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Do you like to give little Quilty Gifts?....I do. I gave these away yesterday to some new members of my church...a Welcome Gift. As you can see I also included a church cookbook. Have you figured out what these two little things are?
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Hot Pads! ready for some heavy duty cooking!
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I began with a USED TOWEL (clean of course). I cut an 8" square.
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Then I looked from some nice backing fabric. This is a little bigger than the towel....9"x9"
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I had these scraps left over from one of my recent quilts. These are 2 1/2" strips.
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I laid first strip down and pinned.
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Then I put the next strip on top - right sides together. Time to SEW! Sew through all layers! This is called "quilting as you go".
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press open with your finger, or you can be professional and use an iron. :)
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Here are all 4 strips sewn together and pressed open. The edges look a little rough.....
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So Trim it! Trim to 8" square. Remember your towel square is 8" square.
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We're almost done. :) choose a nice binding fabric and cut 2 1/2" strip from the width of fabric. Iron it in half with the right sides OUT.
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Sew the binding to the BACK of the quilt starting at any corner.
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Here's the first corner.....stop before the very end (about 1/4") turn to an angle and sew diagonally to the point.
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Fold Up!
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Fold DOWN!
Now continue to sew like this all around this little "quilt" until you run into this......
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Stop before you get to the very end. You don't want to sew over the binding where you began.
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PIN...PIN....PIN
Roll the binding over to the front and start pinning! You will even pin this tail of the binding if you want a little loop like I do.
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Top stitch all around beginning with the long tail. I don't know how big of a loop you want....I left a 9" tail than makes a nice loop to use for hanging.
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Here it is...almost done!
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Fold over that tail and sew it down. Of course you'll want to tuck that raw edge under. This is very thick....but it works!
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LOVELY!! can't wait to get cookin'
I love these, Beth! What a thoughtful, practical and useful gift.
ReplyDeleteI've been looking for a tutorial on how to make these! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteVery nice potholders and great tutorial. So simple to do the quilt as you go! I also like how you describe your bedrooms as full of children (in your sewing space blog). A great thing to have in them, really.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I bought some really great kitchen fabric (the bright stuff with veggies on it) and want to make potholders, but couldn't find a pattern I was happy with. I think this is going to work GREAT! Thanks for sharing your knowledge (I'm a beginner quilter). :>)
ReplyDeleteThanx for the tutorial,Beth..In fact I too have been thinking of making a few pot holders..This is very easy to follow.I am also a beginner:)
ReplyDeleteVERY CUTE! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteLove these
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