My friends Ally, Christy, and I are pretttty pumped about the LOST season 6 premiere. So excited, in fact, that we may or may not have spent the better part of Sunday evening making LOST-themed snacks and party favors for Tuesday!
We made: pairs of 1″ buttons, Dharma cupcake toppers, fish biscuits, a Hurley shirt, and Dharma beer coozies.
Folks got really excited on Twitter and Facebook when I mentioned the coozies. They were so simple and fun to make, I thought I’d post a little tutorial here!
You’ll need:
One copy of my coozy template, cut out
white fabric
white fleece or felt
A Dharma beer logo
iron on transfer paper
photo editing software
iron
Making the Coozy
Cut out a piece of the white fabric and of the fleece using the template provided. Pin them together, right side in, and stitch around three sides, leaving one short side unfinished.
Turn the coozy right side out, and press, tucking in the unfinished end. Topstitch around the edges of your coozy to close the unfinished end.
Now, lay your coozy on top of the folded template. You’ll want to fold the ends in so that yours is the same width as the template provided. Pin the ends in place and stitch yourself a strong box to hold it closed.
Voila! You now have a blank, white coozy!
Adding the Logo
Use your photo editing software to mirror your image – all the text and whatnot should be backwards. Also resize the image so it’s 2.5″ tall.
Tile as many copies of the logo as you need in a Word document, and you’re ready to print onto the transfer paper! I definitely recommend a test sheet, so you can make sure you’re happy with the logo size before you commit it to transfer paper.
Cut your logos out, iron them on according to the paper’s instructions, and get ready to wow your LOST-loving pals!
Ally used this recipe for vegan goldfish crackers for the fish biscuits, then just cut out bigger fish shapes. We wrote DHARMA on there using a butter knife. Since they were so thin, we didn’t even have to alter the baking time.
You guys, I can’t even tell you how excited I am for tonight!! LOST is hands down my favorite show! LOSTTTT!
Becky Striepe
Hi there! My name is Becky Striepe (pronounced “stree-pee,” like “sleepy”), and I am a freelance writer and vegan crafter living in Atlanta, Georgia. My life’s mission is to make green crafting and vegan food accessible to everyone! Check out my new book: 40 Days of Green Smoothies!
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I think it’s so awesome/cute that you had a LOST party! I haven’t watched the series, but my husband does. I work on Tuesdays so I miss it… I was thinking about renting all of them and catching up though!
-Molly
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Oh my goodness, that guy is awesome!
OMG how did we not find these 6 weeks ago??!?!
http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2007/04/10/lost-labels-for-your-dharma-initiative-needs/
I don’t even watch the show (anymore), but these are awesome.
Oooh interesting suggestion! Maybe that’s where I can put any crackpot theories we come up with on Tuesday after the show!
Definitely! Thanks so much for the tutorial and for the idea!
I hate to say this, but I think LJ may be basically the perfect format for Lost theorizing.
Yay! I would love to see pictures when it’s done!
Oooh good question! Maybe a LOST chat or on FB?
I have my printed out iron-on transfer and white fabric now I just have to wait 30 minutes for the printout to dryyyyyyy
TOMORROW! Are we going to have Lost-theory-time here the next day?
Remember how far away February 2010 sounded when s5 ended? And now it’s almost heeere!
So awesome! I can’t wait for tomorrow!
Thanks, guys! They were super fun to make. Mike, they’d be a great beginner project – all straight lines.
Love the cozies. So wanna get a sewing machine and learn to sew.
Yes, this is amazing! I totally did this back when the last season of Alias premiered. But we weren’t cool enough to think of coozies!
Hahaha. I think disturbing is a an appropriate vibe to go with LOST!
That is brilliant! And little disturbing. And brilliant!
YAY LOST!!!