Potholder Your Way Into Their Hearts
All Lined Up
Finally! The holidays are over and I can share with you this year’s crafting project: POTHOLDERS. Yup. They were simple to make, easy to hand-quilt, and lovely to wrap up in fox wrapping paper and send on their merry way. Unfortunately, I ran out of batting, so could only make 7 pairs of potholders, when really I meant to sew 12 pairs.
Zebras bound for Paris
As per usual, I used fabric scraps to pull these puppies together. The only exception to this rule was a pair of zebra potholders that were a fabric find at The City Quilter. And speaking of City Quilter, they have some incredible looking classes this winter. I’m thinking of taking the Dear Jane quilt class…
All those glorious potholders!
Happy 2015!
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What kind of batting did you use for the potholders?
Great question! Since I was trying to use up all my leftovers, I ended up using scraps of cotton batting. The cotton batting is good because it’s denser, and I think should be better at protecting hands from the oven heat. However, in the future, I’d definitely used 2 layers of cotton batting. One layer of it is a bit thin, so my potholders will probably only be good for handling moderately hot stuff (like moving hot saucepans around on the stove). Hope this helps!
Yes, it does, thanks. I always wonder about potholders. Seems like anything with a polyester batting would be a very bad idea! 🙂