I checked this link on 1/9/2021 because this is a very POPULAR post and I wanted to make a few more for my son-in-law.  The link goes to a site that is “parked”.  Sew4Home.com also has a tutorial for the soup bowl cozy so if this link continues to go nowhere, I would suggest you go to Sew4Home.com’s site.

I’ve been on a quest for new handmade hostess gifts.  Hey the holidays are coming and I gotta be ready.

Have you seen soup bowl cozies?

I think they’ve been around for awhile.  I’m a little late to the cozy craze! My friend Laurel showed me these and we decided to make them in our Sew Cool! Workshop at the Old Homosassa Learning Center last Thursday. I usually try to help in the workshop rather than sew but due to the warning of the upcoming devastation by Hurricane Irma to the entire state of Florida which caused incredible crazy amounts of traffic on all the major roadways, only coach Faith, Laurel and I made it.  (The three of us live on local roads close to the civic club so didn’t have to deal with the road war insanity on US-19.)

Anyhow…..

These babies go in the microwave.  You put your soup bowl in it.  Then zap it. They are almost like a hot pad for your soup bowl.

They have to be made out of all cotton.  Fabric, thread, and batting.

I did some research and was surprised to find out that my “natural cotton” Warm ‘n Natural batting has polymer in it!  What! Since I have no idea if polymer melts, I bought some batting called “Wrap-n-Zap” which was created to use in the microwave.

I also bought some cotton thread for the workshop and made sure that my fabrics were all cotton.

I’m not going to tell you how to make the cozies because the website Sew4Home.com has a great tutorial with step by step photos.

There are other versions out their on the world wide web.  But I’m sticking with this one because this pattern is EASY-PEASY!

Reversible!

And so cute!

On the second cozy I made I reduced the batting from 10″ to 9 1/2″.  This stuff moves around and stretches, and shrinks.

And then, because I had nothing to do while I was waiting for Hurricane Irma to make her long watched arrival and we still had power, I decided to change it up a little to hold my favorite and well-used casserole dish.  

The dish has an 8″ diameter and 3″ sides.  So I increased the fabric to go with the larger size.

I cut 2 squares of 15″ cotton fabric, 2 squares of 14 1/2″ wrap-n-zap batting and followed the instructions.  When it got time to mark the corners, I made it 1″ in and 3 1/4″ down.

Think I’ll test these for a few weeks–starting today since I just made a big pot of vegetable beef soup while I was waiting for Irma.

Then if I’ll adjust the sizes and start thinking about holiday handmades!