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I realize that not all of you are living with frigid temperatures, snow and ice right now, but we are. Believe it or not, I really do love snow and snow storms! I just don’t like when I have to scrape it or ice off the car in the frigid outdoor air temperatures. And since I am not very good about using gloves, I decided to make my ice scraper a little more frozen-finger friendly. So, I made a hand mitt for my scraper to keep my hand nice and toasty while de-icing my windshield.
Here is a tutorial and a free downloadable pattern!
You will need 2 coordinating fabrics, quilt batting, and an icescraper. (I used a small one, but this should work for the longer handled scrapers with the ice scraper and the brushes too).
I made mine so that there are two different material patterns on each side. I took two coordinating fabrics and cut 2 pattern peices out of each peice of fabric. Click here to download the pattern. You should have a total of four peices (2 of each type of fabric). Then cut out 2 peices of thin quilt batting using the same pattern.
*Take one peice of fabric and one peice of batting. Place the material with the right side down on your table and put the layer of batting on top.
Fold down the middle rounded edge about a 1/4 of an inch and pin. This will not go all the way across the rounded edge (see picture). Sew right along the folded edge and then set aside.
Take the other peice of material (with the same pattern) and fold the edge of the rounded end of the material (so that the wrong sides of the fabric are touching) and sew it as you did the previous peice of material.
Take your two peices of sewn material and pin them together so that the right sides of the material are together and your batting layer is on top. Sew around the entire edge with a 5/8″ seam. However, be sure to leave an opening large enough for you to be able to turn the material inside out.
Turn inside out through the hole you have left in the bottom of the U*. After the material is turned inside out, tuck in the open unsewn edges, pin and then sew the opening shut. You can either do this by hand or just with your sewing machine.
Now repeat the above instructions (from * to *) for your other two peices of coordinating fabric and batting.
When both are finished, pin them together. Now sew around your pinned peices using a 5/8″ seam in a U shape. DO NOT SEW ALONG THE FLAT EDGES. THIS IS THE OPENING FOR YOU HAND. Remember to leave an opening large enough to fit the handle of your icescraper between the two peices along the rounded bottom of the U shape.
Turn inside out and you should be all finished! Insert your icescraper handle.
Not only will this keep your fingers toasty warm while de-icing your windows, you will look fashionable doing it :D!
**Ice Scraper purchased at Wal-Mart. Material purchased at Hobby Lobby.
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Jaimie says
super cute idea! i am definitely frigid here in wisconsin1
I saw this at a store not long ago and they wanted a lot of $$ for it.. I love that you gave us a tutorial on making this. I think I just might.. It's VERY cold here in MT.. Snowing as we speak.. :) Thanks for sharing
AHHHHH! I was just drooling over that fabric at HOBLOB today! Too funny! GREAT IDEA!
We usually do not get a lot of ice or snow down here, but yesterday it snowed!! Great tutorial!! Thanks!
Thank you so much. Even cold here in Dallas this week. I really appreciate that you tell us where you got the cute fabric.
Oh! I love this idea! It is super cute! And that must be new fabric to hobby lobby! I love that place but do not have one around here!
LOVE this idea! I am going to school in a LOVELY (sarcastically speaking) cold place, when I'm used to sunshine and blue sky year round! My least favorite part is putting gloves on to scrape my windows, so thanks for helping me find a cute way to do it!
Great idea! As Rachel said, we're even freezing down here in Texas, and are expected to get COLDER before the week is over. We haven't used our ice scrapers in so many years that hubby and I spent about an hour digging through the garage looking for them this past weekend! I'm making mitts TONIGHT!
Very cute idea for my sister (resident of VT) and brother/sil (residents of NJ). I might elasticize the top to keep the cold air from coming down the tube.
This is such a great idea! the fabric really is a great choice and would definitely brighten one's day! Especially if it has snowed hard enough to have to use it :-)
Thank you for the great idea and the fun tutorial – your icescraper is really pretty! I'm going to get some scrapers and whip up a couple of these for gifts :) It's -10C here right now (near Toronto, Ontario) so this will definitely come in handy :)
Great idea-thanks for sharing! These will make great presents up here in frigid New England!!
great!
thanks for the idea. I just made it and used fleece on the inside just to make it a little warmer. Here in Northern Indiana we've had about 24 inches in the past 2-3 days, freezing rain and below 0 windchill.UGGGH! Try one with fleece and see what you think.
Whoa, that is a way good idea, I love it! Thanks so much, I'll be linking.
If I had to deal with scraping ice off my windshield, I would TOTALLY make a polka dot one of these. Nifty!!
Wow! Great idea! We live in the Boise area and I NEED one of those! Guess I'm going to have to learn how to use the sewing machine my MIL gave to my eleven year old at Christmastime!
So cute! You always pick out the cutest fabric. It is 16 degrees today so I could use one of these too!
http://littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.com/2010/01/cozy-hand-warming-ice-scraper.html
very clever idea and I love that you made it pretty!
What a great project. I popped over here from One Pretty Thing to get the details on how to make one. Although I live in Tucson and an ice-scraper is not something we need, my daughter lives in Vail, CO and could certainly use one of these. Thank you so much for sharing this project.
I JUST bought this fabric at Hobby Lobby yesterday to make curtains for my daughter's room. Hopefully I will have enough left over to make one of these (we have about 3 inches on the ground right now with more expected!). Thanks for sharing!
So Cute and awesome fabrics
I am a great fan of your product, i am already using your product and also suggest my friend to use it…
This is brilliant, thanks! I've got a shop bought one which shattered into pieces just this week as we're approaching icy weather.
I know this has been posted a while now but just saw it. We live in Dallas and don't get too much snow but we do get ice. Just a suggestion – you might add a layer of vinyl to the outside of it. This will repel and snow/ice that melts and would make your hands cold and wet.
I thought with the blizzard going through this would be a perfect thing to feature today! Hope you had a great holiday Amy!
Amanda
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Wow i just saw this, this a a super idea for keeping the hands warm.
I have a lot of fun fabric and line it with fleece.
Thank you again. We will be getting a cold winter.
Rena/Alabama
This looks great. I’ve got gift ideas now.
I am going to try. Sewing in a little elastic across the opening on the round end so that it cinches tighter around the ice scraper’s handle. Maybe that will prevent any snow getting inside. And figure out fleece lining.
This is a GREAT gift idea! However, instead of the quilt batting and the extra fabric for the inside of the warmer, I’m just gonna use the legs of a pair of sweat pants that my toddler has grown out of. That should keep the fingers nice and toasty! Thanks for the idea!
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