Plate Cozy for your Microwave, No Burnt Fingers
Sew a Microwave Plate Cozy, No More Burnt Fingers!
Don’t you just dread taking a plate of reheated food from the microwave? Oven mitts can be so bulky and awkward. The solution? Sew a microwave plate cozy.
Sew a Microwave Plate Cozy, it’s Easy!
To get this size I measured a plate and added 2 1/2 inches.
Supply List: MUST ALL BE 100% COTTON
- 2 squares 14 1/2 inches for outer layers
- 2 squares 13 1/2 inches of batting
- Sewing thread
Thread your sewing machine needle and bobbin with the 100% cotton thread.
Center each piece of batting on the wrong side of each piece of fabric. Sew from corner to corner on each piece as shown.
Fold each piece in half with the right sides together as shown.
Along the fold, make a mark 3 inches in from the edge of the fabric and also 1/2 an inch up from the fold. Join the dots to mark a dart. Do this on both edges of the fold on both pieces.
Sew the dart as marked.
Fold in the opposite direction and make another set of darts.
Place with right sides together, matching the corners and the darts. Pin, flipping the darts in opposite directions.
Sew around the perimeter, 1/2 inch from the edge of the fabric, just at the edge of the batting, leaving an opening for turning between 1 corner and a dart. (the turning will be easier if you begin sewing about an inch behind a dart and end an inch beyond the last corner.)
Turn right side out. (my fabric was thin so I did not clip the corners.)
Use a point turner to gently make the corners square, then turn in the seam allowance at the opening and pin.
Top-stitch all the way around, 1/4 inch from the edge which will close the opening.
Top-stitch again, through all layers, 1 inch in from the first line of sewing. This will keep the batting in place when washing and drying.
Top-stitch a final time, a square in the center, measuring 2 inches out from the center.
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Here’s my printable solution so you can sew your own microwave plate cozy. Click to open a PDF, then save it if you’d like.
I also have an instructable for a bowl cozy, click to open it.
AND, now a cozy for your French Press Coffee maker!
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You are just so full of awesome ideas. Another super one. I’ll have to make some now.
Thanks bunches for sharing.
Eva
Nothing happens when I try to open plate cozy.
Hi Kay, thanks for stopping by. It worked for me on my iPad when I clicked on it, so perhaps just try again. It’s in PDF format, so be sure you have that, too.
Thank you so much! I’ve found bowl cozy tutorials all over the place, but this is the first I’ve seen a plate cozy. My mother needs these, I’ll be making her a set this weekend. Thanks again!
Thanks Barb, I needed plate cosies in my life, too. Enjoy!
Hi can you tell me how you came up with your batting size since it is 13 and 1/3 inches and your squares are 14 and 1/2 inches. You said you added 2 and 1/2 inches to your plate size. I am assuming your plate size was 12 inches is that correct, so there fore did you only add 1 and 1/3 inches to your batting size instead of 2 and 1/2?
Thank you for this tutorial I have been looking for this for a friend that has poor circulation in her hands and needs something to shield heat and cold.
Hi Evelyn, congrats on catching that. Nobody else has ever brought it to my attention. The batting should be 1 inch smaller than the fabric, so 13 1/2″ is the size it should be. Thank you. I’ll fix it the next time I’m at the computer. Warm regards,
I made one before and wanted to make another. when pattern said I needed to have 2 and 1/2 inches greater than the plate, I forgot how I did it before and didn’t really look at directions first. anyway I cut the fabric and batting round like the the plate 2 and 1/2 inches bigger. is there any way I can use it this way already cut ?
Just make it round, why not? Other than having no corners, it should work!
I was thinking the same about corners, on my bowl cozies I round off the points…thank you for the plate cozy pattern. My daughter always is eating her dinner on the couch and uses a pillow so thought how awesome would this be!!
you’re welcome Fayleen, and in case of a spill, the plate cozy is easier to wash. I do find that I like the pointy corners though, gives me something to hold onto if the plate is hot.
I am so glad you posted this pattern I was sure it was something like this but didn’t want to waste my batting and fabric if I was wrong LOL I plan on making some this week I haven’t been feeling well, thank you for the quick response. yours is the only plate pattern I could find on the web wish you could do a Youtube video, I’m a visual learner, so many don’t do the extra quilting and I found with the bowl cozy I tried to make a couple years ago, by not cutting the batting smaller it was too hard to top stitch and was too bulky on the edge also I didn’t quilt it together after turned (Now I do the X again after turning) and cut batting 1″ smaller when I didn’t do the extra quilting on the bowl cozy it really bunched up after washing.
Hello Edaley, check out local craft shows and sales, there is usually someone selling these ready-made.
I am just curious how you keep a steady 1 inch when sewing around the top anhow to bottom an actual square not all lop sided? Thank you for the great tutorial!!!!!!!
hi Sonja, my sewing machine has guidelines on the throat plate that helps keep me at the 1 inch around the top. For the square, I mark it with a fabric marker before sewing. And you’re welcome, thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. Kathy
You’re welcome Kathy, thanks for stopping by.
CAN I USE POLISHED 100% COTTON?
Hi Chris, I don’t know about polished cotton. If it’s “just a way of finishing the fabric”, then I’d say ok, but if it’s an applied finish, then I’d be wary. Google it and then decide for yourself. I’ve only used 100% quilters cotton.
How thick is the batting for this plate cozy?
Good heavens Diana, I have no idea. It’s just “standard 100%cotton quilt batting”. Sometimes sold as baked potato batting.
Do you have a video of you making a plate cozy?
no, I figured the written instructions with pics would do. Is there a part you don’t understand that I could help you with?
Just a quick Thank you for posting the easy instructions for this….it was the only one i could find that didn’t want me to buy the precut batting …I made some for Christmas gifts this year and they were a hit. I have requests for more. Thanks again
I love your instructions for the plate. Do you have any suggestions for making a cozy for a serving platter??? My friend in MA sent me one that she found at a craft fair and I love it! Thank you!
Gifts from friends are GREAT. I’d measure it, add and inch all the way around, then proceed as per the plate instructions. Have fun!
I use an Android tablet and can’t get the PDF files to open so I can print. Do I need to subscribe to be able to print?
Thanks for the tutorials, they are very helpful! If only I could get the pattern to open!