Amethyst, I made the same pot holders (grabbers) and love them much better than regular pot holders. I also used batting, insul bright and than another layer of batting. I layerered everything that I cut into rectangles and than traced my oval shape on the top. Surged around the oval shape (which cut my shape perfect) and that was much easier than cutting all pieces and then layering. I gave them as Christmas gifts with microwave potato bags that I also made. Everyone loved them.