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Whip up a cafetière cover and coordinating mat set in an afternoon Keeping your coffee piping hot is easy with this custom-made cosy. It features a jaunty appliqué mug on the front that doubles up as a pocket to store small spoons, a hook and eye tape fastening to ensure a snug fit and a round coordinating mat that will not only help to insulate the cafetière further but protect your work surfaces too!
Create a Cosy
Measure the height of your chosen cafetière from the base to just below the spout, then add 2cm to this to give Measurement A. Now measure the circumference of the cafetière, passing the tape measure through the handle, then add 1cm to give Measurement B. Cut two rectangles from light blue spot fabric and another from wadding that measures A x B.
Locate the mug template on page 80, enlarge as instructed and cut out. Using this as a guide cut out two mug shapes from pink spotted cotton fabric, then pin the shapes together with right sides facing. Stitch around the outer edges, with a 1cm seam allowance, leaving a small gap along the bottom edge. Clip the corners, turn through then slip stitch the gap closed.
Position the mug on the right side of a fabric rectangle, at least 5cm in from the short right-hand edge, then pin in place, pushing in the side edges at the top so the mug bows out slightly to accommodate a spoon. For the handle cut a 10cm strip of orange check bias binding and fold in half lengthways with right sides facing. Stitch down the long edge with a 6mm seam allowance, turn through, then bend the strip into a curve.
Press the handle shape flat, tuck the short ends under the left-hand edge of the mug and pin into place. Hand sew the handle to the cosy, then stitch th
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