Pretty Cool

Since I like my diet cokes icy cold and straight out of the can, I like having a koozie to keep my fingers from freezing. I had some leftover Insul-Bright (insulated batting) from another project (that I'll post about later), so I thought I'd play a little. This is so incredibly easy. Literally, like a 10-minute project.














First, I got a can. I measured and cut batting to 3 1/2 inches wide by 10 inches long. I measured and cut fabric to 12 by 10. You probably won't need that much, but once you get going, you can cut to fit, more like 8, 8 1/2. You can see in the second picture that I had to fold over a bunch, which I should have just cut off, but I didn't.

Next, I laid the batting strip in the middle of the fabric...where I could fold the sides over to meet in the middle. Once I figured out where I wanted the middle to be, I ironed it. The creases served as my guides once I unfolded it. Now, I think if I hadn't had all that extra material, I wouldn't have needed all that folding and unfolding. I could have just met the ends, right sides together and turned it. The tricky part is making sure it fits snugly around the batting and is not loose. But it was my first time, so there.













I turned the fabric right sides together and sewed into a tube. Then, I turned it right side out. I slid the batting through the tube. I then tucked the ends of the fabric back into tube and sewed the ends closed. I got some Velcro and cut a thin, like 1/4 inch sliver of it and taped it at one end of the koozie. I took the tape off the top piece of Velcro and wrapped the rest of the piece around the can until the end met the Velcro and attached it to the exposed tape. Make sure if you just put the Velcro on that you put it on the opposing side.