As I mentioned on my last post, I went on a tea cozy Marathon last Spring with my friends Roxy and Amy. I had fun making several tea cozies for gifts. I had taken several pictures, and have wanted to post this for a while, but it took me a little time to finally put this post together. A Tea Cozy is a cozy thing…. yes, a beautiful and cozy thing. They are on my list of favorite things, and I have loved learning to make them; I thought some of you might feel likewise. I made my first tea cozy for my mother-in-law for her birthday about 13 years ago. I was very proud of myself when I had made it, because I didn't have a pattern, and didn't really know what I was doing. I had a pretty piece of material and went to work, and it actually came together very nicely. I have made many since then for gifts, and for myself and even did a couple tutorials in the past that I posted. I decided to post this updated tutorial and will also leave a link to a very nice video that I found on "You Tube", with instructions by Debbie Shore. It is a wonderful tutorial, and I think you will really enjoy Debbie. Materials needed: One piece of brown paper or tissue paper for a pattern 1/4 yard of fabric for outside (this is an approximate, depending on how big you want your tea cozy) 1/4 yard of fabric for inside lining (approximately) 1/4 yard of batting Trim of lace or rick rack for a tab or for decorating. I used the tea dyed lace I had made a little while back. Instructions: To begin, you will be making a pattern as follows: Decide the size of tea cozy you want : You can do this by measuring your teapot For the width: Take your tape from spout to handle, allowing for the roundness of the teapot to be included in your measurement. Add an inch to accommodate for the seam allowance in your measurement. Write this down as the width. For the Height: Measure from the bottom to the top of the teapot allowing for the roundness in your measurement. Add an inch to accommodate for the seam allowance. Write this measurement down as your Height. Draw and cut out a Rectangle with these measurements Trim the corners of the top of your rectangle to form a half circle. Remember that the width is wider than height, incase you are doubting which side is the top. This is your pattern. You can fold this pattern in half (from side to side) in order to make sure the sides and top curves are exactly the same; trim and adjust if needed. Using your pattern, Cut 2 from your fabric and 2 from your lining fabric and 2 from your batting. If you desire to add lace, or a variation to the look of the fabric, do it first before you begin sewing your Tea Cozy; scroll 3/4 of the way down the page for suggestions and instructions. Place one of each of the outer fabric and the inner lining "right sides" together. Add a piece of batting to each set and pin them all together at the bottom. You will end up with two sets, with three pieces of fabric on each (one for the outer cozy, one for the lining of the cozy, and one for the filler of the cozy). You are going to sew together these pieces at the bottom using the seam allowance that you allotted for. Sew the fabric together, remove the pins and open. Press open seams with an iron. Now take the two opened pieces and place them together (with the right sides together), matching the lining side to the lining side, and the outer fabric side with the outer fabric side. If you are putting a tab on your Cozy, lay it flat on the inside when you place right sides together. When putting these two pieces together, be sure to line up your bottom seams first. It will look like this. Sew the two pieces together leaving 3-4 inches open on the lining side. You can see the opening in the lining at the top of the picture. Turn the Tea Cozy right side around through the opening in the lining. Push all of the seam edges firmly to spread the cozy evenly open. Iron the bottom seams open. Tuck the rough edges of the opening inside the Tea Cozy. Press the edges with an iron. Be sure all is nicely matched and pressed together. Top stitch the opening close to the edge of the fabric. Backstitch Push the lining into the inside of the Tea Cozy. It will look like this now. Smooth and iron the edges. Iron the entire Tea Cozy. At this point, you can top stitch at the bottom to make the lining more secure if needed, or just leave it as is. I made a variety of Tea Cozies with lace and had fun creating a few easy designs to change around the outer material; below are a few tips for designing or decorating. Instructions for Design Variations You can make a variation of pattern in your cozy by cutting different pieces of fabric and sewing them back together in a varied pattern to add an interesting design. Cut two of your pieces in an even cut at any point on the fabric. With right sides together, pin them and sew two different materials back together. Remove pins and iron open Trim with lace if you desire. Decide what looks best to you. Top stitch the lace to the fabric. To make a tab: Cut out a little tab from lace or rick rack. Pin it folded down flat into the right side of the fabric. Sew it to the fabric. Keep it laying flat on the inside as you sew together your pieces. Now back to the top to finish putting your Tea Cozy together. Yes, I know, that was a lot of pictures… but well, I couldn't seem to help myself. Here is the "How to" Video by Debbie Shore; I'm sure you will really like it. Enjoy everyone, and have fun sewing.

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