Potholder Your Way Into Their Hearts
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.
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…
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! 🙂