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A quick and elegant project... |
When I saw it on HandyMum Lin's YouTube channel (uploaded May 5, 2022) as a potential Mother's Day
gift, it immediately caught my eye with its quasi fabric origami look.
Seeing the little tea cup also made me nostalgic.
One of the things that hubby and I have not done since before the pandemic is go out for dim sum. It used to be almost a monthly thing for us to go and have nibbles of dainty dumplings and drink jasmine tea out of small cups.
So not only did this tea cozy project appeal to my fabric origami leanings, it
reminded me of simpler times that have still not returned to normal.
While you can go to YouTube and watch Lin sew this, it's really rather simple. Take two 6" (15cm) squares of fabric and pin them right sides together. (These are still my Robert Kaufman mystery box selections from Craftsy!)
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| Use different coloured pins to mark your start and stopping point... |
Sew them together, leaving a small turning gap.
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| Press open the seams before turning... |
Trim the corners as shown and turn right side out. Slide your choice of tool
along the inside seams and gently poke out the corners.
Press well and stitch up the opening with a ladder stitch.
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| Fold two opposing corners to the center on opposite sides... |
Find the center of the square by folding diagonally twice (i.e., making an
"X"). Then take one corner and fold it so that its tip touches the center
point; pin. Flip it over and do the same with the opposite corner.
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Hand stitch each corner down onto the top layer of fabric only. Be careful; you don't want to have to do it all again just because one stitch happened to catch both layers!
Hand stitch each corner down onto the top layer of fabric only. Be careful; you don't want to have to do it all again just because one stitch happened to catch both layers!
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| Carefully sew the corner down onto the top layer of fabric... |
Once both corners are sewn down, pull apart the two layers so that the corners
form the base of a boat like shape.
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| It's a boat! |
You may want to press it at this point; it's done and your tea cup cozy is
ready to use!
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| Makes an elegant addition to your tea service... |
Now you can serve hot tea in these handle-less cups and have some protection
for your fingers.
I have ramekins that also fit into this. So an alternate use for this tea cozy would be for serving warm or cold desserts.
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Hope you've noticed that this is totally reversible, too.
Isn't it a unique way to use up some of the prettier selections in your scrap
pile?
'Til next...
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