Pot holder ideas wanted !!!
 

My scraps are multiplying by the minute.. I need to tame the Beasts !!! ..
Do you have any pics and links to your absolute favorite potholders???

Help !!!! before Im buried alive in scraps !!!!

MSQC has some darling hot pad patterns

Block of the day has fantastic variety and many are six inch size. That would be perfect for pot holders. Hope this helps.

https://blu168.mail.live.com/default.aspx?id=64855#n=1130577278&view=1

I was very inspired by these 2 beauties!

I don't spend a lot of time on hot pads. I usually just hit the string box and sew strip sets, slice them up, and sew them back together in an offset manner. I use double layers of W&N batting scraps or some old terry towels, with a layer of the silver heat resistant fabric stuff on the back or in the middle. I use the birthing method to finish so I don't have to waste time binding. A simple topstitch around the edges sets it off nicely, and a little ditch quilting around a few of the patches to hold it together. I pass them out to the family, like candy ;-)

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I am really glad to read how you do pot holders. I have some orphan blocks I was going to make into pot holders, and I was afraid I had to bind them.....which is more work than I want to put into a pot holder. :)

Dina

Do you have to use that "silver heat resistant fabric stuff"?

Dina

No, I don't think so, Dina. I just have a bunch of it around.

for the 'inside' ill use leftover jean scraps, batting scraps, flannel pieces, old kitchen or bath towels, old ugly potholders, before i use my Insulbrite ( silver lining batting)... Ill try to re-purpose as much as i can..

Roolen had a wonderful tutorial I used some time ago for some fall leaves pot holder. I am sorry I don't have it on this computer. But, I am sure if you search this site for her name, her link is with her posts.

DebraK -
what a great idea for my beginning 4H sewists. I've got a bunch of cut strip sets and this is a win-win project.....the kids take home completed project that looks complicated and I get rid of some scraps.

http://acreativeprincess.blogspot.co...r-coaster.html

Try this one. mcwillia My GD 7 and 10 sewed these as teacher gifts. I had them use 1/2" seam allowance to allow for any shifting of layers. You could then trim the seam allowance. Yes and use old towels for batting and make sure any batting/filler is cotton as polyester transfers too much heat (except for the Insulbrite product). You can even make your focus fabric a patchwork square like DebraK's.

Ronda has a wonderful tutorial in the tutorial section. Here is a link - http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...a-t234479.html

I am lazy when it comes to pot holders. I make the ones that don't require binding - where the fabrics are folded over one another like a box top. I've made them with fabrics folded on the diagonal as well. They do use more fabric, but that's a good thing, right? We're trying to use up those scraps! And you can use a block on the side that's not folded if you want to get fancy.

this would be a good opportunity to practice making blocks that you've never made before. any of those can be finished into potholders. try quilter's cache and just pick a letter and see what blocks come up.