Make your own Up-cycled Arm Warmers Matching your Cowl

Start by cutting off the cuff of the sleeve. Then cut up the sleeve seam to lay the sleeve fabric as flat as possible. Then give the flat sleeve another good press.

Lay out the pattern on the sleeve and mark around the pattern. I was able to get my top and bottom to lay next to each other. Therefore when I cut them out I did not cut them part until I had laid the pieces on the polar fleece.

Next we are going to sew the thumb side of the arm warmer. Start at the top sew down to the opening for the thumb. Make sure to back stitch.

Move over the opening and finish sewing the thumb side together.

Repest the steps on the polar fleece side of that pattern.

Press open both of these seams

Next line up the flannel with the polar fleece and sew across the top. Then starting at the point marked sew around the bottom making sure to back stitch at the corners.

Trim away the corners. Removing the excess will help achieve a crisp corner when the arm warmer it turned right side out. Press all the seams open.

Turn the arm warmer right side out. Use the point turner to get a sharp corner and press again.

To close the arm warmer we are going to stitch the pinky side of the arm warmer as much as we can with a sewing machine. Then we will finish closing it by hand.

Start by lining up the top seams with each other and pin so that when sewn the seam will remain lined up. Continue pinning down the flannel side of the arm warmer until you reach the polar fleece again.

Stitch this seam into place.

To finish closing as much with the sewing machine pin an inch or two more on the polar fleece side. Starting at the ending point of your last seam sew an inch or two up the polar fleece.

It will be very tight because we are trying to close an opening from the inside while working the the rest of the arm warmer right right side out.

Arrange the arm warmer so that everything is laying in place and give it another good press.

To finish pin close the opening and using a hand needle slip stitch closed.

Next we are going to line up out thumb holes and slip stitch around their openings.

Time to add some final details. I decided to go simple and add some simple buttons up the side.