Potholder Question Please
 

Hi...I am certainly no expert and can use a lot of help...just wondering...if I use one layer of Insul-brite and one layer of Warm & White in making a potholder would the cotton batting shrink and the Insul-brite not shrink...will it look lopsided or pulled in one section? One layer of Insul-brite probably won't be good I am thinking.

Also, could I quilt the top of the potholder to the batting and the Insul-brited first and then attach a back and flip it?

I don't know if I am explaining it right.

Thank you kind ladies and gentleman.

I use Insul-brite in the center and cotton batting on either side. I just layer and quilt through it all, then bind. Mine have been washed many times and although these is some shrinkage, they still look fine.

My guild has a potholder project there they collect them all year and sell them in a booth at our quilt show. The money goes to our service projects. They provide the Insulbrite and suggest this method. I make a lot of my leftovers into potholders.

Glad to have your instructions, SkyAngel, I was wondering about how to use Insul-bright in potholders, too.

I agree, mine looked fine after many washings

If I were going to use two layers, I'd put lay two Insul-Brite's wrong side to wrong side so each side of the finished pot holder had a shiny side just under the facing.

Here's a simple potholder pattern that you turn instead of binding. This could help you.
It's a youtube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sipzCAflJQ8