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09-06-2010, 05:55 AM
#41
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chehalis, WA
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Originally Posted by trupeach1
I decided to put this in the main section because it is quilting related and everyone needs to read this.
I like baked potato bags. I have made them in the past. I had scraps of fabric that I loved not enough to really do anything with so I decided to make a baked potato bag. I used 100% thread to piece it, 100% cotton batting and the same thread to quilt it. Yes the fabric was 100% cotton too is there any other kind??? I popped my potato in the bag and put it in the microwave. I decided to stay in the kitchen and after about 2 minutes I smelled something. I looked in the microwave and my cute potato bag was on fire, not smoldering but on fire. I was a chef kitchen fires don't bother me. I pulled out the bag and tossed it in the sink as the bag burned I poured water on it. All my work and it went up in smoke. I will NEVER, EVER, EVER use a baked potato bag again. And you shouldn't either!!!!!!!
I like baked potato bags. I have made them in the past. I had scraps of fabric that I loved not enough to really do anything with so I decided to make a baked potato bag. I used 100% thread to piece it, 100% cotton batting and the same thread to quilt it. Yes the fabric was 100% cotton too is there any other kind??? I popped my potato in the bag and put it in the microwave. I decided to stay in the kitchen and after about 2 minutes I smelled something. I looked in the microwave and my cute potato bag was on fire, not smoldering but on fire. I was a chef kitchen fires don't bother me. I pulled out the bag and tossed it in the sink as the bag burned I poured water on it. All my work and it went up in smoke. I will NEVER, EVER, EVER use a baked potato bag again. And you shouldn't either!!!!!!!
09-06-2010, 06:30 AM
#43
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 7
I have made and often use the potato bag. Never had a problem. I also use it for sweet potatos and corn on the cob. They turn out great in minutes. Your batting may have been Warm & Natural which is not 100% cotton. Also your fabric may not have been the best quality. Love the potato bag.
09-06-2010, 07:49 AM
#47
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Front row
Posts: 14,646
If the cotton batting package does not say NO SCRIM it has scrim.
My old microwave never had a problem with the potato bags. My new one burnt it first time! I found out if the bag with scrim won't burn I had a lousy microwave. LOL.
My old microwave never had a problem with the potato bags. My new one burnt it first time! I found out if the bag with scrim won't burn I had a lousy microwave. LOL.
09-06-2010, 08:45 AM
#50
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Frankfort, Ky.
Posts: 793
I started making them for family and then found out about this problem. Then someone told me that she had bought one and inside the bag was a warning about the bags if overheated could catch on fire. My thought is...just put it on a paper towel. Don't like fires.
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