You can buy the fabric that the ironing board cover is made of. My local fabric store, not a LQS, has it. It is online, Hancock fabrics.

I watched this tute and liked it, but I don't understand why she leaves two of the sections open, almost like pockets, when she finishes. Wouldn't you want to stitch them closed? Maybe with cross quilting or something? Or did I miss something?
;-)

If you want to use your batting scraps don't use polyester batting all cotton would be fine

What a cute idea. I make coasters that way but I never thought of potholders made that way.

I use 2 layers of cotton batting and 1 layer of insulbrite (I get mine through Connecting Threads) in my pot holders and my ironing boards.

Me too. I am going to do fancy stitches to close up the opening. Won't need that extra layer of fabric that way either, or just use muslin there.

old towels, denim are excellent.in place of batting

anything to substitute insulbrite? gotta watch my pennies for awhile. I saw somewone mention heavy duty aluminum, I will try that... heavy duty, not the other kind. ok will try that

I think she is just trying to show you how you can make potholders fast. I too would stitch the opening closed. Too easy to get things hooked on the openings.

I don't use any of those heat resistent or reflective pieces. I use 2 layers of fleece or warm & natural. I make my potholders to be decorative and fun to use. I don't usually stand there holding a hot dish for very long, but if I think using one potholder won't be enough, I just use two.