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Feathers 11-20-2009 06:49 AM


Originally Posted by Marcine
Hi, I have found several patterns for pot holders, and have used the insul-bright along with one square of felt. I had the felt squares on hand, so thought a good way to use it. This seems to work and the thickness is just right.

GREAT suggestion, Marcine. Like others have said, too many layers makes for a cumbersom potholder. The layer of felt with the Insulbrite sounds like a perfect combination. Thank you for the idea.

dojo36 11-20-2009 08:11 AM

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i've been making lots of pot holders, coasters, shelf scarfs, mantle scarfs, and Christmas tree ornaments, and i use i layer of insul brite in pot holders, but there's 6 layers of fabrics in one pot holder also. some square and some round, all out of Christmas fabric scraps. already got a bunch of them packaged and mailed, one more quilt to go and i'll be finished. here's some pics

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dojo36 11-20-2009 08:17 AM

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and couple more

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Christmas 'stuff' - my daughter's quilt finished, "stained glass window"
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Sandy1951 11-20-2009 11:42 AM

Wow, you've been busy! Very nice! :thumbup:

Sandy1951 11-20-2009 11:44 AM

I'm not sure what happened in the above post. I did a thumbs up and it didn't post, but my little reading smilie is in the caption. :?: I'm going to try another thumbs up to see if it works. :thumbup:

Okay, let's see.

Edit: I'm not nuts. Honest, the thumbs up guy wasn't there and my reading guy was in the caption. Now everything is okay. Guess I got in a hurry. Anyway, I like all your Christmas goodies. :wink:

Quiltgranny 11-20-2009 07:37 PM


Originally Posted by JulieM
Good Morning, when making potholders and using Insul-bright do you also use batting with the Insul bright. I would think that you would also use a low loft batting such as Warm and Natural. How do you layer your potholders?

Thanks,
JulieM

Hi Julie,

According to the Insul~bright website, we are supposed to be using one layer of a cotton batting (like warm & natural) with a layer of Insul~bright. See here:

http://www.warmcompany.com/ibpage.html

*At least one layer of cotton batting is recommended with Insul~Bright when used as Oven Mitts or Pot Holders. Insul~Bright is heat-RESISTANT, NOT heat-proof.

It also says to NOT for use in a microwave.

Good luck!

Hope this helps.

fluffy10 11-21-2009 06:58 AM

Dojo36 :thumbup:
Beautiful work keep it up. I am working on baby quilts at the moment. Pot holders or mitts if I can figure it out are next.

Marcine 11-23-2009 12:08 PM

I decided to give this a try, and send some pictures of a few things I have made. I am not an experienced quilter by any means, but do enjoy trying. It is fun and enjoyable. So attached are a few of my pot holders, a couple table runners, and a picture of my crazy quilt. I am new at this, so see I can only send three pictures. If this works for me, I will send a couple more pictures later.... Marcine

Sallyjane 11-23-2009 03:35 PM

The pot holders I make only require one layer of insul-brite, but the cotton fabric on one side ends up being 4 layers thick because of the way it is folded.

The pattern I used was shared on this board a couple of years ago. I made a lot of potholders 2 years ago as Christmas gifts.


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