Potholder Patchwork
Do you think that potholders make good gifts? I mean it’s a humble thing, maybe a little on the silly side, but I like them as gifts. Potholders don’t have to be boring, and most of us could use a new set. I enjoy my patchwork ones several times a week.
If you’d like to make potholders, I have two free tutorials: here and here.
I opted to make a set of patchwork potholders for my friend Anna’s birthday. My inspiration fabric was the multicolor Hindsight backing (top left) by Anna Maria Horner. When I showed Anna my Seafarers quilt once upon a time, she oohed and aaahed over that fabric, so I figured it was a safe choice. Using the Hindsight fabric as a guide, I selected scrap fabrics to match.
Here is my string-block style potholder in progress. I’m using a foundation sewing method where the patchwork is built directly on the insulated batting square. This makes it easy to choose efficiently-sized string scraps.
My other potholder will be a pretty pinwheel.
As always for potholders, I use two layers of batting. One layer is Insul-bright, which is a special heat-resistant batting, and the other is just a normal batting scrap. This makes a nice thickness and a very usable potholder!
Quilt, bind, and they’re done! Add a cookie mix or something else to make baking extra fun, and it’s a gift!
Well, I seem to have a thing about making potholders as gifts. Click and scroll for lots more patchwork potholder inspiration!
Yesterday was a special day for Elora and I - her last speech therapy lesson. In the past year Elora has made fantastic progress, thanks in great part to the two specialists who uncovered the origin of her language development challenges.