Originally Posted by Linda B
Question to you and others making potholders -- They are so lovely, but do you actually use them? I really need some new potholders, but if they looked as nice as yours, I wonder if I'd use them or be afraid of getting them dirty!!!
I make quite a few potholders, for myself and others, and I use mine. Usually when I make them, it is to test out how a particular quilting design looks like with a particular block/color combo before I mess up a larger quilt. Sometimes it is to test out a new technique. That way i don't have a bunch of orphan blocks. I made several to play with color and practice picking colors.
I did have one potholder i liked so much that i hung it on my sewing room wall for awhile first, before I used it and got it dirty, but eventually I wanted the pretty in my kitchen and not on the wall, so I'm using it now.