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02-04-2008, 04:43 PM

#11

live2teach

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Those are very very nice and I love the quilting!

02-04-2008, 04:59 PM

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Cathe

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THey are 9" x 9" and I only used one layer of wool and have found it to be perfectly adequate - but it was a thick sweater.

02-04-2008, 07:28 PM

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Lois-nounoe

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Know what you mean Joannl! Everytime I think I can get off the puter and go to bed I go back to my In Box and have to start all over again!! :D But everyone has such great ideas that I hate to miss any of them!!!

02-05-2008, 03:09 PM

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newquiltertoni

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Love the pot holders. I want to make some eventually. Hope they come out as nice as yours.

02-05-2008, 03:36 PM

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Melissa

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Cathe, they look great! That reminds me that my mom wanted me to make some potholders for her. Hope they turn out as great as yours. :)

02-06-2008, 07:59 AM

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Feathers

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Years ago I was into clothing construction and I made lots of sweater-type things out of cotton knits....I had a good sized piece left over from one project so I made a couple potholders to take camping.........they never left the kitchen! The were (and are) the best potholders I've ever had. They are STILL in the wash every week and I hate that they are looking sooooo bad but they are such good ones I hate to discard them. I've long since gotten rid of the cotton knits I once had piles of and I'm so sorry I did. Your potholders are great and appeal to both my "scrappy" preference and my love of the kitchen, cooking, baking. Thanks for sharing.

02-07-2008, 04:42 PM

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Belinda

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What a GREAT idea...and so pretty!! :!:

04-06-2008, 08:04 AM

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Patty44

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You did such a good job. I always have trouble with the binding. I hate binding. sometimes I sew right sides together then turn,just so I don't have to do binding.

04-06-2008, 09:30 AM

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Harmony

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These are great! I have all kinds of scraps of cotton batting left over from other projects, and I think that would work well, too. And what a great machine quilting project for us beginners who are intimidated by the whole process, because they're small enough to manipulate!

04-06-2008, 05:23 PM

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blahel

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Quote:

Originally Posted by joannl

Love the potholders, I would never have thought to use old sweaters! Great idea. I could probably get all kinds of things done if I didn't spend so much time on here looking at all the great things others are doing!
Jo

nice potholders and agree great beginners project and also agree with you joannl i should be quilting or cleaning or something instead of looking what wonders everyone has done! but i cant help myself...