Holiday Hearts & Hands Tea Cozy
Designed by
Laura Stone Roberts
Finished Tea Cozy Size
7 3/4" x 11"
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Note: Template A is given with seam allowance. Appliqué templates are given reversed and without seam allowance for use with paper-backed fusible web.
Project Requirements
Felted wools (tea cozy, appliqué)
... Brown (cozy) 15" x 20" piece
... Green (hand) 5" x 7" piece
... Dark pink (bracelet) 1" x 2 1/2" piece
... Purple (heart) 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" piece
... Gold (ring, moons) 5" x 6" piece
... Assorted pinks and corals (petals) 5" x 7" piece total
... Blue (circle) 1" x 1" piece
Purple batik (lining) 15" x 20" piece
Low-loft batting 15" x 20" piece
Fusible web 1/4 yd.
Pink ribbon or cording 4" piece
Planning
This wool tea cozy is just the thing for your winter table. Keep your tea hot with these luscious warm fabrics. Fortunately, most quilt stores carry felted wool these days, so enjoy a hunt through their shelves for just the right palette. Or, if you want to felt your own wool, purchase pieces larger than listed above to accommodate shrinkage, and run them through a washing machine and dryer on a hot cycle with agitation. Be sure to clean the lint traps often.
Cutting Instructions
Note: Cutting instructions for the appliqué shapes are given on the templates. Click here to download Template Diagrams (PDF format).
Brown felted wool, purple batik, and low-loft batting—cut from each:
... 2 Template A
Appliquéing the Cozy
1. Trace appliqué templates on paper side of paper-backed fusible web. Cut apart, leaving small margin beyond drawn lines. Following manufacturer's instructions, fuse to wrong side of appropriate fabrics; cut apart on drawn lines.
2. Finger-press 1 brown wool Template A in half lengthwise and crosswise; use folds as placement guide. Referring to Diagram I, position appliqué fabrics. Following manufacturer's instructions, fuse in place. Machine buttonhole stitch edges (Diagram II).
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