Pop-overs!

I love these, a freind of mine let me examen her new pair trademarked ear pop-overs which cover your ears like earmuffs but without the silly band. I was able to re-create them pretty easily for gifts and I made myself a pair too because headbands and bikehelmets don't mix (i look like a head trauma victim). I love them! They hide nicely under my hairs and keep me warm and undorkerated.

I had some 'clear flexible cutting boards' arround for the 'pop' part that. Any thicker flexible plastic will do, i often use binder covers or plastic placemats (not the laminated kind) for hat brims and these work with the same consistency.



-cut out an ovals of paper, big enough to cover your ear
-cut a c'shaped pattern from the oval as shown in picture.
-cut out two ovals each of one thicker fabric for the outside of the pop-over and one flannel or thin fleece for the inside
-make opposing cuts into the 'c' shaped plastic peices about 1/4'' in from the ends. This should make the plastic 'dome' enough to pop into place.
-push a long pin in across the overlapping plastic ends and stitch back and forth with a thick sharp machine needle to weave together.
-sew the two layers face to face
-cut a hole through the flannel layer, about one inch long vertically (in the longer direction) a little more to one side than the other. flip the good sides out through the hole.
-gently fold the plastic oval and fit it into the hole, work with fingers until it is in the right place.
-fit the pop-over onto ear and confirm the fit if you need to trim, do it now!
-once the pop-over fits, trim the 'hole' on the flannel side until its just about 1/4'' bigger than the hole in the plastic oval.
-coat the inside rim of plastic with rubber cement and let set for approximately 2 minutes until tacky, then fold flannel arround the inside edges of the plastic.

place over ear and 'pop into place.