Hotpads
 

When I started making this style/size of hotpad, they were for my husband who never believes pot holders are big enough! I prefer using them as a pad for setting down a hot dish. When I gave a couple to my mom, she used them on her kitchen table to set candles on (and occasionally hot dishes)--versatile little buggers! The ones I gave her had fall-themed fabrics, and she mentioned that she would like to have more, so she could use them all through the year.

Her birthday is coming up, so here is what I made (except for the one on the bottom right, they are double-sided--the second picture shows them flipped over).

You are so creative. I have lots of fabric that I want to use up and this looks like a great idea. Thank you for sharing.

Very cute...and a great gift idea!

what a beautiful idea for gifts. I can make some for my cousin for her wedding. yours came out beautifully

they look great! good job

Keep up the good work.

very nicely done

Can I ask what size they are and what did you put in the middle? What a great idea to make one for each season for your mom for her birthday. She will love these as much as we do.

They are 10.5" in diameter (I drew around a dinner plate). I layered them as follows: top fabric, flannel, Insulbrite, flannel, bottom fabric. I have used cotton batting instead of flannel sometimes--just depends what I have scraps of. :)

Thanks for the kind words, everyone.

Very pretty, and like you said so versatile.

They are wonderful and your Mom will love them. Thanks for the directions also as I was wondering that also.

very nice job great variety!!!

They look great and are a great size!!

Pretty and practical. What lovely gifts.

The are on my bucket list I have seen some made orphan blocks and they realy look good. Yours are super and such a variety fabric choices , good job.

Kool. BrendaK

What a cool idea...thinking I will be doing some of those for holiday gifts...thanks!

Practical but pretty and personal! Perfect gifts. I love the fact you made the new set reversible. If you wanted to use smaller scraps, you could string piece! OR, if you want to personalize you could embroidery on one side--perhaps a monogram...I think this is a much better gift that another fancy soap or whatever!

Such a perfect gift for your mom! Cute fabrics for every occasion - I love that they are mostly reversible so you get more use out of each one. You must have great scraps ...

Oh, I like those a lot, just as pretty as they are functional.

TOOOO CUTE!!!!! Have you made microwave fabric bowls. They ware like a big potholder but are cupid so bowls will fit in in them. There is a "new" batting to be used in them that is 100% cotton. W/W has some poly in it so I was told by LFS.

love the pot holders! how hard was the binding to put on! I may give this a try and see!

Thank you for the directions and size help. I think these are just fantastic. I know your mom will love them all.

these are soo pretty. i use a lot of scraps & am gifted with huge bags of scraps from friends. i don't use novelty prints in my quilts & have not been able to come up w good use for some of the beautifully colored image fabrics of farm scenes, chickens etc. now i know! we use over sized hot pads to hold our plates in our quite informal style of eating dinner in front of the tv the last few years. visitors seem to think we've hit on a great idea. so ...they'll be getting some very pretty hot plate mats! thank you for this great idea!

I think you have the year pretty well covered. Great job!

Great looking hot pads!! Think I will have to make some. Thanks for the instructions.

I tried to pick a favorite but couldn't. I love them all. I did spot the Easter fabric that I have in my stash.
Thank you for sharing these pretty potholders. Lucky Mom!

Those are just great to give as gifts. Did you put insulbrite in them?

Great looking multi-functional gifts. Yours are just gorgeous. I would love to make some for gifts too. Thanks for the info!

These are all gorgeous and so useful. I think I will borrow this idea to make some for each month of the year for my daughter in law to go in her Christmas Package. I want to make me some too. :)

What size did you make these?

Very creative. What a cute gift.

Very nice! And yes, a great gift idea!

All beautiful and practical gifts! Your bindings look so very professional! Way to go! :thumbup:

These are great - nice variety of fabrics, and double sided makes them twice as good! Thanks for sharing your construction layers too - I'm never sure how much to put into hot pads and potholders.

This is a great gift!

there very pretty, whats inside?

These potholders are beautiful! Compliments on the binding. I have tried to make something similar, but my binding was not as neat as yours. How wide did you cut your binding?

Mom will definitely have a good variety to place on her table now. Nice gift idea.

How clever this is and such a good use for scraps, and for a gift! I would love to get one.