"Baby It's Cold Outside" and time for those wonderful homemade soups and chill's to keep us warm. But hot soups in glass bowls can be uncomfortable to handle. Protect your hands with these super cute Soup Bowl Koozies. These Koozies are fast and easy to create and they make wonderful gifts for the special people in your life. Just add a bowl and a soup mix package and you have the perfect gift.

Step 1: Materials

For each bowl you will need two squares of fabric and two squares of batting all cut to the same size. I find that 10" squares work great for all of my bowls, but you can make them any size you like; 8", 10", 12" etc OR you can make a set of all different sizes

2–10″ squares of fabric
2–10″ squares of batting
Marking pen or ink pen
Scissors / rotatory cutter

Note: If you plan on microwaving your bowl cozy, make sure to use only 100% cotton fabric, batting, and thread. Anything polyester or metallic will melt, spark or catch on fire

Step 2: Instuctions

Place wrong side of fabric square over each square of batting
You will have two of these for one bowl
Pin around the squares

Step 3:

Stitch (quilt) an 'X' through each fabric/batting square

Step 4:

Create darts

Fold one fabric/batting square in half with batting side out
Using a marking tool, mark a dot one inch from the fold and two inches from the top
Draw a line between them
Repeat on the bottom corner of the folded square

Step 5:

Sew along both drawn lines
Trim seam allowance to 1/8″ to prevent bulk

Step 6:

Fold the fabric/batting square in half in the opposite direction
Mark the fold edge one inch from the fold and two inches from the top and bottom
Draw a line between them
Sew along both drawn lines
Trim seam allowance to 1/8″ to prevent bulk

Step 7:

Open the square
It should start to resemble a bowl now

Step 8:

Follow previous steps for the second bowl shape

Step 9:

Turn one bowl shape right side out

Layer both bowl shapes with right sides together

Step 10:

Pin together,making sure to align corners and side seam lines
Sew around the edges of the layered bowl shapes with a 1/4″ seam allowance
Leave about a 3 inch opening along one side for turning
When stitching around the corners do not pivot sharply, but take an extra stitch or two on the angle to round the corner
Clip the extra fabric in the corners on an angle

Step 11:

Turn the bowl right side out through the opening
Push out corners
Top-stitch around the edge of the bowl, turning the opening in for a 1/4″ seam when you get to it to close
You can quilt a design in the center of the bowl to hold the layers together and create a firmer bottom to the bowl

Introduction: Soup Bowl Koozies