Your potholders are very nice. I love the colors. I sew potholders when I'm stressed and don't want to work on a quilt. I keep them made up for gifts. Everyone knows on Mother's Day and Christmas that's what they are getting from me. haha I don't put on the loops because most everyone I know keeps them in a drawer. I machine sew the binding onto the back, then machine sew it on the front. Seems to work better for me. I'm not entering them in any contest, I'm just trying to make something useful. If the quilt police ever came to my house, they would haul away everything I have cause I don't do anything that would pass the perfection test. haha