Now I know this is not going to make or break your financial situation, but it is free, and ecological.
Ages ago a friend was wondering jokingly, why they don't make tea coloured teacosies as she was always mucking her's up. As it was her birthday I decided to make her one.
I used an old jumper that I had felted in the wash by accident. It was the right colour and nice and insulating!
I just laid it on the table and chalked around my tea cosy onto it, using the ribbed edge as the bottom line. I cut it out half an inch away from the chalk line. I had a bit of leftover cotton so cut two pieces the same from that, for a lining. Then it was simply a case of sew together the jumper pieces and turn them right side out, sew together the cotton pieces, slip the cotton in the felted 'bag' and stitch together at the bottom (folding the cotton in to hide the raw edge)! I decorated mine with a bit of applique, but it's not vital!
She liked it!!
Never throw away felted woollies as they have many uses!!
Ages ago a friend was wondering jokingly, why they don't make tea coloured teacosies as she was always mucking her's up. As it was her birthday I decided to make her one.
I used an old jumper that I had felted in the wash by accident. It was the right colour and nice and insulating!
I just laid it on the table and chalked around my tea cosy onto it, using the ribbed edge as the bottom line. I cut it out half an inch away from the chalk line. I had a bit of leftover cotton so cut two pieces the same from that, for a lining. Then it was simply a case of sew together the jumper pieces and turn them right side out, sew together the cotton pieces, slip the cotton in the felted 'bag' and stitch together at the bottom (folding the cotton in to hide the raw edge)! I decorated mine with a bit of applique, but it's not vital!
She liked it!!
Never throw away felted woollies as they have many uses!!