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Coffee Cup Cozy (In-the-Hoop)

Make hot beverages even more magical with an adorable embroidered cup cozy! Cute details, a Velcro closure, and a three-piece construction option for smaller hoops make this project as convenient as it is charming. We'll show you step-by-step how to make the magic happen!

Supplies

To create your cup cozy, you'll need:

  • In-the-hoop cup cozy design -- we're stitching the Unicorn Cup Cozy
  • 1/4 yard of felt or flannel for the front of the design
  • 1/4 yard of cotton for the back design
  • Embroidery thread
  • Velcro (sew-on) or a sew-on snap
  • Tear-away stabilizer
  • Temporary spray adhesive (such as Gunold KK100)
  • Scissors

Products Used

  • Unicorn Cup Cozy (In-the-Hoop) (Sku: EMP17476-1)

Steps To Complete

When you download an in-the-hoop needle book design, you will find multiple files. One is the full embroidery file. The others are dieline files marked with the letters DL. Dielines are used to cut the fabric to the right shape and size.

Open the dieline files with embroidery software and print them. If you do not have embroidery software, you can stitch the DL dieline files directly onto a piece of paper to create a pattern, or the fabric that you wish to cut out (then cut around the stitched dieline).

Spray the back side of the paper dieline with spray adhesive. Smooth that on top of the fabric.

Cut out the shapes.

Hoop a piece of tear-away stabilizer. Madeira E-Zee Tear 1.5 oz. or Floriani Tearaway Medium are good choices. Those brands are more fibrous, less paper-like, and will tear more cleanly.

Attach the hoop to the machine and load the full embroidery file (not the dieline files).

Use a size 11 or 75/11 sharp sewing needle, rather than an embroidery needle. A sharp sewing needle has a smaller, finer point than an embroidery needle, so that will make smaller perforations in the stabilizer.

Embroider the design. The first thing to embroider will be a dieline, or outline stitch. This marks the area on the stabilizer where we'll place the fabric piece.