Cindyb, no pattern. I mark the center of the pot holder and the center of the towel with my Frixion pen or chalk. I run a gather stitch along the line on the towel and gather it to fit the width of the pot holder. I use the zig zag multi stitch on my machine to sew the gathered line to the center of the pot holder. Once finished, I hunt through my button box for buttons that will go through the pot holder loop and hand sew them on.