Reversible Drink Cozy Tutorial
Make a hot drink sleeve that you can use over and over again! (Of course it’s better if you could actually use a reusable mug, but sometimes you just cannot carry a spare mug around in your purse.)
Here is my 10 step tutorial below…
How to Make a Reversible Drink Cozy
Step 1 - Find an exisiting hot drink sleeve to use as to make your pattern.
Step 2 - Open and disassemble the cardboard sleeve, so that it looks like the picture above.
Step 3 - Trim off any excess cardboard that you may not want as part of your pattern.
Step 4 - Lay out the “modified” pattern. This modified cardboard sleeve will be used as your template.
Step 5 - Place your choice of fabric for the drink sleeve and lay them right sides up together. Trace your template on the wrong side of one of your fabric pieces.
Step 6 - Place a piece of felt at the back of your fabric pieces as additional insulation. (This extra piece of felt will really help to insulate your drink and keep your fingers safe from burns.)
Pin everything together and sew on the line that you drew with your template in the previous step. Don’t sew all the way around though, leave one of the side edges open for flipping!
Step 7 - Trim off the excess fabric edges with pinking shears.
Step 8 - Flip the drink cozy inside out. You may have to use something sharp (like a crochet needle) to get the tight corners flipped out properly.
Fold and tuck in the unsewn edges. Pin them down, and then topstitch around the edges.
Step 9 - Sew some velcro along the edges of the drink cozy. I used some special velcro made for doll dresses which worked really well because it is not as bulky as the regular velcro. Make sure you align one strip on one side, and place the other strip on the other side or you won’t be able to seal your cozy together!
Step 10 - Assemble the drink cozy together and you’re done!
You can reverse the look by using the other side of the fabric as the exterior. How versatile!
Don’t forget to enjoy your hot beverage carefully.