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Take a great gift for the party host and make lovely covered for your bottle gift.
There are two styles for you to make, a drawstring cover where the bottle is completely covered and an open neck bag for the bottle to nestle in.
How to make the drawstring wine bottle cover.
Use an elegant brocade fabric to make this gift and your lady host will be sure to love it.
How to make the cover.
Most wine bottle bottoms are 3 to 3 1/4" inches across. You will need something round that is 3 1/4" across and I used a ribbon reel.
Draw around the circle onto some tracing fabric and leave 5/8" all around for allowance.
When you lay a tape measure around the circle leaving 1/4" from the edge, it will measure 12" Now you can work out your pattern piece.
I measured the height of the bottle and allowed leeway for seams and give. When you sew in any circle, you must allow some give or the top piece will be too tight and not fit. I have 12" plus allowance and came up with 13 1/4" wide. I measured how tall the bottle was to decide how the cover would fit. I made my pattern 14 1/2" tall. I then added a casing 1 1/2" from top and drew a line.
For casing, lay bias tape under the 1 1/2" line and pin, then sew.
Measure 3/4" in both sides on top of casing area. Make a small slit on the top of the fabric to thread ribbon through but don't go through the bias tape. To stop fraying, add a dob of fray check over each slot.
In a contrast color cut a piece the same measurement as the top and 2" wide. You can make a pattern piece from tracing fabric if you wish.
Pin right sides together and sew 1/4" in.
Sew side seam 1/4" in and Zigzag the raw edge.
Pin and sew circle onto bottom and Zigzag edges.
Turn down contrast top and pin, then move pins onto right side to sew. This way you can see how straight you are sewing on top of contrast fabric. Sew another line close to the edge to form a nice neat top stitch.
Thread 1/4" ribbon through the slots on the outside and add wine charms or beads on the ends.
Draw up and tie a bow.
You can also make this bottle cover in lace for a lovely see through gift.
How to make the open neck bottle cover.
Make your pattern the same width as the drawstring bag 13 1/4". Make the height 10" tall.
This is the facing. Make the pattern 13 1/4" by 7".
Some of the beautiful oriental fabrics are difficult to match , so I used the reverse of the same fabric for the open neck collar. I have done this before when making garments and hats and you can see this on my other blog.
Fold your main piece in half lengthways wrong side out and stitch 1/4" in.
Zigzag raw edge.
Iron on some heavy duty interfacing on the inside of the facing. I am reversing this fabric for this piece so I ironed it on the right side.
Turn under 1/4" on one of the long edges and sew.
Fold facing piece in half with turned up edge downwards against the top of the main piece. Place a pin to match where the stitching of the main piece began. Stitch 1/4" in on this short area.
Cut out and sew bottom circle from drawstring bag on the bottom of the main piece and Zigzag around the raw edge.
Pin facing to main body piece right sides together, going down the sides as well as the top.
Sew 1/4" in and turn.
Neatly top stitch around all the facing and fold down as if it is a collar.
This fabric has great medallions in the print so I used iron on fusing with the same scrap fabric behind, then cut it out. Fray check around the edge.
I sewed the medallion on the front so that it slightly overlapped the collar and added a PARTY charm at the bottom.
A few years ago I had fun decorating different shaped liquor, beer and soda bottles with clothes. The following photos show you what I did. Once you feel brave, have a go.
Fiesta time. I used chili pepper cotton fabric for these. Just add a hat.
Although I am not a drinker, I loved the shape of these Tequila bottles.
I also decorated shorter beer bottles.
Soda Jerks. This was a fun theme and I made little hats.
It doesn't have to be liquor. These were old fashioned root beer bottles.
I live in Texas so I decorated a Texas beer bottle with a cotton print of horses.
For a more formal look I added a top hat.
2 more formal looks. Add a top hat and cane with tartan ribbon for bow tie and pocket handkerchief.
Dress up a bride and groom bottles for a wedding gift.
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