Potholder Quilts
 

I am thinking of making a Potholder quilt. Saw one in a magazine some time ago, each block is individually bound and then sewn together, has anyone else tried this, or should I just join the blocks like they do in Georgia Bonesteels lap quilting.

Interesting. Seems like it would be bulky with each square having a binding. Are the pot holders joined by hand?

It seems like it would be stiff and bulky with all that binding. I guess if you wanted to try this quilt, just join 4 blocks together and see what it felt like. If didn't like it, you could always take it apart and use the potholders. Let us know how you make out.

Seems like too much work binding each block,then joining all together.......and not a good feel to it.......would you make each block different or what? Why not just make a sashed sampler the "standard" way.....

I googled 'potholder quilt', and followed a link. They are finished blocks that are whipstitched together. This was a popular method of making quilts during the Civil War. I found directions online also.

I agree. The bulk of the binding I can't see how that would work.

I made one for a picnic table cloth. I zigzagged pot holders together edge to edge. There was no bulk. It lasted many summers and was used as a pool blanket too. I bought the pot holders on sale 2 for a $1 at a store closing.

We have some at the New England Quilt Museum and our curator Pam Weeks has written about them. When attached with the ladder stitch they are reversible. They make a great take and go project!

See, we learn something new everyday!