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I have a huge build up of koozies. A wedding, an event, or a souvenir, these little guys build up in my home just like they build up in my local landfill. They're usually made of foam, polyester, or neoprene because these ingredients insulate the bottle and keep the contents cold. We have a basket filled to the brim with koozies and we likely use about four of them. Here's a fabulous way to put your old koozies back in the cycle of use. With a few runs of the sewing machine, you can turn them into decorative party ascents that hold your frosty beverages with style.
Make it greener by using green fabrics like organic cotton. Organic cotton is the version of its conventional counterpart grown without pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, chemical fertilizers or any other chemicals, and that makes it hugely different, especially considering that cotton (organic or otherwise) provides about half of all the world's fiber needs. Conventional cotton is one of the most chemically-dependent crops, sucking up 10 percent of all agricultural chemicals and 25 percent of insecticides on 3 percent of our arable land; that's more than any other crop per unit.
Here's how to design fashionable koozies for all your holiday parties. These are also great gifts to hit everyone on your list cheaply.
What you need:
koozies
festive fabric, enough to fit around the koozie
2 pieces of ribbon long enough to fit around the koozie
wine charms, if you've already got some lying around
glue gun
- Gather all your old koozies ideally making sure that they are all about the same size. Make sure that the koozies you choose are the sturdier variety.
- Choose a festive fabric and ribbon to match.
- Measure and cut the long rectangular piece that will cover the outside of the koozie.
- Allow an inch of extra fabric for the seams.
- Hem the longer edges of the rectangular piece of fabric.
- Sew the shorter edges of the rectangular fabric together. Insert the koozie into the circular piece of fabric.
- Measure enough ribbon to fit around the top and bottom edge of the koozie.
- Make the koozies individual by stringing different charms on the ribbon of each koozie. Add a snowman to one and a candy cane to another. Get creative with this.
- Use a hot glue gun to attach the ribbon.
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