EASY and QUICK INSULATED TEA COZY Tutorial

[@dianalesueur2297]

Thank you for this tutorial and all of the rest that you have done. I will be 73 in a few days, live alone in Middle TN with my dachshund mix doggy, Athena. I have a very small family and moved here to be near my son and his small family for the last chapters of my life. I have been quilting 23 years, I took it up during menopause to have a creative outlet as the wife of a long haul owner-op trucker. My sister and sister-in-law are quilters and excellent seamstresses. My mother also was an excellent seamstress and made all of my clothing including a bathing suit made out of a towel and ice skating outfit of white satin blouse and black velvet, red satin lined skating skirt. We lived in Northern Indiana. To this day, I refuse to sew or wear "homemade clothing", lol. But I love watching you and always learn something new from you. It is a pleasure to have you keep me company while I quilt, I have two rooms for my "hobby" and I never feel lonely thanks to you and a couple other "you tubers". Your chattiness and relaxed style of teaching and sharing your family always makes me smile, laugh and enjoy the time with you. Especially these last few months for our beloved country and my personal life, so much death has been too heartbreaking. So again thank you so much for taking time to help keep mine and others spirits up and moving forward. And reminding us we have alot to be grateful for this upcoming Thanksgiving.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thanks for that Diana! My mom couldn't sew a button on!! However my step grandmother taught me when I was just a wee lass how to use her treadle machine and then I REALLY learned in Home Ec class! I made my moms clothes, and some of my brothers as well, of course, as my own, for many years. But I have found now that because fabric is SOOO expensive and patterns can be too, that store bought is for the most part, less expensive. (Stores like Kohls, Ross, TJ Maxx etc) So nice you now have two rooms! I'm pleased to know that you get a smile watching me!! And yes, even amongst the angst and horribleness and evil in this world, there is much to be grateful for! Creation and all it's wonders is just one!! And of course, I'm sure you get much comfort from your Athena!! Thanks again for sharing and I hope you have a lovely day:)

[@kathyreed4488]

Love all you do Jean...you just whip up stuff like crazy girl..love that idea on yr cubes!!! So much cuter Jean. I just love all u do...I enjoy you so much and chatting as you do. You make me smile!! Hugs to you. Stay safe!!! Love you my friend!!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

🤗 You are such a loyal friend Kathy!! thank you!! :)

[@dianebeebe9065]

what a cute tea cozy,LOVE how you can laugh at yourself,enjoy watching you.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

😊 thank you Diane! If we can't laugh at ourselves, then something is wrong!! LOL!

[@vanessajoiner9078]

You are such a JOY!! Love your enthusiasm and your "oh well" attitude!! Just love it! And thank you for the tutorial, I can't wait to make mine, well I want to make it for a friend! Thank you and bless you!!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

You are most kind Vanessa;) I'm so glad you are taking time to watch me:) All the best for yours!!

[@vanessajoiner9078]

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory Thank you, you all stay safe!! Keep doing what you do!! 👍🏼😊

[@debihall1697]

It’s so funny. My daughter in law asked me today if I could make her a teapot cozy. She is getting a teapot for Christmas. I just found your tutorial from a tear ago. I will use your pattern. Thank you so much!!!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

That is awesome!

[@sondrabrown442]

What a sweet gift this would be, thanks Jean!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

You bet! And an easy one at that:)

[@panamajacks57]

I truly love your attitude in quilting and life. You take it all as it comes and make it beautiful! Thanks so much for you and your videos......you make my day!!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you so much Carol! One day at a time!! And finding some kind of JOY during a day! :)

[@sharonabaire7671]

Very nice project!!! I will have to make a few of these for my next tea party (whenever that will be)! Maybe in a shabby chic look. This is such an easy project. Love it! Thank you Jean!!!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Have fun! These are fun! I'll go and put the kettle on:)

[@quiktemper]

You are a delight. You brightened a gray, rainy day in western PA💕

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Wonderful! Thank you:)

[@kristinehanko6376]

I enjoyed your presentation. I hope now to make a tea cozy for myself!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Go for it!

[@mariawells8026]

Love this tutorial Jean!! You are just to cute and funny. That fabric for both was adorable! You're a treasure for us quilters!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you so much Maria:) You are very kind;)

[@surfandturfr]

Excellent tutorial video ! They both turned out so pretty. Now you should find a wicker basket large enough to fit your teapot and make an insulated pillow for it and your tea will stay hotter even longer ! My Grandmother was from Hellendoorn , Netherlands. She was a lover of tea. She always used a beautiful tea cozy just like this but with the wicker basket. Brings back fond memories ! Thank you !

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thanks for the tip Kimber!! :) Take care:)

[@deborahjohnson8792]

Wonderful tea cosy and love your chats on how to make it.Be keeping my tea pot warm after I make one.thank you.keep safe.x

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you! You too Deborah:)

[@elizabethandrus3848]

Hi Jean, Absolutely we need a tour of the china you kept, your new kitchen (loved the old one!), the things in your space and what they mean to you. By the way, I am auburn hair as well, and for the first time I am seeing someone with my coloring and the color of clothes that look so nice with it. Your pink today is absolutely wonderful! You inspire me endlessly. I must tell you, that I usually wear my hair in what my kids call my "Do", and they think you look very like me. Love the cozy and fabric covered totes. Heart of Ohio, Elizabeth

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

LOL! Perhaps I will take you up and show more of my 'STUFF'!!! LOL! Are people interested in that?!?! LOL! Thanks so much Elizabeth!! Perhaps my 'pink' was pretty, but it WAS inside out!! LOL!

[@libertylady1952]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thanks for watching!

[@paulineslyman2618]

Thank you for sharing! Love the tea pot cozy! ❤🐢

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you! 😊

[@gladysluna6938]

Me encanta el protector de la cafetera es lindo gracias por la información que nos brinda cada día profe la felicito mucho.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you for that;) I appreciate it:)

[@marjoriemoore8010]

So cute!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you Marjorie:)

[@anmlvr05]

Both are lovely ! it just goes to show, sometimes we overthink things but when we just let instinct takeover it usually works out.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Love that! Thanks Jamie:)

[@anamak8493]

You're so much fun to watch!! 🤩❤

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Oh thank you Ana! I appreciate that:)

[@cherylross4238]

This has inspired me to make one for myself! I had a friend couple years ago looking to buy one and could not one so ask if I could make her one. Surprisingly It took for ever to find a pattern in my collection of magazines and patterns! But found finely and it was so cute with a side pocket for napkins or little tea spoons. Thanks for your ideas on your tea cozy’s!!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

That sounds like a lovely one Cheryl:)

[@brendabiffibaldovino8306]

Thank you Jean 💙💙💙💙

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

You are most welcome;)

[@SharonLRuest-uh8yg]

Pins are an absolute pain litterly- Got tired if being poked and getting blood on my projects!!! I found small wooden clip clothes pins at my local. Wal-Mart--- very cute too!!! Absolutely love them- cheap too! I definitely will be making a couple for Christmas 🎁 Thank you for sharing!!! ❤❤❤

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

You are welcome Sharon! I have to laugh...for DECADES we have been using pins....now..POX ON PINS!!! LOL! But I DO LOVE my clips!! Good idea about the wooden clothes pins!!! :)

[@christinewall8213]

Enjoyed this. Wish we could have tea together!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

I'll go and put the kettle on: Thanks Christine:)

[@markwilliams1824]

Simple fix to the raw edges, French seam it! Cute project, altho massive cozy for my pot 🫖 😊

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Yes! Thank you!

[@jennygill8056]

Love your tutorials, you and your beautiful family. Hope Maxwell has been having a great time on his quad, he is a real treasure Have a great Christmas and will be watched you. Love that your measurements are inches Love from Jen in Australia 💕💕🌻🌻🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you so much Jenny! I appreciate you taking the time to watch me:)

[@T_i_n_a_]

Sometime those mistakes turn out to be the best! Well done! 🍒 🤍🍒

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you! Cheers Tina! Can't stress over these silly little things:) Life happens:)

[@Auntrainie]

Love it

[@ericabates5361]

Hello Jean, love this Tea Cozy 💕 Erica x

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thanks so much Erica:) Will you be making one? It's so fun:)

[@judithphillips3436]

Just have to say I’m more taken with the teapot, than you’re tea cosy! Just love, love, love Royal Albert tea sets. I have the ‘Moonlight Rose’ set, my sister has the ‘Old Country Rose’ set, which the Queen of England also has. How does that make you feel Jeanie? Hugs from South 🇦🇺

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

OOoooooo Moonlight Roses is the Blue to the Old Country Roses pattern!! LOL! So pretty (although I don't love blue...I adore that china!!) And we seem to be in good company....the QUEEN!! LOL! Thanks Judith! Have a lovely day down under!:)

[@veracampbell9583]

They are both so pretty Jean. Oh well the second one was a lot East Han the first I guess. But it was funny. Hey best to laugh than cry right. God bless y’all my sweet friend.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

It was!! And I did have a laugh, Vera!! Silly me! Here I'm doing a 'tutorial' and it gets messed up!! Oh well!! :)

[@veracampbell9583]

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory 🤣 well it is beautiful. Oh how I love that fabric. And the other one is beautiful as well. 🙏🙏❤️

[@Peedee3030]

Happy mistakes...looks great

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thanks 👍

[@llern3]

You’re the Julia Child of sewing! 😂 Nice project. Thanks! 😊 💕

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Oh thank you! That is so sweet of you ~ although I'm short and fat...she was tall and thin!!! :) LOL!

[@orapronobis2149]

January 28 2024 Maryland USA: Brilliant with putting the fabric on those bins! Great read on the installation. There is never a mistake but creative license. 😊

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you so much for taking time to watch me:)

[@nancyjames9471]

I love this idea. I was sorting my Christmas fabrics today and this would be perfect. I have that same teapot, in fact that whole set of Old Country Roses dishes. Congratulations on your weight loss too. You look great! Please tell us how you did it! ❤️

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Who doesn't love Country Roses?!!? I have the entire set also! About this 'weight loss'....I must address it in a next video....I said that it was a good thing YEARS AGO that I was 30 pounds lighter....I have GAINED 30 pounds in the last 4 years!!! I photograph thinner, but in reality I'm the largest I've ever been!! Oh well!

[@nancyjames9471]

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory I love dishes of all kinds and it shows in my cupboards! 😊 well, I thought you just looked so pretty in your last couple of videos I just had to say something.

[@gloriacabeen2819]

Hi Jean, I came back to your channel today since I hadn't looked at it for a while. I congratulate you and Ian for raising such a fine family and for being so supportive of each other. (And I'm curious as to how you came to be in England.) How wonderful that your sons have practical skills - something that's missing among many young people today. I've known men who hardly know how to use a screwdriver! And women who don't know how to iron! Anyway, blessings on your family. I was also a stay-at-home mother, but have only 2 sons. I started later and they were born when I was in my 30s; 5 years apart. Didn't plan it that way; I thought 2 or 3 years apart would be good, but it didn't happen. I nursed them both for years. Never a bottle or formula and never a crib (people thought I was nuts!) as they slept with us until 2 years of age. Both of them very intelligent and kind people and we are blessed. Our older son is married, a college professor with 4 sons. When I first watched your videos, a couple of years ago, I thought your "sewing room" was a shop! Ha ha! I wish you all continued success and good health. We also downsized last year and this house is all one floor; I love it. We are in our early 70s and I'm glad there is no basement; no stairs anywhere, except for an attic above the garage which I will never set foot in! :)

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you Gloria! As far as going to England...mutual friends introduced this English guy to me here in PA, we corresponded back and forth for 3 months, he came here and we were together for a total of a whopping 14 days, we got married on a Friday, got on an airplane on a Saturday and landed on the Sunday. Ian went to work on the Monday! WHEW!! Whatever had I done!?!?! LOL! I had our youngest when I was 43 my husband 52!! We too are now on one floor having moved from a home with 3 floors...and quite like it! We were sure to teach ALL of our kids skills and encouraged them into trades ~ i.e., carpentry, plumbing, cabinet making, electrician, HVAC, drywall, framing, etc., and they now all own their own businesses and are very handy to have around!! LOL! Thanks again and please keep safe!

[@barbolson8768]

I see your "Old Country Roses" teapot in the background ! My Royal Albert pattern is "Tranquility". Cute tea cozy ! LOL I didn't notice that your blouse was on inside out. Who cares.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

You are right....who cares?!!? LOL! I certainly don't!! But I did it twice in a row...what the heck is wrong with me!?!? LOL! I adore Old Country Roses...who doesn't?!?! And your 'Tranquility'....luscious delicate pink roses!! LOVE LOVE!!!

[@JGG737]

Do you have any ideas on how to make a tea cozy from a quilt and regular fabric? Thank you.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

I do think that it would be like any other fabric construction. Because the quilt already has batting in it, perhaps just using the binding for the edges? It would be pretty:)

[@maryschutte8368]

Nothing worse than a cup of tea gone cold! Thank you for this video!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

You got that right Mary! This REALLY does keep the tea hot:)

[@trudyohara4436]

What a great gift idea I love the cherries but I’m sorry Mickey Mouse wins my vote (I’m a major Disney fan ) 😊

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

LOL! Certain of our kids and families are AVID Disney fans!!!

[@earthdweller222]

Thanks! Great video. Would you say the tea cosy that is bound is reversible? I’m making this right now based on your video and I’m going to bind my edges. I’m just thinking maybe I can turn it inside out so either side showing out? Because I’m using a really nice lining that I like and I can’t decide which side to be the pretty side! It’s good that you made the mistake because it shows you two different ways of making it. My second question is if I’m going to bind the top part would it be a good idea ( because of all the layers ) to sew the binding onto one side of the tea cosy before joining the front and the back together ? Then, if necessary hand, sewing the binding to the other side after sewing the 2 pieces together? Thanks!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Yes and yes! If you use binding, then it could be reversible because there wouldn't be a raw seam on the inside. But as you say, because of the thickness, hand stitching would be best. All the best and thanks for watching;)

[@earthdweller222]

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory Thank you! ☺️

[@jedlinnen6528]

You look nice today, Jean

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Oh thank you Jed! I appreciate that;)

[@jillthomas366]

These are really great!. I think it would be great in a smaller version to keep a single cup of tea or coffee warm. They would make great gifts. Do you think the dimensions would be too small to work with? 🤷‍♀️

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you Jill!! Perhaps that's a good idea ~ would certainly be cute, but with the large TEAPOT one, it doesn't come into contact with the liquid..with a small one it would!?!? Hmmmmmm.......If you made it a generous size, then it would be great! It really DOES keep things hot! :)

[@gillbelbin7171]

I was going to share a photo of my cosy but can’t see how?

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Please send me a picture to: [e-mail]

[@lynnmariehoward9154]

What's the size of the paper your using please

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Just regular copy paper, 8 1/2" x 11"

[@kathleen644]

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[@jennygill8056]

I love that you are not perfect and you show your mistakes. I am still laughing 😂😂😂 sorry If you bind it it can be reversible

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

SOooooooooo not perfect!! LOL! But if we can't laugh at ourselves......LOL!!!