Jaime has been sneaking a little bit of sewing into her nights, which I’m glad about. Anyone that works as hard as she does needs a creative outlet every now and then. While she was out in Oregon, Mom Jodie taught her how to make a reusable coffee sleeve. Together, they made hers (on the left), and when she got home, she kindly made one for me (on the right).
She chose a chic gray floral print for the outside of hers, and paired it with a contrasting yellow for the inside. For mine, she chose a grayish-black floral for the outside and a solid red for the inside. She used a pretty wave stitch in a contrasting thread to sew each together – you can see it best on the lighter fabric:
She added snaps for closures, which involves lots of hammering. And who doesn’t like a little bit of hammering after working a standard eleven-hour work day?
If hammering snaps is not your thing, you could also use Velcro, and then just sew a little button the the outside for decoration. I used my sleeve for the first time on Thursday, when I went to the bookstore for a little coffee and magazine reading. It felt good to leave the cardboard sleeves sitting in their little holder…
This is another great project for the little scraps of fabric in your stash. Don’t you think these would make great last-minute stocking-stuffers or holiday gifts for teachers? And they can be put together in under and hour. I’ll see if Jaime can work up a template for you…
Hope your week is off to a good start! ~J
i think these are lovely.. and i could definitely see them in the future for some folks that i like to give “different” things. i hope there is a template in our future.. thanks to jodie.. to jamie and to you for letting us see…
gorgeous fabric…and i love the coloured snaps!