A Warm and Cozy Holiday

Cozy love...

A Cozy is a perfect companion on a cold, snowy winter day.  It keeps your bed warm at night and it makes you smile just to hold one.

We've been making these microwaveable corn bags as a family for a few years now.   Cozies can get dirty over time and the corn can scorch after hundreds of heatings so almost everyone needs to make new ones.  

Plus they make perfect gifts.

We've honed our assembly line over the years so that we've become fairly efficient Cozy makers.

I was on the sewing machine...

My brother was the corner and thread clipper...

And the girls cut the flannel and ironed...

Filling the bags with feed corn is easier with two people...

One person holds the bag open while the other fills it...

I sewed over 40 Cozies in two days.  Nice flannel is getting harder to find.  I bought that snowman flannel over ten years ago thinking I would make us all flannel pajama bottoms for Christmas...

Oh well.  Now it's being put to good use keeping our friends and family warm.

I found the snowmen worked really well with this tartan flannel I found this year at Equilter.  I just can't seem to get Scotland off my brain.  

I'm eager to get back to my book once all of the Christmas crafting is through.

And this Christmas top hat?

I made that with my friend Marian at The Queen's Ink...a great scrapbooking store in Savage Mill, Maryland.  It's a cardboard hat that's painted black and embellished with "snow" and trimmings.

There's still lots of baking and making to be done so I'll post again when I can.

A Happy and Cozy Holiday to you all.

P.S.  Here's a tip sheet from making your own Cozies in case you missed it last time...from my house to yours...