How to Make a Reusable Fabric Coffee Cup Sleeve by Hand Sewing

Coffee may be too hot when you take it as soon as it is made. A coffee cup sleeve becomes so necessary now. Though most coffee shops have paper coffee cup sleeves for you, we don’t recommend it for taking environment into consideration. A handmade fabric coffee cup sleeve will be better, and it can be more personalized. Take it easy, making a reusable fabric coffee cup sleeve is not difficult.

What do you need for making reusable coffee cup sleeves?

Cotton Cloth, Floral

3mm Elastic Cord, Black

22mm Metal Shank Button

10mm Resin Buttons, Yellow (Not Shown)

Sewing Thread, Saddle Brown

Needle

Pins(Not Shown)

Scissors

How to make a fabric coffee cup sleeve?

Step 1: fold the cloth and sew

1st, cut out a rectangular cloth with measuring 30*28cm here. You can measure it according to your cup. Fold two shorter sides to the middle line;

2nd, fold the cloth in half along the middle line;

3rd, sew the opening sides by blanket stitch;

4th, fold both ends inwards a little and pin them.

Step 2: add buttons and elastic cord

1st, cut out a short strip of elastic cord and double it, make sure it can buckle the shank button easily;

2nd, straight stitch both ends of the cloth with sewing the elastic cord inside at one end;

3rd, wrap the sleeve around your coffee cup to determine the position of button, and then sew it on the other end of the cloth;

4th, fold two upper corners outwards and sew two resin buttons as embellishments.

This is the fabric coffee cup sleeve:

What could be cozier than having a cup of hot coffee in this cold season? If you like making coffee at home, such a unique fabric coffee cup sleeve is also needed.