How Cozy

Hi everyone!  I'm back.  Slight delay in posting due to life in general and the remodel.

My latest project, or at least the one I remembered to photograph, started when a friend sent me a link to a tutorial for soup bowl hot pads.  (This one.). My first thought was "How CUTE!" -- then I couldn't stop thinking about them.  I knew we wouldn't really use them, but she said they do a lot of stand up eating at dog events (she and her hubby do sledding events, etc. with their Siberian Huskies!).  Hmm ...

Cleverly disguising myself as the Sewing Fairy 😏, I asked Heather what colors she and her husband like.  She said "blue and silver/grey", and I hit my fabric stash.  I must admit two things at this point:

1. It's not like I didn't think Heather was on to me, but it was fun to pretend she didn't.
2. My stack of blue fabr-- OK, my stacks of blue fabric are rather on the large side of things.

I looked through my lovely blues, but nothing really grabbed me for this project.  At that point, one of my Siberians wandered into my Studio and I thought, "It would be cool if I had something with Sibes on it."  Then I remembered my stack of flannels and ...

Iditarod-themed flannels.  In blues and silvers.  BOOM! Is that perfect or what? And yes, flannel would be a little trickier to work with since it's bulky, but ... it was perfect. And wouldn't that feel nice on cold hands?

I got to sewing ...

I use my walking foot a LOT - it was perfect for this.  As you can see, I cut my batting a little bit smaller than my flannel.  Why?  To help avoid bulk.  I cut my squares 1/2" larger than called for in the tute so I could have a larger seam allowance.  If Heather needs to wash these, it will help prevent fraying/seam issues.

When I made the little notches to help form the bowl shape (watch the vid at the link above and that will make sense), I thought in addition to trimming the triangles off, I'd also cut off some of the excess batting:



See up there by the scissor blade?  I think it helps the bowl lay better.

Before I knew it, I had a soup bowl cozy!  My husband started calling it that and it was easier than "soup bowl hot pad", so I went with it.  Check it out:



Here's a look at the inside:



Isn't the fabric the best?!!?

This was so much fun, I decided she needed a set - one for her, one for Dan, and a couple spares:



They're also reversible -- just punch them the other way.

I grabbed one of my bowls to see how it works:

Tell me those aren't cute!!!

Heather, I hope you and Dan enjoy!  They were super fun to make!

Thanks for reading!