potholders - need help
#4
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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http://www.warmcompany.com/ibpage.html
As for what you used 20 years ago ... many years before that, my Mom used to make pot holders with layers of flannelette and/or old towels and certainly nothing special like Insul-Bright. And guess what? we never burned our hands!
#5
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MO (the Show Me state)
Posts: 2,947
yes insul-brite and warm & natural and i also use flannel. you can get insul-brite for $2.99/yd (or less with 40% coupon) at Michael's. Michael's is the cheapest place i have found insul-brite. good luck.
#6
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,659
flannel, old wool blankets, towels, almost anything (except polyester) would go into potholders years ago!!
I prefer to use cotton or wool for the 'batting' because I think it protects me from the heat better than insul-bright.
I prefer to use cotton or wool for the 'batting' because I think it protects me from the heat better than insul-bright.
#9
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,312
I am a big fan of old anything inside of potholders ... I have used everything from old terry towels/robes, cotton sweatshirts, flannel shirts, old sweaters ( think boiled wool)and the trimmings from quilt battings ... you name it it makes it into the "innerds" of my potholders.
#10
I made about 40 potholders one year for Christmas. I used two layers of Quilter's Dream Select weight and they're just about perfect. It's been long enough ago since I made them people are starting to mention they might need new ones.
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