Hot pads
#4
I received a gift of hotpads years ago, and found out she had used old towels when I accidentally set one on a hot burner and burnt through the back of one. It still works great though
I've been making mine with one layer of insul-bright, and one layer cut from an old towel.
I've been making mine with one layer of insul-bright, and one layer cut from an old towel.
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I have some tucked away in my cedar chest that have a piece of an old mattress pad in them. I made them for my Mom when I was about 7 years old. She used them a lot but saved them back when they started to show wear. So, I kept them also. I grew up in the era of making do with what you had. I still do.
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I have a set of four pot holders made from the same towel. They are many years old and a few have burn holes in them that have been patched. They are my favorite pot holders. A little bit larger than most and just the right weight. The towel was a "hard" terry cloth, not fuzzy like you see on some. I just surged around the outside, and of course some of the surging is giving way too.
A friend threatened to buy me some new pot holders when she saw mine, but I told her to forget it, I wouldn't use them.
A friend threatened to buy me some new pot holders when she saw mine, but I told her to forget it, I wouldn't use them.
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Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
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Very clever idea and I remember my grandmother (with whom I lived) using towels in hot pads and she also used old blankets in the middle of her quilts. I think we need to go back to that era and use whatever is available in our household. Think I was born in the wrong time as I love to use what I have.
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