{"id":21456,"date":"2014-01-28T19:02:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T00:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=21456"},"modified":"2016-02-22T07:45:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T12:45:50","slug":"how-to-make-a-tea-cozy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=21456","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Tea Cozy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have taken advantage of these cold days by doing some organizing in my craft room.\u00a0 One of the items at the bottom of a pile was an old tea cozy that I bought when Jordan and I took a long week-end in England a few years ago.\u00a0 It was stained, faded, and had seen a better day.\u00a0 I kept it, though, thinking it would make a good pattern if I ever decided to make a new one.\u00a0 Just seeing it was all the inspiration I needed to get to work.\u00a0 I quickly watched a You Tube video on how to make a tea cozy and followed her directions.<\/h3>\n

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\"Tea<\/p>\n

I decided to use a remnant of fabric left over from the pillows\u00a0 I made<\/a> for our foyer.\u00a0 First, I used the old tea cozy to draw the cutting line.\u00a0 I made this new cozy taller because a few of my teapots are tall.<\/h3>\n

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I decided to use the same fabric for the liner, so I cut out four sections.<\/h3>\n

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I didn’t have any batting to use between the layers, but I did have a white towel that had a hole in it.\u00a0 I cut out two pieces that would work perfectly as the inner layer.<\/h3>\n

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Then I sewed the edges together and trimmed off the excess fabric.<\/h3>\n

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The next step was to sew the lining to the bottom of the cozy.<\/h3>\n

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When the lining was attached, I put the right sides together and pinned them at the seams.\u00a0 Then I sewed the two pieces together.<\/h3>\n

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I left an opening so I could pull the right side out.<\/h3>\n

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After I pulled it through, I stitched the opening shut and ironed the completed cozy.<\/h3>\n

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\"Tea<\/p>\n

Because it looked too plain, I added an old pin to the front to dress it up a little.\u00a0 Since this was really just a practice run, I was fine with the way it turned out.\u00a0 However, on the next one I would add a little tab to the top to make lifting it off of the hot tea pot easier.\u00a0 Also, I think a monogram might look nice on the front.<\/h3>\n

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It definitely will keep my pot of tea hot, though.<\/h3>\n

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It’s a major improvement over the old stained one.<\/h3>\n

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And I know it will fit all of my Hall’s teapots.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n

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