More Coffee Cuffs

I made these coffee cuffs back in December during the flurry of Holiday activity and recently realized I forgot to share them here.  They are slightly different in design from the first coffee cuff and I think they work pretty well.  I also made a few that got given away without being photographed (doh!) but they were all pretty similar to these.

I've actually been using this one and I love it.  I carry it around in my purse so it's always ready for those impromptu Starbucks splurges.

 

This cuff required some improvisation.  Somehow it ended up about an inch shorter than it should have been, making it impossible to install a snap.  I decided to pound in some eyelets instead and lace it up corset style.  I'm not sure how practical it is but I like its sassy charm.

This is what the cuffs look like unsnapped and flattened out.

Oh yeah, and I used different fabric for the "inside" of each cuff so, if you don't mind the snap being backwards sometimes, they're reversible.

I think I will be making more of these in the future.  The curves of the pattern took some figuring out but once it was dialed in, these were pretty simple to make.  I think it would be fun to experiment with some unique embellishments and different types of fasteners.  So many ideas, so little time.

Coffee Cuff

Post 15 of ? in the series, "Why I Haven't Blogged in Over Six Months"



This project was really an excuse to try out a quilting technique that I've been curious about for a while. If you're interested in the gory, technical, quilty details you can see them here. My mom calls this method cheating, I call it quilting for dummies.

This went pretty well but I think when I make more of these I'll do a simpler version or use bigger than 1" squares. The stitching around the edges bothers me because it's not as neat as I would have liked it to be. I think by the time I was sewing it all together it was just too thick and lumpy for my machine. Anyway, next time I'll know better. Overall, I like it though. I feel like a hardcore coffee person every time I whip it out at Starbucks and say, "Oh, I don't need a cardboard cuff, I've got my own." The barista usually either says, "How cute!" or just looks at me like I'm weird. I can live with that.