Made A Tea Cozy
Feb 7th, 2008 by Sylvia
I put together a tea cozy for myself today. If I can get good enough at it, I’d liketo sell them.
This one though, its made from fabric given to me by my friend, Patty. And its destined to sit over my personal tea pot.
I’ll try to get a good tutorial up sometime for these, here is a basic rundown of how I made it.
I used about 1/2 yard of fabric, 1/2 yard of lining and 1/2 yard of an insulated lining. There are lots of insulated lining out there, just find one you like.
Measure your tea pot from front to back. Mine measured 21 inches.
Divide that measurement in half. Add 2 inches. This is your final measurement for the height.
Next, measure your tea pot from side to side. Mine measured 14 inches. Start at the table, go over the pot, across the handle on the lid and down to the table again. Divide this measurement in half and add three inches. This is your final measurement for the width.
These measurements supply room for seams and sewing.
My final measurements were: 12.5 inches in height and 10 inches in width. I just drew my semicircle on paper using these measurements then cut out the fabric. I cut out two of each: the fasion fabric, the lining and the insulated batting.
Next I sewed piping to the right side of one of the fashion fabric pieces and batting.
Next, I sewed the other layers of batting and fashion fabric together. I had layers in this order; batting and fabric with the piping sewed on, another layer of fashion fabric and finally a layer of batting. I put a little handle at the top. It is made from a square piece of fabric folded into a triangle and then the points folded down to make a square. I stitched all around the outside, using the stitching where I sewed the piping as a guide.
I really like the finished look of the piping:
I turned it and pressed it lightly. Then I sewed the lining pieces together and pulled them over the tea cozy, right sides together. Leaving about a 6 inch opening at the top of the lining, I sewed the bottoms of the tea cozy and the lining together.
Then, I pulled the whole thing through the hole I left in the top of the lining. I slip stitched the hole in the lining.
It was pretty much done at that point, but I wanted the layers to lay flat, so I used a decorative stitch around the bottom of the tea cozy, through all the layers.
Now that I’ve figured out how to make these, I hope I can perfect them!
Very cute! Once you get them perfected, maybe you could branch out and make toaster covers, mixer covers, etc. I have a great pattern for those and they are simple to make. You could sell coordinating sets!
Neat!!
How pretty!! How will you sell them? In a store? craft fair? online?
Have a great weekend! Love Karen T.
Hi Karen,
I’m not sure yet… probably online and here in my town at craft fairs.
Sylvia
Sylvia, that is very nice! Thanks for the instructions. I think what you wrote qualifies as a tutorial just as it is.
Thanks for sharing how you did it. I hope to make at least one of these sometime! Love, Wardeh