At a craft sale I saw some hot pads made from shoulder pads. Has anyone made them before? I was thinking that it should be covered with insulbrite and then the pretty fabric. Usually I am a lurker and enjoy all your hints , thanks in advance Cher in Victoria

Oh what a neat idea.

Welcome from Louisiana

Forgot to say welcome from Alaska--got excited about your idea!

Hello and welcome from SW Iowa. Glad to have you here. I love the hot pad idea. Sounds cool.

I am heading into the sewing room to try it out, will let you know how it works.It all looks good on paper. LOL Cher

Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D

I haven't seen that pattern, but it sounds fun!

Hello from South Carolina

The only shoulder pads I've ever had were made from a kind of foam rubber on the inside. I don't think they'd make very good hot pads at all. I just use two layers of the medium weight of Quilter's Dream.

Well, thru trial and a lot of error, I think I have this figured out. Sew the insulbrite around the pad. but not tightly. Cover with your fun fabric and then sew the centre down with a a few lines of sewing. Then do the h - word and sew the ends closed. You may have figured that I don't enjoy hand sewing.Needless to say this will need some perfection, the ones in the craft fair were great, I should have bought one to take a part and disect properly.The ones at the sale had 2 fabrics which may make a difference in how to sew, I have been using one fabric. Sorry to be thinking out loud here. If anyone tries this out, please let me know how it turns out. Cher

Okay, are you talking about a pot holder that is shaped, and not a flat pot holder pad? Can you show us a picture of your finished project? Thanks,

Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!!
This sounds like a very interesting idea, I hope you get it perfected!

Hello from Georgia, love to see what you are up to. :wink:

Well another night, I am still perfecting this little pot holder. It could be compared to a little Pac man from years ago. It is not flat but curved, just like the shoulder pad gripped in the middle. The ones that I am working with are not rubber but soft and flexible. If my camera worked I could take a photo, hopefully by the time the weekend is over I will get this thing worked out and have a photo. A simple timewaster but it is bugging me why I can't just do it. Sometimes the simplest of things take a little time. Thanks for your interest. Cher