Three years ago, I made several soup cozies following the instructions from a different website. I posted about the project and sent everyone over to that website for the step-by-step instructions. I didn’t put it on Pinterest but somebody did and its recently been a very popular post in my Pinterest analytics. I wanted to make a few more as gifts so went over to my original link to follow the instructions and it was no longer a written tutorial. Rather, it was a really fast video. Which I had to watch 3 times to understand the instructions.

I never steal anyone else’s ideas–I attempt to give credit where credit is due. I did some research and that link was not to the original pattern. I updated my original post from 2017 to reflect the correct website and then that site went off line. Someone commented that the link actually went to an adult porn website. Yikes! Now I just link to the Sew4Home.com instructions which are very good. That is a problem with using “links”. As the posts get older, the links are quite often compromised. I had the same problem with my softie shark tutorial. The blog that it was originally posted to was shut down with no notice. I started getting emails and comments from people that wanted the pattern. Now it’s on this blog. My apologies to anyone that tries a link and it doesn’t work. If that happens, let me know and I will update the post.

Okay….on to my experience with the soup cozies.

100% cotton is required for everything–fabric, batting, and thread. The first time I made these cozies I used “Wrap and Zap” which is a product that is 100% cotton. Now I buy 100% cotton batting and use that rather then the “Wrap and Zap”. I tested the first one I made with this batting and nothing caught on fire in the microwave. Phew!

When using these cozies in the microwave, they are only supposed to be warmed up for two minutes at a time. Up to eight minutes in two minute increments. They are also useful for holding bowls of ice cream. Hands will not get chilly!

This is a good scrap buster because it only takes two 10″ squares of fabric. And this basic pattern can be used in many different sizes of soup bowls.

I have no idea who originally created the Soup Bowl Cozy. There are SO many versions out on Pinterest but they are all basically the same. My tip is to cut your batting just a wee bit smaller than the pattern. Also, there are a lot of layers in the final stitching and I broke a needle on one of the seams. (always startling!) I used a large denim needle after that incident but be aware, the denim needle can cause snags in cotton fabric. Not a good look!

My husband loves these for warming up leftovers and my son-in-law, a big soup eater, requested more after I gave him one.