Originally Posted by ckcowl
i know one lady who makes pot holder and she uses old terry towels she cuts up and folds for the center. they work great, hold up to many many washings and i never burn my fingers using one she made. i am no good at making potholders and have given up...mine always burn your fingers and i even tried the insulbrite stuff...so i gave up making them i admire anyone who can make a cool potholder.
I, too. learned to make pot holders with all cotton terry cloth towels. 2 layers. I sew the front and back separetly each with their own towel layer. It's easy to quilt them individually and then I sew the whole thing together, tack them if needed and bind the edges. They work great. I especially love the towels that are like velour on one side, but any towel works.
Here's 2 I made recently. The bigger one was a large quilt square I made that I wasn't enamored with, so I just folded the 4 corners into the center, sewed them together (inside out) and turned it right side out. I cut 2 towel layers in the size it became,and put the towels in before I closed up the turning slot. When I sewed around the outside edge it secured the towels. What looks like a rainbow binding was part of the block-I didn't add it later. The yellow X was a border strip around the original block. The whole thing sure made a crazy pattern. :lol: :lol:
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