Help! Hot pads don't work!
#21
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: O-H-I-O
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Timely information! I plan to make some hot pads out of orphan squares for gifts this season....never even thought about the thinsulate not working! I will layer it between some W and N.....or the silver fabric if I can find it! Thanks to the OP for asking!!
#25
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Illinois
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I discovered the silver heat resistant fabric is better then the Insulbrite and doesn't add bulk. I put it between two layers of cotton batting for oven mitts. The Walmart fabric dept manager ordered some of the silver heat resistant fabric by the bolt and it's only $4.98 a yard!
#26
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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I've found that you can't use just the Insulbrite alone, you need at least one layer of warm & natural or other cotton batting, as this absorbs some of the moisture from the heat, so it works better. I made an extra long table runner, using the zig-zag pattern I found online for my son and DIL for them to use on their buffet because the top was starting to get some heat damage from their coffee pot. My DIL loves it and says it works like a charm and she just tosses it in the washer and dryer - works great.
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