Thermos Bottle Sleeve

[MikeG]

A friend wants me to cover a thermos. I have looked here and across the web. The Stohlman book on cases has a thermos cover with a top and bottom - I only want a sleeve with no top and bottom.

The Stohlman instructions show wrapping the thermos and then sewing it with a curved needle and awl. This is way above my current level, and not something I want to try right now (maybe in the future when I have more time)

My question -- can a sleeve be made and sewn together and then slid onto the thermos? If so, would it need to be glued, or could it be "wet formed" to the thermos after the sleeve is sewn together?

I am getting ready to try making a slightly tight sleeve, wetting it and trying to force it onto the thermos, but before i do I am hoping to get some thoughts here.

If there are other methods that a sleeve can be attached to a thermos, I would appreciate knowing about them.

Thanks in advance,

Mike

[kiwican]

I make mason jar holders (with and without handles) that the glass mason jar can slide in and out of. I have been using one every day now for, hmmm i want to say an easy 8 months. The jar never comes out unless i want it out to clean or pour my tea into.All i did was take a piece of leather and wrap it around the glass so that it would be a slightly tighter fit than the glass could take. I used three rivets to hold the seem in place and then wet the leather, worked the jar into place and molded the leather to fit

[TinkerTailor]

Here is how i do my stitched mason jars:

[MikeG]

Thank you Kiwican and Tinker Tailor. I have really been dreading this project. I appreciate the thoughts on how to make it doable. Nice pix, Tinker Tailor