Would love to see a short tutorial on these. Mostly how the back flaps are assembled; two circles each folded in half? two half circles held together with the binding? do you start with 4 circles and the middle layers of insulation?

Best potholders I ever made were ones with insulbrite and denim as the filler then my "good fabric" on right and back side! save those old jeans!

guess I am from the old school when we used what we had so I save old towels and use them in my pot holders and hot pads for me they work great I do not like in-sul-brite as it is stiff and dulls sewing machine needles quickly and how many times do we grab a towel to remove something from the oven anyway works for me

I too, like a lot of you like 1 layer of insulbrite and 1 layer of w&n inside my outer fabrics. I have an old mattress cover I was getting ready to throw away and now i'm going to recycle it for my insides. Thanks for the suggestion.

lol,I use insulbrite and good used denim with home dec on the outside-yes save your jeans

I've never tried the jeans before but the Potato batting is real good, I use one layer of it and one layer of insulbright, not so thick.

Cookie64

My mother, who left us in 2010, was happiest when busy sewing. When she started making potholders, we all encouraged it. I bought the snazziest fabrics I could find: peppers, apples, flowers, windmills, etc. She got excited with every new fabric. We ordered the heaviest weight cotton batting that Hancocks-Paducah sold. I think it was Deluxe Dream Cotton. She used a layer of that, plus a layer of a thinner cotton batting that could be bought locally. We didn't like the "feel" of Insul-Brite. We sold a bunch of potholders at $4-$5.

When she died at 92, Mama left us a supply of good-feeling potholders. Nice inheritance!

Amy those are so nice...protection for back of hands also. :)

Judy in Phx, AZ

I tried Insul Bright but it makes me cough. I would rather just use an extra layer of batting.

So far I have used two layers of w & n and feel they are safe to guard from heat.