Coffee Cup Cozy

This felt coffee cup cozy can be made in just a couple of hours. They make excellant stocking stuffers for Christmas. You can personalize them for family and friends too! 

To make one of these coffee cozies, you will need a couple sheets of felt. The solid colors are less than 50 cents and the prints are around a dollar. you will also need embroidery floss, straight pins, scissors, an embroidery needle and a cardboard coffee cozy to use as a pattern.

This step is easy. Gently take the cardboard cozy apart where it's glued together. Flatten out and pin to a sheet of felt. Pin. Cut out and repeat with another piece of felt. Save the smaller sections of felt for designs on another, contrasting cozy.  

Cut out small shapes or letters and embroider them on the top layer only.

trim both of the short sides of the bottom layer 1/4".

Using the cardboard cozy as a guide, fold the felt cozy and pin short ends together.

Embroider a blanket stitch around the top and bottom of cozy, through both layers. Embroider the exposed sidealso.  I've included a link on how to embroider a blanket stitch. http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2007/9/tutorial-hand-sew-felt.aspx

Here you go! I bet you know several people who would love one of these cute coffee cozies,