Easy Sewing Projects for Gifts Bowl Cozy

August 08, 2022 Post a Comment

Microwave Soup Bowl Cozy Free PDF Printable Sewing Pattern with Photo and Video Tutorial

Sew up a soup bowl cozy in less than 20 minutes with this simple tutorial. It's great for protecting your hands and tables from hot bowls.

This pattern is easy to make and it's perfect for gift gifting! Be sure to check out my other kitchen sewing patterns! View the oven mitt here, the pot holder here, and the mommy and me apron here.

With winter quickly approaching, we've been warming up soup for dinner more and more. There's nothing like a warm bowl of soup on a chilly evening, right? After a few too many soup bowl burns I decided I needed to sew up a few bowl cozies. I was amazed at just how easy they are to make!

Of course, I couldn't keep the pattern to myself so I'm sharing a tutorial and free pattern so you can make your own as well.

Now you can enjoy a warm bowl of soup, or easily heat up leftovers without worrying about burnt fingers, hands, or tables!

Simply place the bowl cozy around the bowl, set it in the microwave to warm up, and pull it out once it's finished.

This bowl cozy can also be used to keep your hands from getting cold while eating a bowl of ice cream! It absorbs the moisture that comes off of a cold bowl and helps to keep the ice cream cold. I love a pattern that can be used for more than one thing!

These microwavable bowl cozy's can easily be washed in the washer in case they get spilled on.

Fabric Recommendations

100% cotton is the ideal fabric for this pattern. You'll want to choose high-quality quilting cotton, cotton batting, and cotton thread for this project.

*WARNING* If you plan on microwaving your bowl cozy be sure to use cotton fabric, thread, and batting.

You'll want to avoid using anything that contains plastic or metal that will be damaged in the microwave. Synthetic fibers will be burnt or melted by the microwave!

Make sure not to warm the bowl cozy for more than 2 minutes to avoid burning or scorching the cotton fabric.

Microwavable Bowl Cozy Pattern Details

This Free Bowl Cozy Sewing Pattern features three different sizes so you can get a perfect fit for whatever bowl or plate you are using.

The small fits a normal-sized bowl.
The medium fits a large-sized bowl.
The large fits a plate or x-large bowl.

How to Care for Your Microwaveable Bowl Cozy

Be sure to wash and dry your fabric before sewing with it. This will ensure it shrinks and gets rid of the chemicals that the fabric has been treated with.

Spills happen! Luckily, this bowl is cozy it easy to wash!

If you need to wash your bowl cozy after it's been sewn, wash it in cold water and lay it flat to dry. Avoid using fabric softener on the fabric. You can give it a good pressing once it's air-dried.

Bowl Cozy Supplies

Woven Fabric 2 Fat Quarters
Cotton Batting (Wrap N Zap)
Sewing Machine
Scissors or Rotary Cutter & Mat
Thread
Pins
Iron & Ironing Board
Sewing Machine Needle
Fabric Pen or Chalk
Pinking Shears (Optional)
Printer
Printing Paper
Tape

Don't forget to order or pick up all of the supplies for this tutorial from your local JOANN.

Click Here to Download the FREE Microwave Bowl Cozy Sewing Pattern

STEP 1: PRINT BOWL COZY SEWING PATTERN & ASSEMBLE

Download the bowl cozy sewing pattern to your computer and print the pattern at 100% with no scaling.

Immediately check the 1" x 1" square to ensure the pattern has printed off correctly. If the 1" square measures larger or smaller the pattern will need to be reprinted for accuracy.

Lay the pages out in numerical order.

Align the stars of each page and the black lines and tape them in place.

Then, cut out the pattern along the black line.

* PRO TIP - Print off the pattern on cardstock so that it will last for multiples uses.

STEP 2: CUT OUT BOWL COZY FABRIC

*PRO TIP: Make sure to iron your fabric before cutting it out to ensure the best results. This will ensure that your fabric cuts out evenly without any wrinkles or folds.

Lay the fabric out in front of you on a flat surface or a cutting mat.

Make sure to align the grainline markings on the pattern pieces with the grainline of the fabric. The grainline of the fabric runs parallel to the finished edge of the fabric.

You can see I'm cutting out a layer of my main and lining fabric in the photo below.

Cut out two layers of cotton batting next.

You should have two cotton batting pieces, one lining, and one main piece of fabric.

STEP 3: TRANSFER PATTERN MARKINGS TO FABRIC

Use a sewing pin to make a small hole in the corner of the corresponding square. With a marking pen, transfer the marking to the main and lining fabric.

Remove the paper pattern and use an acrylic ruler to draw in the square in the middle of the pattern.

Next, use a ruler to draw a line from one corner to the opposite corner. Repeat this on the other side as well to create an x.

This will serve as a stitching guide to quilt the pieces of fabric together.

STEP 4: QUILT THE BOWL COZY PIECES

Layer the quilting cotton on top of the cotton batting to prepare it for quilting.

Repeat this with the other fabric as well.

Sew along the markings from the pattern. You should have a large x that reaches across the entire bowl cozy as well as a square in the middle.

This will attach the cotton batting to the quilting cotton.

Next, fold the fabric in half with right sides together and sew along the darts. Repeat this until all four darts have been sewn.

STEP 5: SEW BOWL COZY PIECES TOGETHER

Place on bowl cozy out in front of you with the right side of the fabric facing upwards.

Place the other bowl cozy inside with right sides facing together.

Pin around the outside of the bowl cozy.

Sew around the raw edges of the bowl cozy leaving a 3" hole for turning.

When you come to a corner, put the needle in the down position, lift the presser foot and pivot the fabric. Lower the presser foot and continue sewing. This will give you a nice sharp corner.