with fabric and coordinating the patterns and colours. I made up 10 of them!!! Therese
