Insulated Casserole Carriers

You saw a peek of this bag on my oven mitts post and a few of you guessed correctly ... it is a casserole carrier.  Long live the Pot-Luck!

I was so excited to find this Casserole Carrier tutorial at 2 Little Hooligans - I'd never seen anything like it.  Toting a hot dish has never looked so good.

 

I made two changes to the 2 Little Hooligans tutorial to make my carriers:

1. There are two main pieces to the carrier.  One short, wide piece to go around the width of your casserole dish and one long, skinny piece to wrap around the length.  I increased the longer piece to 40 inches to accommodate a Pyrex dish (you need extra length to wrap around the Pyrex handles).
2. Instead of sewing fabric straps I used cotton belting.  The 82 inch piece of belting was sewn into a continuous loop and attached the same way I make my Spring Totes.

This Amy Butler fabric was almost too delicious to cut into.  Yum.

If you have a stylish carrier, you need a cute dish to go with it.  I used my faithful Silhouette to cut vinyl and etch the glass with family names.

 Have you ever etched glass before?  It is so easy!  You apply a template, literally glop the etching cream on, wait a while, and wash it off.  That's it.  I can see myself getting a little crazy with the etching.

So there you have it ... another Christmas gift recorded.  More to come next week!