Tis the season for iced coffee… and I don’t know what it is about them, but I love to drink mine out of mason jars. I like to drink anything out of them actually, but especially my iced coffee.
So when I discovered the wonder that is Cuppow, I was stoked! Now I can drink out of my mason jar on the go without my coffee sloshing out. The guys at Cuppow are not paying me to say how awesome it is either; I bought one for myself and two as gifts because I thought it was such a fun concept.
With my Cuppow lid in place, the only thing missing is a cute cozy to keep my jar from too much condensation (or in the case of a hot drink, from too much heat for my hand). One of the Cuppows I bought was for my sister-in-law’s birthday, and to go along with the gift, I made her this cute cozy for her jar.
I thought I’d share the tutorial for this simple project with you today.
Mason jar cozy
– fits one regular-mouthed pint canning jar
Materials:
- 2 coordinating pieces of fabric
- heat-resistant fabric such as Therma-Flec (optional)
- fusible fleece
- 3/4″ wide velcro, 2.5″ long
- scissors/rotary cutter, ruler & mat
- sewing machine & coordinating thread
- iron
- hot glue or puffy paint
Instructions
1. Cut all fabric (including fusible fleece) to be 12.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Iron fusible fleece to wrong side of main fabric following package instructions.
2. Stack fabrics as followed (listed from bottom to top): heat-resistant fabric, fleece-lined main fabric (fleece side down), second fabric (right side down). Pin fabrics together.
3. Sew fabrics together (1/4-1/2 seam allowance depending on how wide you want your cozy to be), leaving an opening about two inches long on one of the short ends.
4. Clip corners and turn inside out. Press, making sure to fold in and pin shut opening, and top stitch all the way around (you might want to use a decorative stitch).
5. Check fit on jar and pin velcro in place so cozy fits tight. I cut my velcro in half hamburger style to make it skinnier. Sew velcro to cozy.
6. Finally, to keep cozy from slipping of jar (it should fit tight but since the jar is glass after all, I wanted to be sure), squiggle a line of hot glue or puffy paint on the inside of the cozy and let dry. This will grip the glass to avoid slipping.
Voilà!
What’s your favorite thing to drink in a mason jar? If you make a cozy, please share a photo with us on Facebook or Instagram (@simplehomemade)!
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so cute! and it doesn’t look to hard, great tutorial!
what a cute idea. these would be so cute as a favor for a summer shower! i am book marking for the next shower i plan
Thanks
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!!!
What a wonderful idea…..this is going in all the holiday baskets I make…..thanks for the tutorial!
I just clicked through to the Cuppow site – and had to laugh at the picture of the tough biker dude sipping out of his with a straw.
But these are cute! I have a box of old mason jars in the garage…perhaps a Christmas craft is in order.
Brilliant! My husband & I were just talking about the best way to make a mason jar cozy for when we get our Cuppows. My idea was a lot like yours, so now I have a pattern to follow. His idea, of course, was way more complex and “manly.”
Thanks for sharing this.
Love this…if I only knew how to sew!
I’ve been meaning to get a Cuppow for awhile now…glad to hear they’re as awesome as they sound.
I just got my cuppow in the mail last week. I used it for coffee for the first time this weekend and thought, now I need to make a cozy. Great tutorial. My burning hands thank you.
I like to drink lemonade in my mason jars. Or iced tea. Love the tip about using the puff paint or glue to prevent slippage! I used to do the same thing with my daughter’s socks so she wouldn’t slip on our tile floors.
Having my preteen nieces for a visit, and I think we’ll tackle a few of these. Thank you for the clear directions!
This is SO sweet. I think I have my afternoon planned. Thanks! C
I bet if you stitched some of the shelf liner that is rubbery feeling and supposed to keep stuff from slipping to the inside of the cozy, you could make it removable so the jar could be washed without getting the cozy wet but would still stay on the jar without slipping. Just a thought.
Great idea, Pat! The hot glue seems to leave a bit of a film on the jar with hot coffee in it, so maybe that would be a better no-slip option (or maybe puffy paint would withstand the heat better).