Thread: warm bowl holder

At a craft show I saw what looks like a bowl shaped pot holder for the microwave. You set your bowl in the potholder before you put it in the microwave. When the food is hot you just take the bowl shaped pot holder and the bowl out. you can use it to pass around the table without worrying that the bowl will slip off the flat pot holder.

My mom made a bunch of these and gave them to all of her daughters and friends as gifts. They are super easy to make. I know this because I made some and if I can do it, it must be easy. Use cotton batting, not the kind that has the silver heat stuff in it. Pick your size, I used 10 1/2 squares and quilted each piece together with the batting. Then fold in half with batting facing out and sew a dart in each side. measure about 1/2' on the end of the fold and sew it about 4" in, narrowing as you go. Open it up and fold the other direction and sew darts so that you end up with a dart in the middle of each side. Repeat with the other side of the potholder that you have already quilted to the batting. Now put right sides together and sew together on 3 sides. Turn right sides out, fold in open side (press if desired) and sew around all 4 sides. There you have it. Easy, breezy. Sorry if I didn't use correct formal terms. If it didn't make sense, look at pictures of these things. If you are a quilter, this one shouldn't be hard to figure out. I did and I am a total beginner.

I only used 10 1/2" squares because a scrap of material I was going to use was that width already. There is no magic size, make small ones for small bowls and big ones for big bowls.

Check the tutorial section of this board for free directions! I made a stack of them and they sold like hot cakes at the Christmas Bazaar!

Originally Posted by jbud2

Check the tutorial section of this board for free directions! I made a stack of them and they sold like hot cakes at the Christmas Bazaar!

I'm not selling mine but am wondering how much they sell for?

Originally Posted by carmanmarie

I'm not selling mine but am wondering how much they sell for?

I gave one to one person to try out and she told everyone how great it was. I think I sold the ones I made out of 11 inch squares for $4.50 each.

How much did you sell these for? Thanks!

Originally Posted by jbud2

Check the tutorial section of this board for free directions! I made a stack of them and they sold like hot cakes at the Christmas Bazaar!

where does one find the tutorials?

To find tutorials on this board. Sign in then go to Main, scroll down and click on tutorials' then scroll down and click on Microwave fabric bowls. Enjoy!