Season of gifts is arriving more close. Christmas will be soon there. We all want it happy and joyful. Materia doesn't matter, we all know that. But we also know that sometimes you really would like to give a physical gift to someone special but you need to follow a strict budget and can not afford all you'd like to buy... or make.
This HotWaterBottleCover is easy and very low budget gift to make. Even beginners can do it. Besides, this is up to recycling so also nature lovers enjoy making this true and the person who will have it for sure can value it that not much nature resources were wasted when making this special gift.
First of all you need an old woollen pullover or vest. Then you need to felt it in the washing machine. How? Just put it in a proper long hot wash with the program you'd wash dirty linen. If there are holes or other damages in the material fix them by
patching the wool before felting.
Just think about how wonderful idea this is. You can use passed away person's pullover to bring him close to loved ones to cuddle in cold winter season. You can use which ever important but now useless piece of cloth to bring it back to life. Or you can buy it with few coins from a charity shop or recycling center's shop to support their values.
You need to have a pattern of the HotWaterBottle for which you are making the cover. If you don't have the change to sneak in and draw the pattern when your friend is in the Lady'sRoom use some help. This one is for a special person of course. I asked HerFiance to draw it when She is not around. It is easy. Just put the bottle on the paper. Free advertisement mail does just fine. And draw the outline figure of the bottle. That's it. A child can do it!
Then you cut just 2 cm extra around the pattern to make sure the bottle fits in with the filled water after sewing.
Sew the side edges. If you have felt the pullover the edges won't fray easy so normal sewing machine does just fine. If you want you can secure it by zigzag.
Neaten the mouth by bias tape and use velcro (or buttons, ribbons or zippers) to fasten the bottom. In that way the bottle is easy to put in, make to stay in and fill in.
To get some BiasTape there is
tutorial for it, if you don't happen to have any left. In this project you need just a little bit so you can do it without the Bias Tape Maker Set which I use in the tutorial. Just cut it, don't iron it and just sew it first from the back side, then at the front side.
I used seaming machine but secured the angle arch places by the sewing machine.
To neaten the seaming machine loose end threads I pull them through the seam by the big eyed tapestry needle and then cut the end off. In this way the seam end doesn't fray easily. The normal sewing machine loose end threads I just cut off.
Ta-dah! Here it is! Sewing doesn't take much time. After felting and drying it, it is just one or two hours job. You can create a beautiful memory in an afternoon moment and still have time to cuddle in with a book and cup of tea!
