Originally Posted by
quiltingcandy
Very nice!!! I made one for my DD for Christmas. It was my first attempt and turned out much better than expected. When I told her a lot of people use it when eating ice cream she got really excited. (I swear she would eat a pint a day if there weren't so many calories in it.) But I told her not to put it in the microwave - too many people report they catch fire.
Just be careful with the batting, you need to use cotton only batting, do not use batting that is cotton, and polyester.
If they use the potholder to cook items, it could smoke, due to the poly.
OR Do not heat more than 1 minute at a time.