Let’s Make A Bowl Cozy
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🧵 ✂️ Want To Sew Quick Holiday Gifts this year? Let's Make A Bowl Holder! In this step-by-step tutorial, I'll guide you through the process of creating your very own Fabric Bowl Cozy. These cozy and functional fabric holders are perfect for enjoying a hot bowl of soup, chili, or any favorite dish without burning your hands. It's perfect to protect your hands from the cold, too! I am thinking ice cream. Anyone else?
I also have a free downloadable PDF with the written instructions. You can get that here.
Below is a list of the supplies you will need for this project.
Step 1: Cut Your Fabric
The first step in making this is to use the template to cut your fabrics. The template I used for this is the small bowl cozy template by Creative Grids. Begin by folding one of the 11” pieces of fabric in half and half again. Press the seam well. Position the template on the folded edges (this placement is indicated on the template. Cut around the template, ensuring you do not cut the folded edges. Repeat with the other 11” square of fabric.
Step 2: Baste On Batting
Place cut fabric on the top of the batting with the wrong side facing down. Repeat with the other piece of fabric. Using a basting stitch either by hand or by machine (4.5 stitch length or so), sew about the pieces 1/8” from the edge. Do this to both sets. Trim the batting to match the fabric.
Step 3: Sewing the Darts
Lower your stitch length on your machine to 2. One at a time, take the bowl pieces, and fold at the darts lining up edgesthe dart triangle, right sides together. Sew the darts starting at one end (it doesn’t matter which), backstitching at the beginning and the ended. Do this on all four darts on both bowl pieces. I do not trim the darts. Some people do to reduce the bulk. This is up to you.
Lower your stitch length on your machine to 2. One at a time, take the bowl pieces, and fold at the darts lining up edges of the dart triangle, right sides together. Sew the darts starting at one end (it doesn’t matter which), backstitching at the beginning and the ended. Do this on all four darts on both bowl pieces. I do not trim the darts. Some people do to reduce the bulk. This is up to you.
Step 4: Attaching Top and Bottom of Bowl
Plece bowl units together, printed sides facing each other. Line up the darts and pin or clip the darts first. I like to nest these, making seams go opposite to each other. Mark where your opening is going to be, I like to do this in the “valley,” making it a little easier to close when we topstitch. The opening should be three or four inches. Sew around the edge using a 1/4” seam allowance, not sewing the marked opening.
Step 5: Turning Bowl
I like to check to see if everything is right before trimming the seams, so I turn it right sides out to inspect it. Once I know it is okay, I turn it inside out again, trim any excess fabric/batting from the seams. Next, turn it right sides out and push out all of the edges. Press well, folding in the opening and securing the opening with clips or pins.
Step 6: Finishing the Bowl
To secure the edge, I like to hand-stitch the opening closed, but this is optional. You can go directly to the machine and top stitch using around the edges of the bowl, closing up the opening left for turning. Next, press it real well and enjoy!